Bitcoin Q&A: Nonces, mining, and quantum computing

Who generates the nonce? What makes it random? How is nonce-guessing important to the competitive process of mining? What happens if the hashing algorithm (SHA-256) was compromised? Is quantum computing a threat?

More on nonces and the mining process: https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/8ae3c056fb257111bda8883d9d204e8476f9870c/ch09.asciidoc

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