"proof of work" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Coined in a 1999 paper.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proofs of work",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "proofs of work"
      },
      "expansion": "proof of work (countable and uncountable, plural proofs of work)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cryptocurrency",
          "orig": "en:Cryptocurrency",
          "parents": [
            "Cryptography",
            "Currency",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Money",
            "All topics",
            "Computing",
            "Sciences",
            "Business",
            "Fundamental",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cryptography",
          "orig": "en:Cryptography",
          "parents": [
            "Computer science",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Computing",
            "Sciences",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, in metzdowd.com Cryptography Mailing List",
          "text": "The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 March 5, Nouriel Roubini, Preston Byrne, “Bitcoin is based on the blockchain pipe dream”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Blockchains that use “proof-of-work”, as many popular cryptocurrencies do, raise yet another problem: they require a huge amount of raw energy to secure them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended."
      ],
      "id": "en-proof_of_work-en-noun-2JGGYNRo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ],
        [
          "cryptocurrencies",
          "cryptocurrency"
        ],
        [
          "prover",
          "prover"
        ],
        [
          "verifier",
          "verifier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography, cryptocurrencies) A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mining"
        },
        {
          "word": "proof of burn"
        },
        {
          "word": "proof of stake"
        },
        {
          "word": "zero-knowledge proof"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "PoW"
        },
        {
          "word": "proof-of-work"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "computing",
        "cryptocurrencies",
        "cryptocurrency",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "finance",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
          "word": "工作證明"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngzuò zhèngmíng",
          "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
          "word": "工作证明"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
          "word": "työtodistus"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
          "word": "prova de trabalho"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proof of work"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Coined in a 1999 paper.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proofs of work",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "proofs of work"
      },
      "expansion": "proof of work (countable and uncountable, plural proofs of work)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mining"
    },
    {
      "word": "proof of burn"
    },
    {
      "word": "proof of stake"
    },
    {
      "word": "zero-knowledge proof"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Cryptocurrency",
        "en:Cryptography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, in metzdowd.com Cryptography Mailing List",
          "text": "The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 March 5, Nouriel Roubini, Preston Byrne, “Bitcoin is based on the blockchain pipe dream”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Blockchains that use “proof-of-work”, as many popular cryptocurrencies do, raise yet another problem: they require a huge amount of raw energy to secure them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ],
        [
          "cryptocurrencies",
          "cryptocurrency"
        ],
        [
          "prover",
          "prover"
        ],
        [
          "verifier",
          "verifier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography, cryptocurrencies) A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "PoW"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "computing",
        "cryptocurrencies",
        "cryptocurrency",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "finance",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "proof-of-work"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
      "word": "工作證明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngzuò zhèngmíng",
      "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
      "word": "工作证明"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
      "word": "työtodistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of zero-knowledge proof",
      "word": "prova de trabalho"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proof of work"
}