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\begin{document}
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\section*{Homework 8}
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item How can the hardness of the proof-of-work puzzles in
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      Bitcoins be adjusted? What is parameter that determines
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      how the hardness is adjusted?
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\item What is the main data that is stored in Bitcoin's
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      blockchain? 
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\item What is is the purpose of the proof-of-work puzzle in
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      Bitcoins?      
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\item The department has large labs full of computers that are
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      pretty much idle over night. Why is it a bad idea to let
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      them mine for Bitcoins?
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\item Is it possible that Bitcoins can get lost (be
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      irretrievable)?
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\end{enumerate}
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\end{document}
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