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Add notes about fixeddifficulty & ethash (#491)
Signed-off-by: Tim Beiko <[email protected]> * fix trailing spaces Signed-off-by: Nicolas MASSART <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Nicolas MASSART <[email protected]>
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## Fixed difficulty
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Use `fixeddifficulty` to specify a fixed difficulty in private networks using Ethash.
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Use `fixeddifficulty` to specify a fixed difficulty in private networks using Ethash. This will keep the network's difficulty constant and override the `difficulty` parameter from the genesis file.
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!!! example
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!!! tip
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Using `fixeddifficulty` is not recommended for use with Ethash outside of test environments. For production networks using Ethash, we recommend setting a low `difficulty` value in the genesis file instead. Ethash will adjust the difficulty of the network based on hashrate to produce blocks at the targetted frequency.

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