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PrimeCoin searches for prime chains. For example 6 is at the center of a bitwin prime chain of length 2. 6 - 1 = 5, prime 6 + 1 = 7, prime 6 * 2 - 1 = 11, prim
by david4096 13y ago
PrimeCoin searches for prime chains. For example 6 is at the center of a bitwin prime chain of length 2.
6 - 1 = 5, prime
6 + 1 = 7, prime
6 * 2 - 1 = 11, prime
6 * 2 + 1 = 13, prime
The design paper is a light and interesting read:
http://ppcoin.org/static/primecoin-paper.pdf http://ppcoin.org/static/primecoin-paper.pdf
Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunningham_chain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunningham_chain