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> So perhaps the way op_diff should work is take 2 packed targets, 1 =
known and 1 unknown at time of contract, and return the ratio.=20
On second thought, I don=E2=80=99t think this is a good idea. The 32-bit =
packed difficulty target is equivalent to difficulty, and this is =
probably what should get pushed onto the stack. No division is needed, =
just the arithmetic less than operator, which is already live in script, =
using the tick strategy described by Tier. So it seems to me these =
contracts could truly be done with the addition of the single op_diff =
opcode. It=E2=80=99s probably less human readable to be using difficulty =
target instead of difficulty, but no one reads script anyway.=20
It was also bothering me that difficulty was a floating point number (I =
have floating point phobia), so it is great not to have to think about =
floats anymore!
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