@misc{cryptoeprint:2016:1048, author = {Juan A. Garay and Aggelos Kiayias and Nikos Leonardos}, title = {The Bitcoin Backbone Protocol with Chains of Variable Difficulty}, howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2016/1048}, year = {2016}, url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1048}, }