How Proof-of-Work... Works
A Proof-of-Work system requires its users to perform some form of work to participate. The work must be difficult for the client but easy for the server/network to verify. For example, an email system that implements proof-of-work might require each sender's computer perform 1-2 seconds of work before sending an email. Deployed this way helps prevent spam. With Bitcoin, the POW also determines the approximate time between blocks and thus the rate that new bitcoins are created. Also read: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Decreases for First Time in Almost Two Years. Proof-of-Work. The code posted....
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To understand Bitcoin, people need to understand Proof-Of-Work. It might be the most crucial aspect of the network. Proof-Of-Work provides security, resolves the issuance problem, and guarantees “a ledger of ownership and transactions that is beyond dispute.” And that’s just the beginning. How does Proof-Of-Work accomplish all that? That’s what this section is all about. […]
A text threatening to prohibit cryptocurrencies relying on energy-intensive proof-of-work mining has been deleted from the draft legislation aimed at regulating the European crypto space. The move comes after the controversial provision sparked objections from the crypto community. MiCA Proposal Drops Ban on Proof-of-Work Coins Wording that could have banned cryptocurrencies with proof-of-work (PoW) mining, like bitcoin, is missing in the latest version of EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework. The European Parliament (EP) was expected to approve the proposal on the last....
It is evident that proof-of-work is a pure representation of free-market forces as opposed to the control of proof-of-stake.
Proof-of-work is the innovation that drives energy innovation. Proof-of-stake ensures the richest among us will continue their control over others.
As politicians and environmentalists have argued Bitcoin should move away from proof of work, they miss what makes the network so innovative.