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@ -778,6 +778,8 @@ numerically less than the target. If we decrease the target, the task of
finding a hash that is less than the target becomes more and more
difficult.
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<p class="fix_tracking">
To give a simple analogy, imagine a game where players throw a pair of
dice repeatedly, trying to throw less than a specified target. In the
first round, the target is 12. Unless you throw double-six, you win. In
@ -788,6 +790,8 @@ therefore be invalid. It takes more dice throws to win
the lower the target gets. Eventually, when the target is 3 (the minimum
possible), only one throw out of every 36, or about 3% of them, will produce a
winning result.
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From the perspective of an observer who knows that the target of the
dice game is 3, if someone has succeeded in casting a winning throw it