Also known as proof of space. This validation method is similar to PoW, but requires miners to pre-mine unique hashes, relying more on large amounts of storage than vast amounts of computing power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Also known as proof of space. This validation method is similar to PoW, but requires miners to pre-mine unique hashes, relying more on large amounts of storage than vast amounts of computing power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cryptoslate_glossary_part_of_speech":"noun","_cryptoslate_glossary_phonetic_spelling":"proof-uhv-kuh-PAS-ih-tee","_cryptoslate_glossary_example_sentences":["The proof-of-capacity miner committed disk space rather than competing mainly with computation.","Participants generated and stored plotting data before mining under proof of capacity.","A larger storage allocation improved the miner\u2019s chance of producing a block.","Proof of capacity is also described as proof of space in some systems.","The operator compared storage costs with the rewards available from the proof-of-capacity network."]},"glossary_topic":[83435],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n