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//TODO:use visual representation like I did on bitcoin.org
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Block headers contain the target in a notation called "target
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Block headers ((("bitcoins", "mining", "target representation", id="bitcoin-mining-target")))((("mining", "target representation", id="mining-target")))((("targets", "representation of", id="target-represent")))((("Proof-of-Work algorithm", "target representation", id="proof-target")))contain the target in a notation called "target
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bits" or just "bits," which in block 277,316 has the value of
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+0x1903a30c+. This notation expresses the Proof-of-Work target as a
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coefficient/exponent format, with the first two hexadecimal digits for
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have more than 60 leading bits set to zero. With this level of
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difficulty, a single miner processing 1 trillion hashes per second (1
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terahash per second or 1 TH/sec) would only find a solution once every
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8,496 blocks or once every 59 days, on average.
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8,496 blocks or once every 59 days, ((("bitcoins", "mining", "target representation", startref="bitcoin-mining-target")))((("mining", "target representation", startref="mining-target")))((("targets", "representation of", startref="target-represent")))((("Proof-of-Work algorithm", "target representation", startref="proof-target")))on average.
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[[target]]
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==== Retargeting to Adjust Difficulty
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