What is Mining Difficulty?

The measure of how hard it is to mine a new block on a blockchain

In Proof of Work mining, the Nonce is a random number that miners change over and over again to try and create the correct hash for a new block.

A node that verifies and approves transactions in Proof of Stake networks

The process of validating transactions and creating new blocks through computational work

What is Block Reward?

The Block Reward is the cryptocurrency prize that a miner or a validator receives for successfully creating and adding a new, valid block of transactions to the blockchain.

What is Difficulty Bomb?

The Difficulty Bomb is a piece of code written into the Ethereum blockchain that gradually makes the process of Proof of Work mining exponentially harder.

Block Height definition

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Oct 04, 2025

Définition

The Block Height is the total number of blocks that have been successfully added to the blockchain since the very first one (Genesis Block).

Every new block added increases the height by one. This number serves as a timestamp for the entire network, allowing everyone to instantly agree on the precise, ordered history of all transactions.

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Mining & Validation

Termes Connexes

Mining Difficulty

Nonce

Validator

Mining

Block Reward

Difficulty Bomb