miner

Etymology

mine + -er

noun

1. A person who works in a mine.
   The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
   Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. 2014-04-21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884
2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
3. Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
4. Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
5. (cryptocurrencies) Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency; someone engaged in mining.
   Coordinate term: staker
   The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network. 2022-01-06, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, in The Guardian