Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition

MIDAS

Multi-Interval Difficulty Adjustment System (MIDAS) is an algorithm that is comparatively more complex than the algorithms discussed previously due to number of parameters it uses. This method responds much more rapidly to abrupt changes in hash rates. This algorithm also protects against time warp attacks.

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This concludes our introduction to various difficulty adjustment algorithms.

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