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Mining difficulty

Bitcoin adjusts proof-of-work difficulty every 2,016 blocks to target an average block interval of about ten minutes.

Context

Why it matters

Bitcoin adjusts proof-of-work difficulty every 2,016 blocks to target an average block interval of about ten minutes.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Bitcoin adjusts proof-of-work difficulty every 2,016 blocks to target an average block interval of about ten minutes.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

Tier — · technicalBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

Tier 1 · primary

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