user11737: I don't grasp how to the activities are tied together.

user11762: miners are like accountants that do accounting for a business. they run the software that does the maths to "verify" transactions are valid. these accountants (miners) are rewarded for their time / effort in creating new ledger pages (blocks in the blockchain), which they in turn need to verify transactions 

11737: <p>I don't grasp how to the activities are tied together.</p>
 11762: <p>miners are like accountants that do accounting for a business. they run the software that does the maths to "verify" transactions are valid. these accountants (miners) are rewarded for their time / effort in creating new ledger pages (blocks in the blockchain), which they in turn need to verify transactions </p>
