Primecoin primality test
The Endeavour 2026-01-10
Summary:
When I wrote about how Primecoin uses prime chains for proof of work, I left out a detail. To mine a new Primecoin block, you have to find a prime chain of specified length that starts with a number that is a multiple of the block header hash. According to the Primecoin whitepaper Another important […]
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