Definition of Token Burn

Fret not, there are no virtual fires here. A token burn event refers when an amount of tokens are removed from the circulating supply, this is done either by sending the tokens to a burn address "addresses with very improbable private key generation chance", or to a smart contract that is meant to delete the tokens.

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Mining Pool

Combination of resources of several miners to obtain a higher mining power and thus achieve greater rewards for the opening of blocks.

Mining

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