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otaliptus · 5w
in the website it says "Each block's coinbase selects a subset of this space, creating a measurable quantity of Shannon information: H = −p_block · ln(p_block)" assuming it's binary why do you ig...
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The formula on the page isn't binary entropy it's this block's contribution to the total Shannon entropy of the supply distribution across the entire chain. Each block contributes −p_i·ln(p_i) to H_total = −Σ p_i·ln(p_i). The "(1-p)" counterpart lives in the other blocks' terms. But the text is ambiguous about this and reads like it's defining a standalone binary quantity. Fair point, will tighten the wording.

It would be amazing to have your eyes on Bitcoin Lens paper https://bitcoinlens.net/

Our website is more a reflection of the paper.