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wangeksy (OP)
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September 03, 2017, 09:03:57 PM
Last edit: September 03, 2017, 10:00:12 PM by wangeksy
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It appears the bitcoin core code is pretty complicated, just wonder if experts here familiar with the open source code can point me to right direction on how to do this:


I am working on a bitcoin clone except it does POW using computational chemistry, i.e. searching for new molecular structures. Now I am pretty much done with the computational chemistry part of the code, I need to plug it in the bitcoin core code to make it work in the following way:

1. The current POW algorithm will be kept, but for any new block mined the miner will only collect the transaction fees.
2. If there is a new molecule discovered, and it is submitted with the new proposed block, then the miner will collect an additional 25 coins.

What is the correct way of doing this, without overwhelming amount of coding? Smiley


The old thread is here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2105029.msg21037008#msg21037008
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September 03, 2017, 10:20:25 PM
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Compare Bitcoin to litecoin and that will give you a big jump on it since they are nearly clones except primarily POW, block time and so number of coins generated.
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Thanks for the answer, it's really helpful to know that I can use litecoin as a reference. Does Litecoin keep tracking recent changes in Bitcoin such as SegWit2X?
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