If you wanna explain Bitcoin to a normie, I just had a random thought about an oversimplified explanation.

The node runners are public libraries run by volunteers.

The miners are like publishers who print the books.

Each library has an identical set of books, the books are just a history of financial transactions.

Mining a block is when a publisher gets paid for printing the next book and how all the publishers and libraries agree on what gets printed and stored.

Does this explanation make enough sense to be helpful to people?

#asknostr