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hash rate

hash rate is the alternative form of hashrate.

Meaning of hashrate

Noun

hashrate (plural hashrates)

  1. The number of proof of work hashes that a mining computer can make in a given period of time, usually a second.
    • Specialized hardware like a GPU is designed to do large numbers of small tasks very quickly, and so excel at hashing: typically a single GPU can produce a hashrate at least ten times faster than that of a single CPU.2017, Adam Rothstein, The End of Money, John Murray Press, →ISBN
  2. The network hashrate; the estimated number of hashes generated by the entire mining network.
    • BitCoin hashrate

Forms of hash rate

pluralhash rates

Questions about hash rate

What is hash rate the alternative form of?
Hash rate is the alternative form of hashrate.

Words near hash rate in the dictionary

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  4. hash pipe
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  8. hash rocket
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  10. hash run
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