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Miner Decentralization

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Miner decentralization means transaction ordering is performed by a changing, open set of miners rather than one coordinator. It limits censorship power, while independently validating nodes still determine whether proposed blocks obey consensus rules.

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Curated resources (4)

• Bitcoin Development Philosophy: Miner Decentralization (article) Explains why a dynamic, permissionless mining set protects transaction ordering from centralized censorship.
• Bitcoin Whitepaper (article) Defines proof-of-work's distributed timestamping and longest-chain model.
• Stratum V2 Specification (article) Implementation context for mining-pool protocols and job negotiation; not required to understand the broader concept.
• Bitcoin Development Philosophy (book) Long-form treatment of decentralization, censorship resistance, and the distinct roles of miners and full nodes.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Nodes vs Miners
• Pool vs Solo Mining

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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