<p>Actually, a bitcoin miner is only concerned with creating the next block on the blockchain, through a computationally-difficult problem. It is the role of bitcoin nodes to verify this proof-of-work as they receive these newly created blocks.</p>

<p>As reference, see <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining</a></p>

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2018-10-25T20:20:25.527Z
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Daniel Wang
<p>Q. Is it correct to state that a Bitcoin miner has only two jobs:</p>

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<li>validating transactions</li>
<li>creating a block to add into the blockchain</li>
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What is the job of miners in Bitcoin?
Amey Zulkanthiwar
# What is the job of miners in Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-25)

Q. Is it correct to state that a Bitcoin miner has only two jobs:

* validating transactions
* creating a block to add into the blockchain

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-25. Score: 0

Actually, a bitcoin miner is only concerned with creating the next block on the blockchain, through a computationally-difficult problem. It is the role of bitcoin nodes to verify this proof-of-work as they receive these newly created blocks.

As reference, see <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining>


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