Consensus mechanisms specify how a blockchain reaches agreement on the next block. In Proof of Work (PoW), miners search for a block header whose cryptographic hash satisfies a difficulty condition (for example, ‘hash < target’). The result is a Proof of Work: solving the puzzle is costly, so producing an alternative history requires redoing the same cost for every replaced block.
What PoW actually asks the miner to do
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