Re: (context post by laszlo)

Aside from the housekeeping fields needed to make sense of the data, the rest of the data that is being hashes is just random. Everyone’s is different and you never get any closer to solving it. Every time it is twiddled and re-hashed you have the same chance of finding a solution. This is just like buying raffle tickets. Everyone’s numbers are different and they could all be winners, however the guy who gets more raffle tickets might win more often, if this process was repeated over and over. Computers that can try hashing faster have more raffle tickets but every hash calculation has the same chance of being a winner.