<p>If mining was simple I could find a hundred million blocks in the next five seconds.</p>
<p>Would that be helpful? What would we do with all those blocks?</p>
<p>Thinking about these questions should help you answer yours.</p>

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<p>Why does mining / validation of new blocks have to be complicated / time consuming ?
Why it can't be as simple as just find a hash for a text?
Is it just to control / limit the amount of new crypto volumes coming in ? If this is the case, isn't it an energy consumption issue ? Aren't there any other solutions ?</p>
<p>Sorry for asking too many questions. I am just a bit confused.</p>

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Does this answer your question? [Why do we need Proof of Work in bitcoin?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/51286/why-do-we-need-proof-of-work-in-bitcoin)
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Why does mining / validation of new blocks have to be complicated / time consuming?
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# Why does mining / validation of new blocks have to be complicated / time consuming?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-20)

Why does mining / validation of new blocks have to be complicated / time consuming ?
Why it can't be as simple as just find a hash for a text?
Is it just to control / limit the amount of new crypto volumes coming in ? If this is the case, isn't it an energy consumption issue ? Aren't there any other solutions ?

Sorry for asking too many questions. I am just a bit confused.

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> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [Why do we need Proof of Work in bitcoin?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/51286/why-do-we-need-proof-of-work-in-bitcoin)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-04-21. Score: 0

If mining was simple I could find a hundred million blocks in the next five seconds.

Would that be helpful? What would we do with all those blocks?

Thinking about these questions should help you answer yours.


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