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<h1 class="page-title">Module: bitmessage/pow</h1>
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<div class="description"><p>Implements proof of work.</p></div>
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<dt class="tag-source">Source:</dt>
<dd class="tag-source"><ul class="dummy"><li>
<a href="pow.js.html">pow.js</a>, <a href="pow.js.html#line1">line 1</a>
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<dt class="tag-see">See:</dt>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Proof_of_work">https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Proof_of_work</a></li>
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<h3 class="subsection-title">Methods</h3>
<h4 class="name" id=".check"><span class="type-signature">(static) </span>check<span class="signature">(opts)</span><span class="type-signature"> &rarr; {boolean}</span></h4>
<div class="description">
<p>Check a POW.</p>
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<h5>Parameters:</h5>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th class="last">Description</th>
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<td class="name"><code>opts</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Object</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>Proof of work options</p>
<h6>Properties</h6>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th class="last">Description</th>
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<td class="name"><code>target</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>Proof of work target or pass
<a href="module-bitmessage_pow.html#.getTarget">getTarget</a> options to <code>opts</code>
to compute it</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>payload</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Buffer</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>Message payload (with nonce)</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>nonce</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
|
<span class="param-type">Buffer</span>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>...or already derived nonce</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>initialHash</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Buffer</span>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>...and initial hash</p></td>
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<dt class="tag-source">Source:</dt>
<dd class="tag-source"><ul class="dummy"><li>
<a href="pow.js.html">pow.js</a>, <a href="pow.js.html#line55">line 55</a>
</li></ul></dd>
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<h5>Returns:</h5>
<div class="param-desc">
<p>Is the proof of work sufficient.</p>
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Type
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="param-type">boolean</span>
</dd>
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<h4 class="name" id=".doAsync"><span class="type-signature">(static) </span>doAsync<span class="signature">(opts)</span><span class="type-signature"> &rarr; {Promise.&lt;number>}</span></h4>
<div class="description">
<p>Do a POW.</p>
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<h5>Parameters:</h5>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th class="last">Description</th>
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<td class="name"><code>opts</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Object</span>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>Proof of work options</p>
<h6>Properties</h6>
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<thead>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Attributes</th>
<th class="last">Description</th>
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<td class="name"><code>data</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Buffer</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>Object message payload without nonce to
get the initial hash from</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>initialHash</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Buffer</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>...or already computed initial
hash</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>target</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>POW target</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>poolSize</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
&lt;optional><br>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>POW calculation pool size (by
default equals to number of cores)</p></td>
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</td>
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<dl class="details">
<dt class="tag-source">Source:</dt>
<dd class="tag-source"><ul class="dummy"><li>
<a href="pow.js.html">pow.js</a>, <a href="pow.js.html#line105">line 105</a>
</li></ul></dd>
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<h5>Returns:</h5>
<div class="param-desc">
<p>A promise that contains computed nonce for
the given target when fulfilled.</p>
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<dt>
Type
</dt>
<dd>
<span class="param-type">Promise.&lt;number></span>
</dd>
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<h4 class="name" id=".getTarget"><span class="type-signature">(static) </span>getTarget<span class="signature">(opts)</span><span class="type-signature"> &rarr; {number}</span></h4>
<div class="description">
<p>Calculate target.</p>
</div>
<h5>Parameters:</h5>
<table class="params">
<thead>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th class="last">Description</th>
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</thead>
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<td class="name"><code>opts</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Object</span>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>Target options</p>
<h6>Properties</h6>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Attributes</th>
<th class="last">Description</th>
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<td class="name"><code>ttl</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>Time to live of the message in seconds</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>payloadLength</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>Length of the message payload
(with nonce)</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>payload</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">Buffer</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
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<td class="description last"><p>...or payload itself</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>nonceTrialsPerByte</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
&lt;optional><br>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>This number is the average
number of nonce trials a node will have to perform to meet the Proof
of Work requirement. 1000 is the network minimum so any lower values
will be automatically raised to 1000.</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>payloadLengthExtraBytes</code></td>
<td class="type">
<span class="param-type">number</span>
</td>
<td class="attributes">
&lt;optional><br>
</td>
<td class="description last"><p>This number is added
to the data length to make sending small messages more difficult.
1000 is the network minimum so any lower values will be automatically
raised to 1000.</p></td>
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<dl class="details">
<dt class="tag-source">Source:</dt>
<dd class="tag-source"><ul class="dummy"><li>
<a href="pow.js.html">pow.js</a>, <a href="pow.js.html#line34">line 34</a>
</li></ul></dd>
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<h5>Returns:</h5>
<div class="param-desc">
<p>Target.</p>
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<dt>
Type
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<dd>
<span class="param-type">number</span>
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