# Noob question

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/noob-question/1042>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/noob-question/1042 "2016-12-20T12:17:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kay5ive](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/kay5ive/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@kay5ive](https://bisq.community/u/kay5ive)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/noob-question/1042/1 "2016-12-20T12:17:02Z")

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Hi,  
I am noob in this platform.  
I need to know some basic information:

1. Is it based on POS or POW?
2. Reward rate?
3. Will it work with mining through GPU’s?
4. Block reward time?  
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bla bla bla…

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/noob-question/1042/2 "2016-12-20T19:28:47Z")

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You need to read a little bit more before asking:

1. Neither. Bitsquare it’s not a cryptocurrency.
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Bitsquare is a decentralized exchange. You can trade bitcoin with fiat and a lot of currencies.

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**Author:** ![shrike](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/shrike/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@shrike](https://bisq.community/u/shrike)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/noob-question/1042/3 "2016-12-21T00:18:49Z")

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So… you do dont care what the coin’s raison d’être is?