From 816f429a32d941905d022fdc9a7b30c6287911e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rating89us <45968869+rating89us@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 16:58:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ch10: the target -> this target --- ch10.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch10.asciidoc b/ch10.asciidoc index 8bf0dac5..7ee25b09 100644 --- a/ch10.asciidoc +++ b/ch10.asciidoc @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ switching back to hexadecimal: ++++ -This means that a valid block for height 277,316 is one that has a block header hash that is less than the target. In binary that number must have more than 60 leading bits set to zero. With this level of difficulty, a single miner processing 1 trillion hashes per second (1 terahash per second or 1 TH/sec) would only find a solution once every 8,496 blocks or once every 59 days, on average. +This means that a valid block for height 277,316 is one that has a block header hash that is less than this target. In binary that number must have more than 60 leading bits set to zero. With this level of difficulty, a single miner processing 1 trillion hashes per second (1 terahash per second or 1 TH/sec) would only find a solution once every 8,496 blocks or once every 59 days, on average. [[target]] ==== Retargeting to Adjust Difficulty