The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery. [French archÃ©ologie, from New Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologiÄ, antiquarian lore : arkhaio-, archaeo- + -logiÄ, -logy.]
Mining. In cryptocurrency networks, mining is a validation of transactions. For this effort, successful miners obtain new cryptocurrency as a reward. The reward decreases transaction fees by creating a complementary incentive to contribute to the processing power of the network.
Bitcoin on. Bitcoin are produced through a process called mining. There is an upper limit of 21 million bitcoin that will ever be mined. The number of coins that are mined in each block is called the reward. This reward decreases as time passes. The last 7% of bitcoin will be mined over a timespan of 100 years. Those years are not included in this chart. The price before July 2010 is unknown because there were no markets.