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This is cool. Isn't finding these the same as minting a new block of bitcoin? So definitially hard using our best understanding of algorithms, math, etc.



bitcoin is relatively easy. you are just hashing/permuting the block header until you get the lowest hash of all miners. it isn't hard, just expensive.

https://www.mycryptopedia.com/bitcoin-algorithm-explained/




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