static void Main()
{
// case number one (difficulty = 2)
int difficulty = 2;
int numberOfSolutionsFound = 0;
int finishTime = CurrentTime + 15;
do
{
ChallengeResult result = SolveTheChallenge(RandomStringGenerator.GenerateByLen(10), difficulty);
numberOfSolutionsFound++;
} while (CurrentTime < finishTime);
Console.WriteLine($"Total number of solutions found for (difficulty = 2): {numberOfSolutionsFound}");
// case number two (difficulty = 3)
difficulty = 3;
numberOfSolutionsFound = 0;
finishTime = CurrentTime + 15;
do
{
ChallengeResult result = SolveTheChallenge(RandomStringGenerator.GenerateByLen(10), difficulty);
numberOfSolutionsFound++;
} while (CurrentTime < finishTime);
Console.WriteLine($"Total number of solutions found for (difficulty = 3): {numberOfSolutionsFound}");
// case number three (difficulty = 4)
difficulty = 4;
numberOfSolutionsFound = 0;
finishTime = CurrentTime + 15;
do
{
ChallengeResult result = SolveTheChallenge(RandomStringGenerator.GenerateByLen(10), difficulty);
numberOfSolutionsFound++;
} while (CurrentTime < finishTime);
Console.WriteLine($"Total number of solutions found for (difficulty = 4): {numberOfSolutionsFound}");
// case number four (difficulty = 5)
difficulty = 5;
numberOfSolutionsFound = 0;
finishTime = CurrentTime + 15;
do
{
ChallengeResult result = SolveTheChallenge(RandomStringGenerator.GenerateByLen(10), difficulty);
numberOfSolutionsFound++;
} while (CurrentTime < finishTime);
Console.WriteLine($"Total number of solutions found for (difficulty = 5): {numberOfSolutionsFound}");
Console.ReadKey();
}
private static ChallengeResult SolveTheChallenge(string challengeString, int difficulty)
{
var challengeResult = new ChallengeResult();
string expectedResult = new string('0', difficulty); // if the difficulty = 4 the expectedResult will be = '0000'
var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
stopwatch.Start(); // doing time measurement
do
{
challengeResult.NumberOfIterations++; // counting the number of iterations
challengeResult.SolveString = challengeString + RandomStringGenerator.GenerateByLen(10); // generating random string to test it
challengeResult.SolveHash = Sha256Generator.GenerateSha256String(challengeResult.SolveString); // generating sha-256 from the random string
} while (!challengeResult.SolveHash.StartsWith(expectedResult)); // checking if we found a solution
challengeResult.SolveSeconds = stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
return(challengeResult);
}