/// <summary>
/// Attempts to mine the block with the next range of nonce values.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the block is successfully mined.</returns>
public bool Attempt()
{
int nonceRange = int.MaxValue - _startingNonce;
if (nonceRange > _nonceRange)
{
nonceRange = _nonceRange;
}
for (int n = _startingNonce, c = _startingNonce + nonceRange; n < c; ++n)
{
HexUtils.AppendHexFromInt(_headerStreamWriter, n);
_headerStreamWriter.Flush();
var hash = Pow.Hash(_headerStream);
if (Pow.IsValidHash(hash, _difficulty))
{
Block.Nonce = n;
Block.Hash = HexUtils.HexFromByteArray(hash);
return(true);
}
_headerStream.Seek(_streamOrgPosition, SeekOrigin.Begin);
}
_startingNonce += nonceRange;
if (_startingNonce == int.MaxValue)
{
_maxNonceReached = true;
}
return(false);
}