Introduction. Mining is the process of adding transaction records to Bitcoinâs public ledger of past transactions. This ledger of past transactions is called the block chain as it is a chain of blocks. The block chain serves to confirm transactions to the rest of the network as having taken place.itcoin uses the hashcash proof-of-work function. The primary purpose of mining is to allow Bitcoin nodes to reach a secure, tamper-resistant consensus. Mining is also the mechanism used to introduce Bitcoins into the system: Miners are paid any transaction fees as well as a âsubsidyâ of newly created coins.
Hail stones are much bigger than ice pellets that one sees in a sleet. Hail has been known to cause damage to crops and occasionally to drivers as they can break windshields of cars. You can understand how big and heavy a hail must be if it can break a windshield of a car.
We often see or hear about snow and hail in different parts of the world. Both snow and hail are small pieces of ice that falls from the sky. Then what is it that makes it have two names? There actually is quite some difference between the hail and snow. Snow or snowflakes are formed when water freezes in crystal forms. These are star shaped and pointed. These protrusions help the snow to get more space for itself and when it melts, the points disappear. Hail or hailstones are the big ice balls that fall during the thunderstorms. The size of the hailstones depends on the intensity of the storm. It can range from small to large balls. The stronger the storm, the bigger the hailstone is. Or the larger the hailstone, the greater the storm is.