Quote from: Hashedbet on Today at 01:05:49 AM

Quote from: brain brain on August 30, 2022, 02:48:01 PM

It's kind of fun monitoring the Bitcoin network and seeing what hash got the blocks...makes me wonder, what's the BIGGEST or HIGHEST difficulty ever hashed by a miner? Is there any way to figure that out?

For example:
Block 751848 hash "00000000000000000002f03ad7a1dd69628c4747ea8751dc9a5497fd451a3667"
Block 751849 hash "00000000000000000000bdaaf8190000aac4323bd941d1095deffc36295f6512" (clearly much higher difficulty)

Also, how does one calculate the difficulty level of any particular submitted hash? i.e. What's the calculation relating the number of leading zeroes of a hash and the difficulty level of the hash?
(I've tried reading up on it and just haven't found a clear answer)

Thanks in advance and so sorry if it's a simple answer!

I think this will answer your question perfectly...

https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoins-lowest-block-hash-values/

Tongue

YES YES YES YES YES!!! That's exactly what I was aiming at. I like hashes to be like muscle cars, not cruisers...why should one score a block with anything close to diff? Why not have a magic miner that smashes the block at 99.9999% more diff than is required (like in 2015)?

Anyway, thanks for the lead!