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RE: Need help mining steemit on multiple PC's????

in #steemit8 years ago (edited)

The miner actually uses your CPU for finding a block, then you get added in a miner-witness queue where the witness needs to "witness" a block when its turn comes (becomes 1st in the queue) and just after that you can get a reward. The mining process here is a bit more complex as it is not just a simple POW (proof of work) like with many other crypto currencies.

In the end you need to have both a witness and a miner, but if mining with multiple PCs you can have multiple miners and just a single witness.

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who got the reward? when witness sign a block generated by miner?

going to reread the whitepaper.

After the witness confirms a block, then you get a reward, not when the miner generates a block.