Rust for Bitcoiners
  • About this repo
  • Why Current Rust resources are not enough?
  • Rust for Bitcoiners: Project-Oriented Course Outline
  • bitcoin_in_rust
    • Understanding bitcoin blockchain structure and storage capabilities
    • ch1
      • design
    • ch2
      • What is mining?
      • segwit
    • ch0
      • core_lib
        • hashing
  • bitdevs
    • playgrounds
  • Preface
    • archives
      • Introduction to the Clap crate
      • one_way_functions_examples
    • module_1
      • Immutable by default
      • How to represent numbers in Rust?
      • Introduction to Pointers
      • Arrays and Slices in rust
      • Function
      • Loops in Rust
      • Can you see why Rust is best fit for Bitcoin related applications?
    • module_2
      • Data Types
      • Enums
      • Method call syntax
      • Summary
    • module_3
      • What is Box?
      • 2_syntax_sugar_and_traits
      • Linked List in Rust
    • module_4
      • Developing Software for bitcoin
      • User Interaction in Rust through command line
      • Option and Result
      • Interacting with Bitcoin node using RPC
    • module_5
      • Traits
      • Parsing json data with serde
      • Overview of bitcoin crate
    • module_6
      • What is Rc?
      • When Unique mutable borrow rule is too restrictive
      • Deref Coercion
      • memory_model
        • 0_marker_traits
    • module_7
      • Multi-tasking Computers
      • How to cordinate multiple threads
      • Counting the total number of bitcoin transactions
  • rust-for-bitcoiners-2
    • office_hour_1
    • Course plan
    • assignments
      • Implement your own hashing algorithm
        • rust_hashing_code_detailed
      • a-5
      • Assignment 6
      • Bitcoin Protocol Development - Week 8: Connecting to P2P network
        • Tips on writing with rust
  • Course Outline
    • assignments
      • Bitcoin scripting Arithmetic using Rust
  • tutorials
    • Observing the fee trends using Rust
    • Privacy concerns of a Transaction and it's implication in Coinselection
    • Building_UTXO_Set
    • JSON_serialization_with_serde
    • de_se_rialization
      • Hex encoding
      • rust-bitcoin-crate
        • Private Key using bitcoin crate
  • c_and_rust
    • day1
      • day1
    • day2
      • Lifetimes in Rust
    • day3
      • Owning references vs Borrowing References
  • rust-for-bitcoiners-1
    • day1
      • Day1 plan
    • day2
      • Day2 plan
      • Summary of 2nd Lecture
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  2. ch2

What is mining?

Conceptually mining involves two steps,

  1. Creating a new valid block

  2. Getting acceptance from the majority of the network that the new block created is valid

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