diff --git a/ch12_mining.adoc b/ch12_mining.adoc index fe636b91..aa28cc5a 100644 --- a/ch12_mining.adoc +++ b/ch12_mining.adoc @@ -819,6 +819,8 @@ $ echo "Hello, world! 32" | sha256sum 09cb91f8250df04a3db8bd98f47c7cecb712c99835f4123e8ea51460ccbec314 - ---- +++++ +

Although it only takes one hash computation to verify, it took us 32 hash computations to find a nonce that worked. If we had a lower target (higher difficulty), it would take many more hash computations to @@ -826,6 +828,8 @@ find a suitable nonce, but only one hash computation for anyone to verify. Furthermore, by knowing the target, anyone can estimate the difficulty using statistics and therefore know roughly how much work was needed to find such a nonce. +

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