[2014-07-22] Pick up your pickaxes and headlamps: here’s how Bitcoin mining work

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http://www.techinasia.com/how-min-bitcoin-works-guide-tutorial/

There are generally two types of articles out there describing how bitcoins are mined: the dense and technical, or the simple and vague. This article will attempt to strike a balance between the two by starting with the foundations of Bitcoin and working up. You probably know that mining creates new bitcoins, but its underlying purpose is actually to verify transactions, keep the record of those transactions up to date, and secure the bitcoin network from thieves and hackers.

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This is one of the best {non-technical} articles on this subject, I have seen in a while. A week ago I tried to explain this concept to a friend of mine, and I got to technical.
If I had this article then, I would have been able to direct him to a better explanation. 

The youtube videos can get a bit technical and some articales goes into too much detail. Thanks for a refreshing piece of information. {Adding bookmark to "Bitcoin for Dummies" now}