When a block is found,does it means it already been mined?

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Yep, you got it! When people say a block has been "found", they mean that a miner has done the necessary work (solved a complex mathematical problem) to add the block to the blockchain.

In Bitcoin, this process is known as mining and when a miner successfully mines a block, they get rewarded with some shiny new bitcoins plus transaction fees included in that block. It's kinda like digging for gold - hence the term "mining".

Can SPV wallets mine Bitcoin?

I mean do bitcoin wallets mine bitcoin?