How Does the Difficulty Target Translate into the Required Number of Leading Zeros in a Hash?

The difficulty target is a large number that defines the maximum acceptable value for a block's hash. A lower target means a higher difficulty.

The network requires the block hash to be less than or equal to this target. In hexadecimal representation, a hash below the target typically translates to a hash starting with a certain number of leading zeros, which is an easy-to-visualize measure of the difficulty.