Market Capitalization
A coin's price times its circulating supply.
Market capitalization is a coin's current price multiplied by how many coins are in circulation. It is a rough measure of a coin's size relative to others.
For a miner, price matters more than market cap directly: your income is your coins times their price, minus your costs.
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