===== Difficulty =====
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**Difficulty**, in [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:proof_of_work|Proof-of-Work]] mining, is how hard it is to verify blocks in a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:blockchain_network|blockchain network]]. In the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:bitcoin|Bitcoin]] network, the difficulty of [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:mining|mining]] adjusts verifying blocks every 2016 blocks. This is to keep block verification time at ten minutes.

Source: [[https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-dictionary-f4d098c9ef89]]


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