From 390cd7e12e60f10db481825234075bcb9af83a40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DIVYASREE S Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:00:17 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Updated proof_of_work.py --- blockchain/proof_of_work.py | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/blockchain/proof_of_work.py b/blockchain/proof_of_work.py index 425050b1d..4bb61ea03 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() @@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ def proof_of_work(difficulty: int) -> int: hash_result = hashlib.sha256(f"{nonce}".encode()).hexdigest() if hash_result.startswith(prefix): end = time.time() - print(f"Nonce: {nonce}, Hash: {hash_result}, Time: {end - start:.2f}s") + # Removed the print statement return nonce nonce += 1