"mining pool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mining pools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mining pool (plural mining pools)
  1. The pooling of resources by cryptocurrency miners who share their processing power and split the reward. Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency

Inflected forms

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