Re:Why Is It Taking 20 Minutes to Mine This Bitcoin Block?
by gtrubetskoy on Monday February 26, 2018 @07:36PM
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> do large mining operations network their miners so that they don't overlap their hashes
The short answer is "no" (there is no need).
The SHA-256 space (2^256) is larger than the number of atoms in the observable universe, if you pick the (extra)nonces at random, there is practically no chance you can ever pick the same number as anyone else.
The short answer is "no" (there is no need).
The SHA-256 space (2^256) is larger than the number of atoms in the observable universe, if you pick the (extra)nonces at random, there is practically no chance you can ever pick the same number as anyone else.