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Explained: Why Bitcoin users don’t send transactions directly to miners

Explained: Why Bitcoin users don’t send transactions directly to miners

Many believe that Bitcoin users send transactions directly to miners or pool operators. However, things are a little more random than that.

Cryptocurrency news by Protos · Protos

May 18, 20235m 33s

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Many believe that Bitcoin users send transactions directly to miners or pool operators. However, things are a little more random than that.


Instead, users generally broadcast transactions essentially at random — in other words, to whichever nodes happen to be connected to them and online at the time.


Listen to this article to find why Bitcoin users don’t send transactions directly to miners in a curious custom unique to the decentralization of the Bitcoin network.


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