From f6da92f95c4b0caec78098648d87f163b9c2a960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: danieljperry Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:54:41 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Fix broken link for proof of space construction document --- docs/resources/faq.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/resources/faq.md b/docs/resources/faq.md index 9d950a7b61..1ce197eadc 100644 --- a/docs/resources/faq.md +++ b/docs/resources/faq.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ You can read about each of them and the architecture in the [Architecture Overvi ### What is a proof of space? -A _proof of space_ is a proof that a farmer has allocated a portion of their storage in a way that is very difficult to create in real-time but efficient to pre-compute and store on a hard drive. The [Chia Proof of Space Construction document](https://www.chia.net/assets/Chia_Proof_of_Space_Construction_v1.1.pdf) goes deeply into the math and implementation considerations to mitigate [Hellman's Time - Memory tradeoff](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f0ba/66072ac10d9898b8a79171ec726d45ec804b.pdf) problem. A plot is a large set of proofs of space. A harvester can harvest multiple plots on the same machine. A farmer can then control [multiple harvesters across many machines](/farming-on-many-machines) to manage the whole "farm". +A _proof of space_ is a proof that a farmer has allocated a portion of their storage in a way that is very difficult to create in real-time but efficient to pre-compute and store on a hard drive. The [Chia Proof of Space Construction document](https://www.chia.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chia_Proof_of_Space_Construction_v1.1.pdf) goes deeply into the math and implementation considerations to mitigate [Hellman's Time - Memory tradeoff](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f0ba/66072ac10d9898b8a79171ec726d45ec804b.pdf) problem. A plot is a large set of proofs of space. A harvester can harvest multiple plots on the same machine. A farmer can then control [multiple harvesters across many machines](/farming-on-many-machines) to manage the whole "farm". Farming uses substantially less electricity than Proof of Work for the same unit of security. You can learn more at [chiapower.org](https://chiapower.org). @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Thank you to [r/chia](https://www.reddit.com/r/chia/) member [juraj](https://www ### What is k? -"k" is the space parameter that controls the size of plots. It is an integer for the following equation: `plot_size_bytes = C1 * 2^k(k + C2)` where C1 is constant 1 and C2 is constant 2. In practice this means that final size is roughly `((2 * k) + 1) * (2 ** (k - 1)) * 0.78005` though that constant is estimated. You can examine the [Space Required section](https://www.chia.net/assets/Chia_Proof_of_Space_Construction_v1.1.pdf#page=15) of the [Chia Proof of Space Construction document](https://www.chia.net/assets/Chia_Proof_of_Space_Construction_v1.1.pdf) for the calculation of how much space is required for a given k. +"k" is the space parameter that controls the size of plots. It is an integer for the following equation: `plot_size_bytes = C1 * 2^k(k + C2)` where C1 is constant 1 and C2 is constant 2. In practice this means that final size is roughly `((2 * k) + 1) * (2 ** (k - 1)) * 0.78005` though that constant is estimated. You can examine the [Space Required section](https://www.chia.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chia_Proof_of_Space_Construction_v1.1.pdf#page=15) of the [Chia Proof of Space Construction document](https://www.chia.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chia_Proof_of_Space_Construction_v1.1.pdf) for the calculation of how much space is required for a given k. :::note