Chris Liss on Nostr: Dumb question for the technically knowledgeable: how does the protocol determine what ...
Dumb question for the technically knowledgeable: how does the protocol determine what number the miners have to guess? IOW, each block needs to be guessed, and I’m assuming each “number” is random. But computers don’t do random very well.
Occurred to me with the solo miners winning the block reward last couple days — is it possible to game the protocol and narrow it down?
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