Jeff Garzik [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2011-09-28 šļø Summary of this message: The internal ...
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Original date posted:2011-09-28
šļø Summary of this message: The internal reference miner may be simplified by removing dependencies on cryptopp, which is only used for getwork "midstate" calculation.
š Original message:On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Nils Schneider <nils at nilsschneider.net> wrote:
> I'd like to simplify the internal reference miner and remove all
> dependencies on cryptopp (it's the only place we use cryptopp instead of
> OpenSSL).
>
> Unfortunately, cryptopp is also used to calculate getwork "midstate".
> This field is redundant and the miner could easily calculate it from the
> blockheader so I'd like to remove it.
>
> Any thoughts? Where should such a change should be announced so all
> miners can be upgraded?
I think one of the pools was already working on something like that?
I'm pretty sure it can be removed, and I'm pretty sure somebody has
already field-tested that guess.
--
Jeff Garzik
exMULTI, Inc.
jgarzik at exmulti.com
šļø Summary of this message: The internal reference miner may be simplified by removing dependencies on cryptopp, which is only used for getwork "midstate" calculation.
š Original message:On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Nils Schneider <nils at nilsschneider.net> wrote:
> I'd like to simplify the internal reference miner and remove all
> dependencies on cryptopp (it's the only place we use cryptopp instead of
> OpenSSL).
>
> Unfortunately, cryptopp is also used to calculate getwork "midstate".
> This field is redundant and the miner could easily calculate it from the
> blockheader so I'd like to remove it.
>
> Any thoughts? Where should such a change should be announced so all
> miners can be upgraded?
I think one of the pools was already working on something like that?
I'm pretty sure it can be removed, and I'm pretty sure somebody has
already field-tested that guess.
--
Jeff Garzik
exMULTI, Inc.
jgarzik at exmulti.com