diff --git a/ch10.asciidoc b/ch10.asciidoc index 2e369922..686dea8b 100644 --- a/ch10.asciidoc +++ b/ch10.asciidoc @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ At the time of writing, the network is attempting to find a block whose header h [[target_bits]] ==== Target Representation -In <>, we saw that the block contains the target, in a notation called "target bits" or just "bits," which in block 277,316 has the value of +0x1903a30c+. This notation expresses the Proof-of-Work target as a coefficient/exponent format, with the first two hexadecimal digits for the exponent and the next six hex digits as the coefficient. In this block, therefore, the exponent is +0x19+ and the coefficient is +0x03a30c+. +((("mining and consensus", "mining the block", "target representation")))In <>, we saw that the block contains the target, in a notation called "target bits" or just "bits," which in block 277,316 has the value of +0x1903a30c+. This notation expresses the Proof-of-Work target as a coefficient/exponent format, with the first two hexadecimal digits for the exponent and the next six hex digits as the coefficient. In this block, therefore, the exponent is +0x19+ and the coefficient is +0x03a30c+. The formula to calculate the difficulty target from this representation is: