diff -r 280e057558b8 -r 7a6e8f603e08 hws/hw08.tex --- a/hws/hw08.tex Sat Sep 23 19:39:53 2017 +0100 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -\documentclass{article} -\usepackage{../style} - -\begin{document} - - -% 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. - -\section*{Homework 7} - -\HEADER - -\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? - -\item What is the main data that is stored in Bitcoin's - blockchain? - -\item What is is the purpose of the proof-of-work puzzle in - Bitcoins? - -\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? - -\item Is it possible that Bitcoins can get lost (be - irretrievable)? - -\item \POSTSCRIPT -\end{enumerate} -\end{document} - -%%% Local Variables: -%%% mode: latex -%%% TeX-master: t -%%% End: