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Not exactly the same thing. Consider this example: Threshold is 001010 The numbers 001001 and 001011 have the same number of leading zeroes but one is below t
by letstryagain 13y ago
Not exactly the same thing. Consider this example:
Threshold is 001010
The numbers 001001 and 001011 have the same number of leading zeroes but one is below the threshold and the other is not.
- ars_technician 13y agoWhat I said is correct, but I suppose ambiguous. What I mean to say is that counting MSB zeros does specify that the number will be below a threshold, just not an arbitrary threshold like the one you gave in your example. For a more concrete example, if the requirement is that a 16-bit word is less than 4096, you only have to verify that it leads with 4 zeros.
- letstryagain 13y agoYes but Bitcoin uses 'below number X' which has more precision than just counting leading zeroes.