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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: Athenus on June 17, 2011, 02:57:17 PM



Title: Questions on Bitcoin
Post by: Athenus on June 17, 2011, 02:57:17 PM
A question on the bitcoin algorithm:

If i understand correctly, when too many coins are being mined, the difficulty of mining increases. But how is this difficulty enforced? What prevents a node from mining coins using an arbitrary difficulty?


Title: Re: Questions on Bitcoin
Post by: ibisy70 on June 17, 2011, 02:59:57 PM
Perhaps you can find your answer here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_bitcoin_works