Why do fees not show up as transaction outputs? Where do transaction fees go? How do miners receive fees?

More about transaction fees can be found in these chapters:
https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/f8b883dcd4e3d1b9adf40fed59b7e898fbd9241f/ch06.asciidoc
https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/df1828b7205a5950a16a3182cf9b15421ee70658/ch10.asciidoc

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Vietnamese, ‘Internet Của Tiền Tệ’ (v1) – https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

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