How to know the algorithm is bitcoin algorithm or other algorithm from souce

[supercanada1]

This is a new topic
if I saw the source code of a coin, how can I know which algorithm it use so that I can select the miner?
How can I know the algorithm is X11 X13 or x15 or bitcoin sha256 etc?
from the miner.cpp or  ?
Thanks

[dive]

Look for the place in the code where new blocks are created:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/miner.cpp#L496-L518
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/hash.h

[supercanada1]

thanks

[photon_coin]

also look for things like this

https://github.com/photonproject/photon/blob/master/src/blake.c

[djm34]

also look for things like this

https://github.com/photonproject/photon/blob/master/src/blake.c

won't necessarily tell you a lot, many are just cloning their wallets from another... with whatever there is in it