Mining and facilitating transactions, by which I'm assuming you're meaning certifying that transactions are legit, are the same thing. Here's a short video by

Mining and facilitating transactions, by which I'm assuming you're meaning certifying that transactions are legit, are the same thing. Here's a short video by 3Blue1Brown on how cryptocurrencies work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4