Difficulty

Proof-of-Work

...rdware speed and varying interest in running nodes over time, the proof-of-work difficulty is determined by a moving average targeting an average number of blocks per hou...

Blockchain and Mining

...tion root, a receipt root (storing data from transaction execution), along with difficulty, timestamp, and nonce values. The state itself is a large Merkle Patricia trie ...

Challenges and Risks

...eposits and withdrawals. The cryptocurrency industry has experienced widespread difficulty in maintaining banking access, as banks face regulatory pressure to avoid assoc...

Existing Consensus Algorithms

...zles, and the first miner to find a valid solution proposes the next block. The difficulty of the puzzle is adjusted dynamically so that the network produces one block ap...

Technical Specifications

...ing that transactions can be included in the next block with minimal fees. The difficulty adjustment algorithm recalculates the mining difficulty every 240 blocks, which correspond...

Network Architecture

...d through the Scrypt hashing algorithm, produces a hash value below the current difficulty target. The miner who finds a valid hash first broadcasts the new block to the ...

Abstract

...cal medium of exchange for everyday transactions. With 32MB blocks, an adaptive difficulty adjustment algorithm, and continued protocol development, Bitcoin Cash aims to scale on-ch...

The Fork

... In the aftermath of the fork, both chains had to contend with the challenge of difficulty adjustment. Bitcoin Cash initially used the same SHA-256 difficulty from the Bitcoin chain...

Network Architecture

...power is directed at the more profitable Bitcoin chain. However, Bitcoin Cash's difficulty adjustment algorithm ensures that blocks are produced at the target ten-minute interval re...

Monetary Policy

...heir resources to whichever chain is more profitable at any given time, and the difficulty adjustment algorithms on both chains accommodate this fluid allocation. In practice, Bitco...

Conclusion

...as been marked by thoughtful and consequential protocol improvements. The ASERT difficulty adjustment algorithm provides stable block production under volatile hash rate conditions....