Mine Your First Block
Classes 7–12 · about 6 minutes · free, no sign-up
What you will learn
Understand a hash as a fingerprint of data, mine a block by proof of work, and see why each extra zero makes it 16 times harder.
How to play
- Press "Try next nonce" and watch the hash change completely each time.
- Mine the block by hand until its hash starts with a 0.
- Then let the computer mine with 2 and 3 zeros, and compare the tries.
- Change the data after mining and see what happens. This is a toy: no real Bitcoin is involved.
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