From bfc7f4de33baf0763f828c6cdedeee53ea7d2760 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wakgill <76528604+wakgill@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 01:31:13 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Create 183.md --- docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/183.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/183.md diff --git a/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/183.md b/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/183.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..825f218 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/183.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +layout: forum +title: 'Re: Hash/sec Throttling for Democracy' +grand_parent: Forum Posts +parent: Bitcoin Forum +nav_order: 183 +date: 2010-07-14 20:25:06 UTC +original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=299.msg2908#msg2908 +--- + +# Re: Hash/sec Throttling for Democracy +--- + +
+Re: Hash/sec Throttling for Democracy
+July 14, 2010, 08:25:06 PM
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+Quote from: knightmb on July 14, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
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+So if your computer was only 1% towards solving block 68000
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+This is a common point of confusion.  There's no such thing as being 1% towards solving a block.  You don't make progress towards solving it.  After working on it for 24 hours, your chances of solving it are equal to what your chances were at the start or at any moment.
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+It's like trying to flip 37 coins at once and have them all come up heads.  Each time you try, your chances of success are the same.
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+The RNG is the OpenSSL secure random number generator.  On Windows it's seeded with the complete set of all hardware performance counters since your computer started, on Linux it's dev/random.
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