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.
Gold-Backed Crypto Currency, Digix, to Increase Demand for Physical Gold. Gold investors have been slow and cautious to adopt crypto-currencies such as bitcoin. Many gold investors have been outright antagonistic towards bitcoin, seeing it as false competition to real money such as gold and silver.