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🔔What are NIPoPoWs?

This thread is intended to describe and simplify one particular innovation on the #Ergo #blockchain: NIPoPoWs.

#NiPoPoW stands for Non-Interactive Proof of Proof of Work. Let’s break this down one piece at a time.

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PoW sitting at the end of #NIPoPoW signifies that this concept is grounded in a proof of work consensus mechanism

Ergo relies on #miners to solve cryptographic puzzles that give them the right to verify transactions and add blocks to the #blockchain

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Po in the center of NIPoPoW stands for Proof of.

Having proof of proof of work means using cryptography to abstract away from the blockchain in a mathematically verifiable way.

In other words, PoPoW is a lightweight, yet provably accurate, representation of the blockchain

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