What is difficulty adjustment in Bitcoin?
A. None of the above
B. Adjusting the PoS to keep block time to 10 minutes
C. Adjusting the PoW to keep block time above 5 minutes
D. Adjusting the PoW to keep block time to 10 minutes
Answer:D
What is difficulty adjustment in Bitcoin?
A. None of the above B. Adjusting the PoS to keep block time to 10 minutes C. Adjusting the PoW to keep block time above 5 minutes D. Adjusting the PoW to keep block time to 10 minutes
Explanation: Difficulty adjustment involves adjusting the PoW to keep block generation to the 10-minute window. This is because miner joins and leave the network as they wish meaning the hash rate of the network decreases and increases meaning that this algorithm needs to keep the mining to a 10-minute interval.