Hi everyone,

I've added a few new algorithms to Patrick Marie's genesis block generator, written in Go.  My fork is here: https://github.com/catcoin-project/generate-genesis.

If you download and install go from https://go.dev, you can clone the repo, then run

Code:

go mod tidy

, then

Code:

go build

.  You will end up with a .exe file you can run.  Run it without any arguments to see the original demo, or with -h to see a print out of the program options.

If you get any problems open an issue on github.  I might have left a few edits uncommitted somewhere... in particular builds can be different between Windows and Linux systems because of assumptions about integers which may be unsigned long int on some systems and unsigned long long int on others.  I will try and fix any issues like that as I come across them.

I have a modified cpuminer-opt for scrypt-NAH (Strayacoin), which can be found here:

https://github.com/catcoin-project/cpuminer-opt-scryptnah.

Currently there is only a Windows binary, but if you look at the first commit message there's a snippet of the changes to scrypt.c so you can compile for your system and mine Strayacoin on Linux, Mac, etc.

There's also a pool with a modified stratum server at https://pool.larahelpers.com which is the only Strayacoin pool that works with scrypt NAH that I am aware of.  If anyone wants to help me test it I would appreciate the help.  I want to ensure payment runs work properly etc.

Hi everyone,

Can someone enlighten me on the meaning of the stratum difficulty set by a mining pool, e.g. 32, and the network difficulty (reported as 0.02... the network has  500kh/s thereabouts, not sure if that's accurate though), and the difficulty my miner is reporting and when shares are accepted?  These are below 0.02, usually around 0.005 and less).

I can't find anywhere that explains what these difficulty numbers are and how to think about them in terms of the target hash, if that's what you do with difficulty.

I have read the stratum diff simply filters out work submitted which doesn't meet requirements, but I am not sure why the stratum diff would be set at a certain number, and how this relates to the network difficulty.  If the network diff is reasonably low and it's possible to find blocks every few hours solo mining, how would a mining pool know to set a stratum diff that agrees with the network diff?  Why would they be different?

Thanks for any help.

Looking for a GeForce RTX 3080 or RX 5700XT in Australia.

Offering BTC or direct deposit, Osko or PayID transfer.

Thanks,

Hi,

I am looking for a tidy GPU rig that can accommodate 6, 8 or 12 AMD RX 580 GPUs.  With or without GPUs.

I prefer the box but I will consider a frame rig.

Australian sellers please, postage would probably be really awkward and expensive from overseas...

Thanks!

Here's a fork of liveblockchain's genesis block generator, in turn based on Remember Remember the 5th of November's work.

https://github.com/bitcoinforktech/genesisgen

Any feature requests, enhancements etc., or help needed, please open an issue on github.