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May 24, 2011, 07:51:59 PM
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Hello,

I have looking at the source code in the function CreateNewBlock() trying to answer myself but I am unable to understand it, looks quite complicated, so I hope anyone can answer my doubts.


How bitcoin chooses the new blocks to calculate the hashes?.

it generates a random block of data and calculate the hash without taking into account if this block was previously calculated in the past?

or it generates a random block and checks if this block was never calculated before calculating the hash for it?

If I turn off my computer, could be bitcoin tomorrow calculating the same blocks than today?


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May 25, 2011, 03:01:18 AM
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What gets hashed?

The block is not random.  It has useful information in it, that changes often.  Every node starts over from scratch quite often.

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