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It’s not a myth. It’s a useful simplification.
by runeks 6y ago
It’s not a myth. It’s a useful simplification.
- tromp 6y agoIt's also accurate if you say that hash value H has -log_2 (H / 2^256) = 256 - log_2 H leading 0s and allow for fractional number of leading 0s. The nBits header field closely resembles a 32-bit floating point representation of this number (I say resembles because it's really a floating point representation of the threshold H value).