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-% For Alice to cheat, she has to get her transaction into the blockchain.
-% For this she has to solve proof-of-work puzzles faster than anybody
-% else. Is it possible for her to precompute several blocks that would
-% validate a fraudulent transaction by her? Give a short explanation
-% for your reasoning.  
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-\section*{Homework 7}
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-\begin{enumerate}
-\item How can the hardness of the proof-of-work puzzles in
-      Bitcoins be adjusted? What is parameter that determines
-      how the hardness is adjusted?
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-\item What is the main data that is stored in Bitcoin's
-      blockchain? 
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-\item What is is the purpose of the proof-of-work puzzle in
-      Bitcoins?      
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-\item The department has large labs full of computers that are
-      pretty much idle over night. Why is it a bad idea to let
-      them mine for Bitcoins?
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-\item Is it possible that Bitcoins can get lost (be
-      irretrievable)?
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-\item \POSTSCRIPT      
-\end{enumerate}
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