{"id":1316,"date":"2020-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opennode.com\/blog\/?page_id=1316"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T21:28:11","slug":"difficulty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/difficulty\/","title":{"rendered":"Difficulty"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Difficulty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty is a measure of how difficult it is to find a valid <a href=\"https:\/\/opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/hash\">hash<\/a> below a given <a href=\"https:\/\/opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/target\">target<\/a>.\u00a0 Difficulty increases when the target decreases, and decreases when the target increases. Difficulty is an important method of regulating 10 minute <a href=\"https:\/\/opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/block-time\">block time<\/a> and thus the precession of <a href=\"https:\/\/opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/block\">block<\/a> creation through time. Every 2,016 blocks, roughly 2 weeks, the difficulty changes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/difficulty-adjustment\">difficulty adjustment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Difficulty <\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.bitcoin.it\/wiki\/Difficulty\">Bitcoin Wiki<\/a><\/li><li><em>Bitcoin\u2019s Difficulty Target and Adjustment: Complete Beginners Guide<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blockonomi.com\/bitcoin-difficulty-target-adjustment\/\">Blockonomi<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Difficulty Difficulty is a measure of how difficult it is to find a valid hash below a given target.\u00a0 Difficulty increases when the target decreases, and decreases when the target increases. Difficulty is an important method of regulating 10 minute block time and thus the precession of block creation through time. 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