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0 pointsthethirdone9y ago0 comments

> if I steal the mined block I get all the reward

How would you steal a block? Changing the target of the payment requires recomputing the nonce.

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The value is in the proof of work; just a very hard-to-compute number. All you need to do to steal the work is to prevent the server from sending the hash to the owner, and independently submit that proof of work elsewhere.

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0 pointsthethirdone9y ago0 comments

> if I steal the mined block I get all the reward

How would you steal a block? Changing the target of the payment requires recomputing the nonce.

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theptip9y ago

The value is in the proof of work; just a very hard-to-compute number. All you need to do to steal the work is to prevent the server from sending the hash to the owner, and independently submit that proof of work elsewhere.

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