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Go

package mining
import (
"math"
"math/rand"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/pow"
"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/difficulty"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
)
// SolveBlock increments the given block's nonce until it matches the difficulty requirements in its bits field
func SolveBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, rd *rand.Rand) {
targetDifficulty := difficulty.CompactToBig(block.Header.Bits())
headerForMining := block.Header.ToMutable()
for i := rd.Uint64(); i < math.MaxUint64; i++ {
headerForMining.SetNonce(i)
if pow.CheckProofOfWorkWithTarget(headerForMining, targetDifficulty) {
block.Header = headerForMining.ToImmutable()
return
}
}
panic(errors.New("went over all the nonce space and couldn't find a single one that gives a valid block"))
}