I hereby claim:
- I am scharton on github.
- I am scharton (https://keybase.io/scharton) on keybase.
- I have a public key ASCcjkyomMZk2oYrsJjVoe1fjttbK5HwKRds7bsaAJsuAgo
To claim this, I am signing this object:
scharton
scharton
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/ proof_of_work.py
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Python proof of work example from Mastering Bitcoin
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| import hashlib | |
| import time | |
| max_nonce = 2 ** 32 # 4 billion | |
| def proof_of_work(header, difficulty_bits): | |
| # calculate the difficulty target | |
| target = 2 ** (256-difficulty_bits) |