Miners hash the data of transactions in the mempool with a nonce gazillions of times a second.
The double hash 256 hashes are like lotto tickets. If you buy more lotto tickets, you have a better chance of winning. If you find a hash of the transactions and a nonce that is lower than the ptevious block, you are awarded the subsidy and fees.
Every 2 weeks(2106 blocks) the difficulty is adjusted based on the aggregate hash power is on the network to help keep it 10 minutes on average. It's actually a little less.
Here is the hash of the latrst block. Notice the leading hex 0's. If there are more zeros, it's more difficult. Less zeros is easier to find.
000000000000000000009ec49467ad6947c4ddb495977452dcc4a1d8629b8453
The next one needs to be lower than that.
Marc26z
npub1ma…tf3g0
2025-05-27 03:30:00
in reply to nevent1q…lf63
Author Public Key
npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0Published at
2025-05-27 03:30:00Event JSON
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