Nonce
Mining
9 references
A value that miners vary when searching for a valid Proof of Work, making the block header hash satisfy the target. The term is also used in transactions in some systems to prevent replay and order transactions.
Appears in 9 whitepaper sections
$BTC
Bitcoin
Proof-of-Work
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For our timestamp network, we implement the proof-of-work by incrementing a nonce in the block until a value is found that gives the block's hash the required ze...
Reclaiming Disk Space
... │ │ │ ┌────────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ Prev Hash │ │ Nonce │ │ │ │ │ │ Prev Hash │ │ Nonce │ │ │
│ │ └────────...
Simplified Payment Verification
... │ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │
───────┼─►│ Prev Hash │ │ Nonce │ ├──────┼─►│ Prev Hash │ │ Nonce │ ├───────┼─►│ Prev Hash...
$ETH
Ethereum
Mining
... roughly one block every ten minutes, with each block containing a timestamp, a nonce, a reference to (i.e. hash of) the previous block and a list of all of the tran...
Ethereum
...ddresses to account objects. Each account has a balance, a transaction counter (nonce), and for contract accounts, associated code and storage. The platform includes...
Ethereum Accounts
...essage or transaction. Both types share a common structure: every account has a nonce (a counter used to ensure each transaction can only be processed once), an ethe...
Ethereum State Transition Function
...checks transaction validity: verifying the signature is correct, confirming the nonce matches the sender's account nonce, and ensuring the sender has sufficient bala...
Blockchain and Mining
...storing data from transaction execution), along with difficulty, timestamp, and nonce values. The state itself is a large Merkle Patricia trie mapping addresses to a...
