Mining is earning it. You are not buying when you mine.
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first of all this entire enteraction is for the giggles... im not being serisous not even 1 bit.
second, buy it, earn it, mine it, are three seperate things.
do you earn the lottery if you win it?
I get that it's just for giggles, and also get the comparison of mining and playing the lottery.
Personally I see a slight distinction. Mining (especially in the case of solo mining) is basically the provision of services to the Bitcoin network just without a set expectation of compensation. So earning in a way?
When playing the lottery, you're contributing monetary energy, but I'm unsure if you would call it providing a labor or service. Unless you're considering the physical act of procuring the ticket as the labor...
Idk.