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I have a simple question. Is there any documentation on how mining software works on Monero with nodejs? Or how should I connect with the blockchain and get some data to process it?

I've looked already on Google but I can't find anything solid.

Thanks in advance

JPP

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...how mining software works on Monero with nodejs?

Mining "works" the same irrespective of the platform the pool/miner is built on.

Documentation of a nodejs based pool can be found at nodejs-pool.

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  • So if I understand it correct I need to connect to the pool somehow in nodejs en then I get some work from the pool? But then my program needs to process the work right?
    – J_P
    Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 12:13
  • Get work from a pool or daemon, hash it repeatedly with the RandomX hashing algo until you get a hash which meets the required target, then submit.
    – jtgrassie
    Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 16:21
  • By required target you mean the hash is a valid hash which can be added to the blockchain? Thanks for all your help. This project will be open source so all developers can learn from it.
    – J_P
    Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 16:37
  • A hash is just a number. It must be smaller than another number, which is the inverse of a number miners call a target. Specifically, if hash * diff < 2^256-1 it meets the required network difficulty, or put in target terms, if 2^256-1 / hash >= diff_target it meets the requested difficulty target.
    – jtgrassie
    Commented Oct 9, 2020 at 5:14
  • Also, hashes are not added to the blockchain, blocks are, which include a nonce, that when others hash the block data with the nonce, the resulting hash must meet the network difficulty.
    – jtgrassie
    Commented Oct 9, 2020 at 5:22

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