Bitcoin mining involves a series of calculations that are progressively more computing intensive to validate the next block in the blockchain ledger, and then also perform calculations that demonstrate proof of work.
@KRD I think the point the above Jellies are making is not about its popularity but about the fact that you won’t be able to make any money doing it now.
@KRD – same process as mining Bitcoin: find the algorithm to mine a particular coin then run the program. After a certain amount of time, coins are generated.