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  "textContent": "Creating new cryptocurrency requires large amounts of computing power, which is used to solve cryptographic puzzles in what is known as proof-of-work mining. When two computers attempt to solve the same puzzle, the first to find the solution creates a new block and claims the right to create a predetermined amount of new coins, while the losers get nothing.",
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