arno/bitcoinbook
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook synced 2024-11-22 16:18:11 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

Edited ch12_mining.adoc with Atlas code editor

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
clenser 2023-10-17 21:44:42 +00:00
parent 8d50f5221b
commit a4a33c0d1f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

4
ch12_mining.adoc
View File

@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ terahash per second or 1 TH/sec) would only find a solution once every
[[target]]
==== Retargeting to Adjust Difficulty
As we saw, the target determines the difficulty and
As we saw, ((("bitcoins", "mining", "adjusting difficulty", id="bitcoin-mining-difficulty")))((("mining", "adjusting difficulty", id="mining-difficulty")))((("targets", "adjusting difficulty", id="target-difficulty")))((("Proof-of-Work algorithm", "adjusting difficulty", id="proof-difficulty")))((("difficulty", "adjusting", id="difficulty-adjust")))the target determines the difficulty and
therefore affects how long it takes to find a solution to the
Proof-of-Work algorithm. This leads to the obvious questions: Why is the
difficulty adjustable, who adjusts it, and how?
@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ possible with the current generation of silicon fabrication, converting
electricity into hashing computation at the highest rate possible. The
primary influence on the mining market is the price of one kilowatt-hour
of electricity in bitcoin, because that determines the profitability of
mining and therefore the incentives to enter or exit the ((("candidate blocks", "mining", startref="candidate-mine")))((("blocks", "candidate blocks", "mining", startref="block-candidate-mine")))((("mining", "candidate blocks", startref="mining-candidate")))((("bitcoins", "mining", "candidate blocks", startref="bitcoin-mining-candidate")))mining
mining and therefore the incentives to enter or exit the ((("candidate blocks", "mining", startref="candidate-mine")))((("blocks", "candidate blocks", "mining", startref="block-candidate-mine")))((("mining", "candidate blocks", startref="mining-candidate")))((("bitcoins", "mining", "candidate blocks", startref="bitcoin-mining-candidate")))((("bitcoins", "mining", "adjusting difficulty", startref="bitcoin-mining-difficulty")))((("mining", "adjusting difficulty", startref="mining-difficulty")))((("targets", "adjusting difficulty", startref="target-difficulty")))((("Proof-of-Work algorithm", "adjusting difficulty", startref="proof-difficulty")))((("difficulty", "adjusting", startref="difficulty-adjust")))mining
market.
[[mtp]]