https://github.com/ezavile/proof-of-work

Hashcash Proof of Work Algorithm
https://github.com/ezavile/proof-of-work

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Hashcash Proof of Work Algorithm

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ezavile/proof-of-work
• Owner: ezavile
• Created: 2017-11-24T19:46:33.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-11-27T22:08:07.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T04:48:32.086Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 3.91 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# proof-of-work

### Getting started

#### Install

```

npm install

```

#### Run

```

node index

```

### Inputs

Input Name | Datatype | Example        | Description

---------- | -------- | -------------- | --------

message    | String   | Hello, world!  | The message to do the proof of work on

difficulty | Integer  | 3 (recommended) | The difficulty (number of zeros that the resulting hash must have)

### Outputs

Output Name | Datatype | Example

----------- | -------- | -------

PoW hash    | String [hex] | 0004b5ec0e58569b916cd0e55b1253e2da19e8cf4d291108f8146c0ad5bd3810

nonce      | Number   | 4174

Time spent  | Number [seconds] | 0.022134

## Example

```bash

$ message to hash: Hello, world!

$ difficulty (3 recommended): 3

Finished after: 33.453ms

PoW Hash: 0004b5ec0e58569b916cd0e55b1253e2da19e8cf4d291108f8146c0ad5bd3810

Nonce used: 4174

```