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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIncorrect. Bitcoin protocol is designed to distribute bitcoin to whoever provides the most energy (work).
minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoit’s all just guess-and-check. a raspberry pi could find the next block even today.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAgreed. Because they can’t provide enough power to prove the required work.
minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoi think you read a word that isn’t there. the work of generating a nonce, hashing the header, and checking for leading zeroes can certainly be done by a raspberry pi in under the 10 minute block time.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoA raspberry pi could verify a bitcoin block. It is EXTREMELY unlikely to find the next block.
minus-squareVictoria Antoinette @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agounlikely, given the network hashrate, but not impossible.
Incorrect. Bitcoin protocol is designed to distribute bitcoin to whoever provides the most energy (work).
it’s all just guess-and-check. a raspberry pi could find the next block even today.
Agreed. Because they can’t provide enough power to prove the required work.
i think you read a word that isn’t there. the work of generating a nonce, hashing the header, and checking for leading zeroes can certainly be done by a raspberry pi in under the 10 minute block time.
A raspberry pi could verify a bitcoin block. It is EXTREMELY unlikely to find the next block.
unlikely, given the network hashrate, but not impossible.