what is bitcoin mining 
bitcoin is a digital currency that requires a process called mining bitcoin mining is a network wide competition to generate a cryptographic solution that matches specific criteria when a correct solution is reached a reward in the form of bitcoin and fees for the work done is given to the miner s who reached the solution first this reward process continues until 21 million bitcoins are circulating once that number is reached the bitcoin reward is expected to cease and bitcoin miners will be rewarded through fees paid for the work done 