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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto

// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers

// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying

// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.


#ifndef BITCOIN_POW_H

#define BITCOIN_POW_H


#include <consensus/params.h>


#include <stdint.h>


class CBlockHeader;

class CBlockIndex;

class uint256;


unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock, const Consensus::Params&);

unsigned int CalculateNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, int64_t nFirstBlockTime, const Consensus::Params&);


bool CheckProofOfWork(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params&);


#endif // BITCOIN_POW_H

CBlockHeader
Nodes collect new transactions into a block, hash them into a hash tree, and scan through nonce value...
Definition: block.h:21

CBlockIndex
The block chain is a tree shaped structure starting with the genesis block at the root,...
Definition: chain.h:146

uint256
256-bit opaque blob.
Definition: uint256.h:124

params.h

GetNextWorkRequired
unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex *pindexLast, const CBlockHeader *pblock, const Consensus::Params &)
Definition: pow.cpp:13

CheckProofOfWork
bool CheckProofOfWork(uint256 hash, unsigned int nBits, const Consensus::Params &)
Check whether a block hash satisfies the proof-of-work requirement specified by nBits.
Definition: pow.cpp:74

CalculateNextWorkRequired
unsigned int CalculateNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex *pindexLast, int64_t nFirstBlockTime, const Consensus::Params &)
Definition: pow.cpp:49

Consensus::Params
Parameters that influence chain consensus.
Definition: params.h:70