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Updated proof_of_work.py

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@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ def proof_of_work(difficulty: int) -> int:
""" """
prefix = '0' * difficulty prefix = '0' * difficulty
nonce = 0 nonce = 0
start = time.time() start = time.time() # Timing starts
while True: while True:
hash_result = hashlib.sha256(f"{nonce}".encode()).hexdigest() hash_result = hashlib.sha256(f"{nonce}".encode()).hexdigest()
if hash_result.startswith(prefix): if hash_result.startswith(prefix):
end = time.time() end = time.time() # Timing ends
# Removed the print statement print(f"Time taken: {end - start:.2f}s") # Print time taken
return nonce return nonce
nonce += 1 nonce += 1