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Good description, but the puzzles are not complex.

Run a roulette with billions of numbers. If the result is 0 you won, otherwise, try again, and again and again.

nothing complex
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Bitcoin Miner Quest 2y ago

Yea trying to simplyfy as much as I can.

Correct me if I am wrong buy as far as I know it is not 0 the result that determines the winner.

Each block has a target and the goal is to find a solution by hashing the whole block data to find a solution between zero and the target. As difficulty increases, the target is set lower and therefore it becomes harder to find a solution for the block.

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Pip the WoT guy 2y ago

yes, you are right, the difficulty changes over time

In my example, that would mean the roulette changing the number of possible outcomes/numbers.

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Pip the WoT guy 2y ago

But, for every block, the difficulty is set, so what the miners do is playing the roulette.

The roulette changes, the game is always the same, and it's not complex.

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Bitcoin Miner Quest 2y ago

Exactly!

Gm brother!

Well I guess complexity is something relative to the student trying to learn.