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Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Mining Incentives Miners don’t work for free. They get rewarded with new Bitcoin for solving the puzzle and adding a block to the notebook. This reward is like a shiny sticker for doing a good job. Incentives make miners want to keep the network safe and strong. Without rewards, no one would check the notebook carefully, and Bitcoin wouldn’t work. Rewards guide everyone to play fair and help the network grow. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #MiningRewards #Incentives #Network #Ledger Block Height: 915394

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Mining Difficulty Mining is like a puzzle. If too many friends solve it too quickly, the puzzle becomes harder. If it’s taking too long, the puzzle becomes easier. This is called mining difficulty. It keeps the notebook’s rhythm steady, so blocks come roughly every ten minutes, no matter how many miners join the game. Difficulty protects the network from getting too fast or too slow. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #MiningDifficulty #Blocks #Network #Puzzle Block Height: 915394

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Wallets vs Keys A wallet is like a backpack, but a key is the special lock that only you have. Without the key, no one can open the backpack. Your Bitcoin lives in the wallet, but the key proves you are the owner. If you lose your key, the backpack stays locked forever. Keys and wallets together keep Bitcoin safe, just like a treasure chest with a secret combination. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Wallet #Key #Security #Ownership Block Height: 915393

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Time Between Blocks Imagine a clock that ticks every ten minutes. Each tick is a new page in Bitcoin’s notebook, called a block. This keeps everyone in the network on the same schedule. If blocks came too fast, the notebook could get messy; too slow, and waiting would be frustrating. Ten minutes is the rhythm that helps Bitcoin run smoothly and fairly. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #BlockTime #Network #Mining #Ledger Block Height: 915393

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Block Size Think of a block like a backpack that can hold only a certain number of candies. Each transaction is a candy. If too many candies try to fit in one backpack, some have to wait for the next one. Bitcoin has a limit for each block so the network stays fair and safe. Miners and nodes make sure no block is too full, so everyone’s candy reaches the right friend without mistakes. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #BlockSize #Transactions #Network #Ledger Block Height: 915393

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: How the Network Stays Healthy Just like a garden needs water, sunlight, and friends to take care of it, Bitcoin needs computers, miners, and people to keep it running. Nodes check each other’s work, miners add new pages to the notebook, and users make transactions. Everyone doing their part keeps the network safe, strong, and growing. If one part stops, the other parts can still work together to protect the system. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #NetworkHealth #Nodes #Mining #Trustless Block Height: 915393

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Preventing Double-Spending Imagine if you could magically give the same candy to two friends at the same time. That wouldn’t be fair. Bitcoin solves this problem with the notebook: every payment is written down, and the network checks it so no one can spend the same coin twice. Each computer makes sure the candy has only been given away once. This keeps Bitcoin safe and honest for everyone. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #DoubleSpending #Verification #Trustless #Ledger Block Height: 915393

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Nodes vs Wallets A wallet is like your backpack where you keep your coins safe. A node is like a classroom full of friends who each have their own notebook. Your wallet tells the node, “I want to send 1 coin to my friend,” and the node checks the notebook to make sure you really have that coin. Nodes and wallets work together to keep the notebook correct and everyone honest. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Nodes #Wallets #Verification #Trustless Block Height: 915393

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: How Confirmations Work Imagine you tell your friend you gave a candy to another friend, and your friend counts it five times to make sure it really happened. In Bitcoin, every transaction is checked many times by many computers. Each check is called a “confirmation.” The more confirmations, the safer the payment is. Even if one computer makes a mistake, the others catch it. Confirmations keep everyone honest and protect against cheating. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Confirmation #Verification #Trustless #Ledger Block Height: 915392

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why We Pay Fees When you give your friend a drawing to keep safe, sometimes you might give them a sticker to say “thank you.” In Bitcoin, fees are like stickers: small rewards that people pay to make sure miners check their payment quickly. The bigger the sticker, the faster the miners notice. Fees don’t go away—they help miners keep running the network, and everyone gets the right page in their notebook faster. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Fees #Mining #Priority #Network Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why Bitcoin is Like Digital Gold Gold is valuable because it’s rare and everyone trusts it. Bitcoin is digital gold: only 21 million can ever exist. Miners and nodes help keep track of all coins, making sure no one can make extra ones. People trust Bitcoin because the notebook is shared, verified, and hard to cheat. Just like gold, Bitcoin is useful for saving and trading, but it lives in computers instead of the ground. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #DigitalGold #Scarcity #Trustless #Ledger Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why Everyone Agrees Imagine everyone in class voting on the same answer. If everyone writes the same answer in their notebook, we all know it’s correct. Bitcoin works like this: every computer checks every page, and only the page that most computers agree on gets added to the notebook. If one computer tries to cheat, the others ignore it. This way, the notebook always shows the same truth for everyone. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Consensus #Verification #Trustless #Network Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why Transactions Need Signatures Imagine you draw a picture and sign your name on it so everyone knows it’s yours. In Bitcoin, every payment has a digital signature that proves it came from you. This signature is made with a secret key that only you have. Without the signature, no one would know the payment is real, and anyone could cheat. Signatures make Bitcoin safe and fair because they show who really sent the money without telling anyone your secret key. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #DigitalSignature #Verification #Trustless #Security Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why Rewards Shrink Over Time Imagine your friend gives you 10 candies every time you help clean the room, but each year, they give one candy less. Bitcoin works the same way: when miners solve the puzzle, they get new bitcoins as a reward. Over time, the reward gets smaller, so fewer new bitcoins are made. This keeps Bitcoin rare and special. Even though the reward shrinks, miners still check the notebook and keep the system safe, because the network and small fees still make it worth their effort. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Halving #Mining #Scarcity #Network Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why Miners Race Imagine a bunch of friends all trying to be the first to find a hidden toy in a sandbox. Whoever finds it first gets a prize. In Bitcoin, computers called “miners” race to solve a tricky puzzle to add the next page to everyone’s notebook. The winner gets a reward, and everyone writes the new page in their notebook too. Racing keeps the system honest because no one can just make up the answers—they have to solve the puzzle fairly. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Mining #Verification #Reward #Network Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic – Filling in the Blanks: Why Bitcoin Needs Everyone’s Notebook Imagine all your friends have the same treasure map. Every time you find a new clue, you need to make sure everyone else marks it on their maps too. If one friend writes something different, it could confuse everyone. Bitcoin works the same way: every new trade or payment has to be written in every computer’s notebook. That way, no one can lie or cheat. Everyone checking together keeps Bitcoin safe and true. The magic is that computers do the checking, so we don’t have to trust just one person. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Ledger #Trustless #Verification #Network Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic #20 – Mining is Like a Puzzle Game ⸻ Think of Bitcoin like a big puzzle that everyone wants to solve. Every time someone wants to add new trades to the notebooks, they have to solve a really tricky puzzle first. This puzzle isn’t about being smart like in school; it’s about trying lots of answers until one works. The first computer to solve the puzzle gets to write the new page in everyone’s notebook. They also get a small reward—a new coin! This keeps everyone playing fair because it’s really hard to cheat, and everyone can see who solved the puzzle and added the page. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Mining #Puzzle #Reward #Ledger Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic #19 – Why Everyone Checks Every Coin ⸻ Imagine you and all your friends have a big notebook where you write down every time someone gives or gets a coin. Before anyone believes a new trade is real, everyone looks in their notebook to make sure it’s correct. This is what happens in Bitcoin. Each computer that uses Bitcoin is like a friend with a notebook. They check that no one is trying to cheat or give the same coin twice. When all the notebooks agree, the trade is finished, and everyone can trust it. This makes Bitcoin very safe because it’s almost impossible to trick all the notebooks at once. • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Verification #Trust #Security #Ledger Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic #18 – Why Bitcoin is Scarce Like Gold ⸻ Think of a shiny treasure that only has a limited number of pieces. There aren’t enough for everyone to have as many as they want. Bitcoin works the same way. There will only ever be 21 million coins, no more. This makes each coin special, like a rare gem. If everyone tries to take too many coins, the treasure map shows who has what, so no one can cheat. Scarcity keeps the treasure valuable, and it teaches us patience and care when using each coin. Just like you wouldn’t eat all your candy at once, you save some for later! • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Scarcity #Gold #Value #Secure Block Height: 915390

Bitcoin Arithmetic #17 – How New Coins Appear ⸻ Imagine a magic treasure chest that gives out new coins every now and then, but only to the friends who solve a tricky puzzle. The puzzle is really hard, so it takes time and effort. When someone solves it, the chest gives them new coins as a reward. That’s called mining in Bitcoin. It helps the treasure map stay accurate because solving the puzzle also double-checks everyone’s coins. This way, new coins enter the system fairly, and everyone can trust the map. It’s like earning new stars for your treasure chart! • Please support me by sending sats in multiples of 100! That would really be supportive! pearswan17@primal.net 👉 That’s my Lightning/Primal wallet address. #BTC #Bitcoin #Timechain #Mining #TreasureChest #Rewards #Secure Block Height: 915390