# About 0xBitcoin

Since being deployed in 2018, coins have been minted from the smart contract over 100,000 times.

# Pure Mined

Miners use specialized computers called FPGAs and ASICs to solve mathematical challenges. This is what creates all 0xBTC tokens in order to make 0xBitcoin the most decentralized and neutral asset on Mainnet.

# Native

Since the 0xBitcoin contract is directly deployed in Ethereum Mainnet, no bridges or IOUs are needed to account for 0xBitcoins in an Ethereum wallet. This way, users can self-custody, stake, and trade 0xBTC with zero-trust in any third party. The immutable smart contract itself is the only system used end-to-end.