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dashpay / x11-hash-js

x11 javascript hashing algorithm in pure javascript
MIT License
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What is the use of x11-hash-js ? #4

Closed dpetrini closed 6 years ago

dpetrini commented 6 years ago

I see x11-hash-js in some repositories with bitcore.

I am porting a coin to bitcore, it is working insight app, but I have not used the hash anyway.

So, why need x11 hash in JS?

Sorry for the silly question.

nmarley commented 6 years ago

Hi,

The X11 hash is the block hashing (Proof-of-Work) algorithm for Dash. You can verify the block's Proof-of-Work by hashing the raw bytes of the 80-byte block header and verifying that the result is lower than or equal to the target difficulty. In Bitcoin, the equivalent algorithm used is double-sha256.