People love to call Bitcoin’s proof-of-work an “energy-hungry lottery,” but let’s be real: it’s more like an industrial mint printing cryptographic gold every ten minutes. Most folks focus on the block rewards that keep miners alive , but there’s a hidden layer of value hiding in plain sight: rare satoshis. For this topic, WhitePool, run by the European exchange WhiteBIT, is a useful example. Alongside regular Bitcoin mining, the pool also looks for rare satoshis with unique properties. These...

People love to call Bitcoin’s proof-of-work an “energy-hungry lottery,” but let’s be real: it’s more like an industrial mint printing cryptographic gold every ten minutes. Most folks focus on the block rewards that keep miners alive , but there’s a hidden layer of value hiding in plain sight: rare satoshis. For this topic, WhitePool, run by the European exchange WhiteBIT, is a useful example. Alongside regular Bitcoin mining, the pool also looks for rare satoshis with unique properties. These...