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Re: block000xx.dat file format
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bitspill
on 09/01/2014, 15:01:15 UTC
The nBits is a compressed form of the target, it's of type uint32_t, which on my own system is 4 bytes.
Are you implying there is some real word system, running today, where 8 bits != 1 byte ? Does it run bitcoin too ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Common_uses
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516044/system-where-1-byte-8-bit/5516161#5516161