# Mining

### How does mining work in GoMining Lite?

Each miner you buy is connected to real mining equipment. The more power (TH/s) you own, the more Bitcoin you earn. You don’t need to set up or maintain any hardware: GoMining manages the process for you.

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### What is computing power?

**Computing power** is one of the most important characteristics of every digital miner.\
It shows how many calculations a miner performs each second to verify and add transactions to the Bitcoin blockchain.

The computing power of the digital miners by GoMining is measured in TeraHash/s (TH/s):

> 1 TH = 1000000000000 H

The more TH/s your miner has, the higher your potential Bitcoin rewards.

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To put this into perspective:

* A simple calculator performs only a few thousand operations per second.
* A modern smartphone, such as the *iPhone 17,* can handle about one trillion operations per second.
* An *NVIDIA RTX 5090* graphics card is capable of performing tens of quadrillions of operations every second.
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### Where does the computing power come from?

Each digital miner in GoMining is backed by real mining equipment located in our data centers.\
When you buy a digital miner, you get a share of the computing power of this hardware, the same devices that mine Bitcoin every day.

By purchasing a digital miner, you receive ownership of a portion of the real device fleet already engaged in mining.\
All computing power assigned to your miner directly participates in the Bitcoin blockchain network.

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### What does energy efficiency mean?

The value of a digital miner depends not only on its power in TH/s but also on its **energy efficiency**, measured in watts per terahash (W/TH). This parameter shows how much energy the miner needs to produce one terahash of power.

Since mining takes place on a real blockchain network, electricity is used during this process; that’s why you pay electricity fees when you receive mining rewards.

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Miners in GoMining Lite can only be created with an efficiency of 20 W/TH.
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### How often do I get rewards?

Your Bitcoin rewards update every day.\
You can see your income grow in real time on the main screen and in the *Miners -> Rewards* section.

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### What payment methods can I use?

You can buy miners using crypto or your bank card.

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Card payments are not available in some countries because of payment provider restrictions.\
If you don’t see the card option, you can still buy miners using crypto.
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