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summary: 'a special type of transaction included in each block, which contains a small amount of Monero sent to the miner as a reward for their mining work'
terms: ["coinbase-transaction"]
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### The Basics

A special type of transaction included in each block, which contains a small
amount of Monero sent to the miner as a reward for their mining work.