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Meaning of coinbase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The transaction that is automatically created in every Bitcoin block to reward the miner.

Examples

“The transaction that created new Bitcoins would be referred to as the coinbase of each block.”
“The authors randomly sampled 100 coinbases from the last 20,000 blocks of the blockchain that by the time of the experiment had the highest block-height at 247,054.”
“Coinbase transactions have nothing to do with the US company of the same name. Coinbase is the required first transaction of every block and is the only transaction allowed to bring bitcoins into existence.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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