Block Reward

A block reward is the incentive granted to a miner or validator for successfully adding a new block of verified transactions to a blockchain. This reward typically consists of newly minted cryptocurrency (often referred to as the "coinbase reward") and any transaction fees associated with the transactions included in that block. It serves as the primary economic motivator for participants to dedicate resources – whether computational power in Proof-of-Work or staked capital in Proof-of-Stake – to secure the network and process transactions.