diff --git a/ch12_mining.adoc b/ch12_mining.adoc index fb430a15..7c0f26cd 100644 --- a/ch12_mining.adoc +++ b/ch12_mining.adoc @@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ finding a hash that is less than the target becomes more and more difficult. ++++ -

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To give a simple analogy, imagine a game where players throw a pair of dice repeatedly, trying to throw less than a specified target. In the -first round, the target is 12. Unless you throw double-six, you win. In +first round, the target is 12. Unless you throw double-6, you win. In the next round the target is 11. Players must throw 10 or less to win, again an easy task. Let's say a few rounds later the target is down to 5. Now, more than half the dice throws will exceed the target and