https://elitemininginc.com/2020/01/decentralization-of-bitcoin-and-hash-rate-powerDECENTRALIZATION OF BITCOIN AND HASH RATE (POWER)
Previously we looked more closely at the Bitcoin Difficulty and what it is. Now we will take a closer look at the ‘hash rate’, what it is and also what it means for the decentralization of Bitcoin.
HASH AND HASH RATE
As we mentioned in the article on the bitcoin difficulty, a ‘hash’ is the output of a hash function, and the hash rate is the speed a single computational action needs to complete an operation in the code. For mining purposes, the higher the hash rate the better, because it increases the chance of finding the next block and thus receiving the block reward. The blocks are like mathematical puzzles; the mining machines have to make thousands or even millions of guesses per second to find the right answers to ‘solve’ the block.