From 38904a32f7cc512e447989830d283c9cf2d2d7c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DIVYASREE S Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:30:29 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update proof_of_work.py --- blockchain/proof_of_work.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/blockchain/proof_of_work.py b/blockchain/proof_of_work.py index 2aa1e8c5a..d273b94d6 100644 --- a/blockchain/proof_of_work.py +++ b/blockchain/proof_of_work.py @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def proof_of_work(difficulty: int) -> int: """ Simulates a Proof of Work mining process. - The miner must find a nonce such that the hash of the nonce starts + The miner must find a nonce such that the hash of the nonce starts with a specific number of leading zeros (difficulty). Args: @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def proof_of_work(difficulty: int) -> int: >>> isinstance(result, int) True """ - prefix = "0" * difficulty + prefix = '0' * difficulty nonce = 0 start = time.time() # Timing starts