Protocol & Consensus • Estimated 60m

Proof of Work

protocol.proof-of-work

Mining via Proof of Work solves three core problems at once: consensus on transaction history, network security against sybil and rewrite attacks, and open distribution of new coins through block rewards.

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Curated resources (4)

• Bitcoin Core Academy (article) Protocol deep dives and exercises.
• BIPs Repository (article) Canonical specification source for standards.
• Bitcoin Dev Network (article) Practical implementation context.
• Inventing Bitcoin (book) Strong beginner technical explanation of why Proof of Work secures ordering and issuance.

Direct prerequisites (3)

• Byzantine Generals Problem
• Double-Spend Problem
• Hash Functions

Direct dependents (7)

• Block Structure
• Consensus Rules
• Difficulty Adjustment
• Digital Scarcity
• Mining Energy Accounting
• Mining Hardware
• Spacechains

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