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🪖 A captured soldier 💻 Proof of work
POW

POW

2 9.1
A system where computers solve hard puzzles to prove work and protect transactions
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : prueba de trabajo
  • How much time did you dedicate to this POW?

Examples

  • In the world of cryptocurrency, validators use POW to confirm transactions on the blockchain.

  • What's a POW?

    Borstal Boy (2001)

  • When you hear those words, near term rates, futures rates, that is POW curve talk, OK?

  • I've read your POW files.

    Firefox (1982)

  • This is the POW.

    51 (2011)

  • Many cryptocurrencies rely on POW to ensure that miners perform the necessary work to add new blocks.

  • Bitcoin operates on a POW system, requiring significant computational effort to secure the network.

Compounds

POW camp
5 4.3

A camp that holds soldiers captured during a war

How Difficult

POW
  • Specialized
2 9.1
snark
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

POW singular
POWs plural

Etymology

The word POW stands for proof of work, taken from the first letters of 'proof of work'. In computing and cryptocurrencies, it means a system where people do hard computer calculations to 'prove' they did real 'work', so the network can check and accept new transactions.