subhan-nadeem / bitcoin-mining-python

A Python implementation of the Bitcoin mining algorithm

Bitcoin Mining in Python

A Python implementation of the Bitcoin mining algorithm

This small script is a pseudo-simulation of the Bitcoin Genesis block mining process.

Given the Genesis block's data, this script double-hashes it using SHA-256 and attempts to find a hash less than the Genesis target.

Sample Output

bitcoin-mining-python's Issues

Genesis block completed when nonce = 124426422

This was a great article for illustrating how the process actually works!
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-bitcoin-mining-really-works-38563ec38c87/

I am curious why when I ran this code, it stopped when the nonce reached 124,426,422; and not when it got to 2,083,236,893 as Satoshi Nakomoto did.

Thanks for sharing this easy-to-follow guide.

Not working

Tested with

4679ba4ec99876bf4bfe086082b400254df6c356451471139a3afa71e48f544a000000000000000000000000000000000000000087320b1a1426674f2fa722ce

and 4679ba4ec99876bf4bfe086082b400254df6c356451471139a3afa71e48f544a

but it passed over the real nonce 100258