I’ve done a lot of reading trying to figure out what a bitcoin target really means and after reading over 10 different explainations, over several days, I think I finally understand. Here are some of the basics. 1. You’ll see people talk about the maximum target of: 0x00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. What the heck does this mean and… Read More »
So you’ve Googled bitcoin target, read a whole bunch of stuff but still don’t get it and want to see real examples for comparisons. You’ve come to the right place. I learn best with examples so here goes. From Bitcoin wikipedia “The target is a 256-bit number (extremely large) that all Bitcoin clients share. The… Read More »
A very well written book. More for the technically orientated as there is lots of sample source code and commands to try and run but still recommend for non technical audiences as well.