Currency is the reward that miners get for performing the calculations necessary to verify and then add new transactions to the blockchain; without miners, the blockchain wouldn't work. Think of them as the accountants of the blockchain, if that helps.
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Now, what is the blockchain, one might ask - here you go: https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/
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