The verb minit (the accent on "a") means "to earn the crypto currency ". This "extraction" is done through complex but completely useless computer calculations, the reward for which are "coins" - virtual units of the crypto currency, which can be exchanged for quite real dollars.
The English word "mining" literally means "mining" and comes from the word "mine" (mine). The irony of this analogy is that the Chinese teenager, who in his cellar "minit" bitkoyn a bunch of video cards, and the Russian miner, who descends into the face to give the country coal, are called the same word.
Mine is on the lists: Computers , Finance
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