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(author here) Absolutely. Thanks for pointing this out. If difficulty adjusted in factors of two, the ability of the network to accurately maintain its 10 mins
by monokh 6y ago
(author here)
Absolutely. Thanks for pointing this out. If difficulty adjusted in factors of two, the ability of the network to accurately maintain its 10 mins blocktime become impaired.
I try to keep these concepts rather simplified to ease the reading and learning process. Perhaps there should be a note for these situations.
- sowbug 6y agoIn defense of the explanation, sometimes it's asking for an unnecessary mental leap of the reader to think of a bit array as a number, especially if the reader is not accustomed to thinking in base-2 or base-16 number systems.
- nullc 6y agoThe hash is just a number regardless-- surely no one has any problem understanding any other number in the protocol as a number! :)
- bouncycastle 6y agoEven this sentence is just a number.
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- yaktubi 6y agoReally it’s not because it’s a sequence of glyphs first and foremost. It can be mapped to a number though.
- bouncycastle 6y agoNope, no mapping necessary. 36 octets, so a single 288 bit number in base 2. (Big-endian, unsigned, I guess) Then convert to any base you want. (I should have probably used 32 octets so that it fits neatly in 256 bits)
- yaktubi 6y agoIsn’t that a mapping? Because the primary purpose of the string of glyphs is readable by humans. Such representation is mapped to the numerical representation for storage in the computer. It may also be mapped to lines of ink written on a piece of paper for transmission
- bouncycastle 6y agoOh, in my example, it's just a coincidence that the number was readable by humans! Other numbers may come out as complete gibberish. The "mapping" you may be referring to is happening outside and subject to how your brain /your browser interpret it. (How do you know that when I posted the comment, that I didn't supply the raw bits of the number?! ;-)) Anyway, it was just a joke for low level-programmers I guess. Have a good day ;-)
- withinboredom 6y agoYou could easily explain the basic principles in human-sized numbers (ie, less than 1024).
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