diff --git a/waitnode/pow.txt b/waitnode/pow.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ae54168..000000000
--- a/waitnode/pow.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-package waitnode
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"fmt"
-	"math"
-	"math/big"
-)
-
-var (
-	maxNonce = math.MaxInt64
-)
-
-const targetBits = 24
-
-// ProofOfWork represents a proof-of-work
-type ProofOfWork struct {
-	Challenge int32
-	target    *big.Int
-}
-
-// NewProofOfWork builds and returns a ProofOfWork
-func NewProofOfWork(c int32) *ProofOfWork {
-	target := big.NewInt(1)
-	target.Lsh(target, uint(256-targetBits))
-
-	pow := &ProofOfWork{c, target}
-
-	return pow
-}
-
-func (pow *ProofOfWork) prepareData(nonce int) []byte {
-	data := bytes.Join(
-		[][]byte{
-			pow.Challenge.,
-			IntToHex(int64(targetBits)),
-			IntToHex(int64(nonce)),
-		},
-		[]byte{},
-	)
-
-	return data
-}
-
-// Run performs a proof-of-work
-func (pow *ProofOfWork) Run() (int, []byte) {
-	var hashInt big.Int
-	var hash [32]byte
-	nonce := 0
-
-	fmt.Printf("Mining the block containing \"%s\"\n", pow.block.Data)
-	for nonce < maxNonce {
-		data := pow.prepareData(nonce)
-
-		hash = sha256.Sum256(data)
-		fmt.Printf("\r%x", hash)
-		hashInt.SetBytes(hash[:])
-
-		if hashInt.Cmp(pow.target) == -1 {
-			break
-		} else {
-			nonce++
-		}
-	}
-	fmt.Print("\n\n")
-
-	return nonce, hash[:]
-}
-
-// Validate validates block's PoW
-func (pow *ProofOfWork) Validate() bool {
-	var hashInt big.Int
-
-	data := pow.prepareData(pow.challenge.Nonce)
-	hash := sha256.Sum256(data)
-	hashInt.SetBytes(hash[:])
-
-	isValid := hashInt.Cmp(pow.target) == -1
-
-	return isValid
-}