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The Anatomy of Proof-of-Work

Proof-of-Work (PoW) was originally invented as a measure against email spams. Only later it was adapted to be used in digital cash [1].

What PoW mining actually does under the hood, is that it converts kinetic energy (electricity) into a ledger block. A…