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> hashes that begin with a certain number of bits set to 0. This myth was always intriguing to me. Where does it come from? It's not a number of 0s (which wou

> hashes that begin with a certain number of bits set to 0. This myth was always intriguing to me. Where does it come from? It's not a number of 0s (which would imply difficulty could only be doubled or halved), it's just finding a hash that is less than the target.

kevinwang 4y ago
It's in the original Bitcoin whitepaper
- chungy 4y ago
  Thanks, this is likely where I read it first. I hadn't realized the actual implementation got more complicated than that. :)
- cypress66 4y ago
  Interesting. Even though I read the paper many times, I didn't catch that. I guess I always skipped that part because I assume I already knew it.
pmarreck 4y ago
"Less than the target" in effect is "more leading zeroes" depending on how low the target is. But the lower, the more leading zeros, Right?