Show Notes
To play around yourself with the hashing tools discussed you can:
- open a Terminal window on your Mac or Linux computer and type...
shasum -a 256 [insert file]
Replacing [insert file] with the file path of whatever you wish to hash (you can usually drag and drop)
- On Windows open the "command prompt" and type...
Get-FileHash -Path [insert file]
To verify my Proof of Work done in the episode:
echo -n "H18" | shasum -a 256
(this works on Mac & Linux, but unfortunately the process on Windows was too complicated to go through the trouble of confirming it)
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@walt
2,100 sats
Feb 11 2023
Great stuff! I’ve been looking for a good series of Bitcoin basics to point friends and family to. And you’re filling in gaps for me.
@theguyswann
Feb 11 2023
awesome! if you have any idea of question you want covered I’m always happy to add it into the show directly. in fact a Q&A could be a good thing to have at the end of every Basics episode come to think of it 🤔
@northtahodl
2,100 sats
Feb 12 2023
thx guy
@bon
1,337 sats
Feb 28 2023
Get mining Plebs. It's pretty fun.
@fernando_v
1,000 sats
Feb 10 2023
interesting
@marksea
1,000 sats
Feb 13 2023
liking the basics episodes!
@michaelmatulef
500 sats
Feb 23 2023
Understanding hashes, even at a basic non-technical level is indeed fundamental to understanding Bitcoin. Great "Basics" episode. 💪
@dougtee
500 sats
Feb 12 2023
well done!
@telecasterfan
210 sats
Feb 10 2023
great episode! I'll be using the "night club" analogy next time I get a chance to explain difficulty adjustment.
@user1482411965502858
200 sats
Feb 11 2023
nice explanations that help understand the roots of bitcoin principles. thank a lot
@tingsson
101 sats
Feb 18 2023
Great episode! I really enjoy your bitcoin basics, as a new coiner who is still working on acquiring my first whole coin. Thanks!
@tnstacker
100 sats
Feb 12 2023
Really appreciate!
@pleb2polymath
100 sats
Feb 13 2023
great series! keep going with this, there is a lot to learn!
@sunrod
100 sats
Feb 26 2023
Really enjoying the basics episodes. Thanks Guy. If you fancy proving Guy’s work on a Windows machine, this is how I did it:
1. Created a text file with “H18” as the content & saved it to my desktop.
2. Opened the Command Prompt.
3. Typed: certutil -hashfile [the-path-to-the-text-file] SHA256
4. Hit enter. You should see this hash displayed: 522e67d1eb7bea6c31ee436b39fb834a999cbc77bfc1391ded283c4ecee6d748