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# This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on
# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

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    title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Difficulty, Network Difficulty

    summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: >
        How difficult it is to find a block relative to the difficulty
        of finding the easiest possible block. The easiest possible
        block has a proof-of-work difficulty of 1.

    synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Difficulty
        - Network difficulty

optional:
    synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary:
        - hash difficulty

    not_to_be_confused_with_capitalize_first_letter:
        - Target threshold (the value from which difficulty is calculated)

    links_html_or_markdown_style_capitalize_first_letter:
        - "[Difficulty](/en/developer-guide#term-difficulty) --- Bitcoin.org Developer Guide"
        - "[Difficulty](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty) --- Bitcoin Wiki"
        - "[How is difficulty calculated?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/5838) --- Bitcoin StackExchange"

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