Questions tagged [mining-theory]
Questions about the function, reason for, and underlying concepts of mining.
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Does mining in a pool help the network?
So basically, if you solo mine you create decentralization, but your chance to get reward is almost nonexistent.
When you mine with a pool, you don't validate anything. You just hash blocks produced ...
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Scaling of hash rate with computation and potential bottlenecks
There is a similar post which asks the question about scaling up hash rates with computational power here. My question is similar, however with the added question about a potential bottleneck.
I am ...
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Wordpress :: mining with user's CPU
We are in 2020 and I was having a look at this post from 2018 which describes 3 WordPress plug-in we might use to mine Bitcoins through users CPU:
Simple Monero miner: needs subscription to https://...
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What is so different about RandomX from other attempted ASIC-resistant mining algorithms?
I read that the original Cryptonight hashing algorithm was optimized for the L3 cache of a modern CPU, giving CPUs as large of an edge as possible. I've also heard that RandomX effectively turns a ...
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Online implementation of CryptoNight/R
I'm on an adventure trying to write my own own implementation of a C CryptoNight/R hasher. I already have some working code but wanted something that could help me validate the hashes.
Is there any ...
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Cant't find out where replace the nonce to get a blob hash
I'm trying to understand the basics of mining and have a very specific question about hashing a blob. When I start a miner and capture the packets, I get a job from the pool and then the work ...
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Updated dynamic fee calculation?
I'm hoping to find a current reference that explains how the dynamic block size/fee calculation works? This link has a nice explanation, but a community member on reddit suggested it was out-of-date (...
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Validate the result of a job sent by a miner
I'm implementing my own mining pool and I need to know how the result of a job obtained from a miner is validated. I looked at the snipa22's code but have a small doubt.
When sending a job to miner:
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Steps to generate a job for miners using a mining pool
I'm working on building a mining pool from scratch and it'd be really helpful if someone explained the steps to generate a job for miners. Let's say I have 10 miners connected to my pool, what are the ...
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Code a mining pool from scratch
I'm looking for resources to get me started on coding a mining pool from scratch. I know there are several mining pool implementations and it's reinventing the wheel, but I want to do it so I can ...
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What's the difference between the CryptoNightR and RandomX algorithms?
My understanding is that CryptoNightR randomly creates different calculations for each block, and that RandomX does the same, but using a system where any bytecode can be translated into a calculation....
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What exactly do miners communicate with a pool?
What JSON messages are exchanged with the pool, and how does one connect to a pool? With mining.subscribe? I read somewhere that the stratum protocol that CryptoNote coins use is different to, say, ...
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How can I generate the blockhashing blob for my Python miner?
I am in the works of making a pool-compatable fully python miner, and I need to know how to generate the blockhashing blob for the miner.
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Can someone show me how to hash with CryptoNight in Python?
I need a Python(2 or 3) Monero miner that outputs hashes to terminal.
Please ask me if you need clarification.
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Which fork version is the py-cryptonight hash library using?
I was wondering what version the py-cryptonight library is using. For example, is it CryptoNight lite v2, CryptoNight v8, CryptoNight heavy?
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I'm trying to create a Python miner, can I get some guidance please?
I have been wondering how to make a Python Monero miner. I know about py-cryptonight, but does anyone know anything about how to actually code with it? I understand that cn_slow_hash is for mining, ...
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Is it possible to create a Monero miner in Python?
I would like to create a Python based Monero miner. I know that using Python for mining will likely be slow, but this is just for experimental purposes. Thanks.
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Relation between monero jobs (blob) and new blocks
When you are mining in a Monero pool (e.g.,https://minexmr.com/) you keep on receiving jobs from it. These contain the blob which, after some processing, is mined by the miners.
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Where in the PoW block header is the variant version?
I asked this question: How do miners, connected to a pool via stratum, know when to switch PoW variant during a hard fork?
Which was marked as a duplicate of this question: Can pool miners update ...
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Can pool miners update early and then the pool software will automatically ask its workers for new POW when necessary?
Many people mine Monero in a pool. Monero has recently changed its proof of work, and it is about to do so again. There may be more changes to its proof of work in the future.
When miners update ...
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When does validation of blocks occur
At what point does a miner validate blocks shared and created by other miners on the blockchain?
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How is Keccak calculated in Monero?
I am reading the monero's implementation of Keccak (used as first part of slow_hash) in src/crypto/keccak.c
I have found that it is a Keccak-256 (with b=1600, c=512, r=1088) and "output" of 1600 bits ...
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How GPU gets its mining work and nonce range?
I tried to study source of both xmr-stak and xmrig to understand how it communicates with the kernel running on GPU, but both these softwares are too huge to understand (too many objects calling each ...
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How does nicehash perform share validation?
I'm talking about two services: NiceHash and MiningRentals and CryptonightV1 algorithm (which they call CryptonightV7), for example.
Let's suppose someone trying to fool one of them and:
Miner (...
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How do miners attempt to avoid duplicating nonces of other miners? Do they try?
In a very general sense, most people who know about cryptocurrency mining understand that for every block in a proof-of-work blockchain there is a new "challenge" for the miners, and that challenge is ...
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How do I figure out how much a share is worth in the PPLNS world?
I'm trying to figure out how much accepted shares are worth, however small, in a mining pool, situation, specifically of a PPLNS scheme. What is the formula to figure how what a specific share is ...
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Are mining pools shares based on prescribed difficulty or the actual difficulty you hash a block with?
I'm mining Monero as part of a pool (specifically this pool -- https://mixpools.org/xmr/). I'm using a CryptoNoter package to do the mining. The pool will send back work taht looks like
{"data":"{"...
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How does a Monero pool confirm/reject a submitted nonce?
I'm trying to get a handle on how the protocol works between Monero miners and pools. Although I've looked at Stratum, the rules seem slightly different with Monero mining. For example, I'm using a ...
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Is there a pool that will tell you the real time shares you've submitted?
I'm trying some mining on my MacBook Pro. Although I don't expect to make any money, I was curious if the software I'm using is actually submitting the shares it is reporting. Is there a pool that ...
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What does the "hashes" field mean in an authentication message received from a pool?
I'm still trying to get a handle on how all this pool mining stuff works so I decided to use this guy's project -- https://github.com/cryptonoter/CryptoNoter/ to give it a whirl. In particular I ...
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Explaining result report at XMR-STAK
Here is the example of result report by XMR-STAK:
RESULT REPORT
Difficulty : 13214
Good results : 6330 / 6331 (100.0 %)
Avg result time : 10.0 sec
Pool-side hashes : 83681055
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Am I understanding PPLNS correctly in this example?
I want to be sure I understand how the PPLNS pool payment system works. As I understand it, the theory is to reward loyal miners as opposed to people who continually switch pools. So I've been ...
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How are Monero blocks found and confirmed? (solo mining)
In case of solo mining - how are Monero blocks found and confirmed? If using monerod - let's say solo mining is started with start_mining somewalletaddress threadcount. What is the principle of block ...
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How to know when I would get any profit by Monero mining program?
I am an absolutely newb to Monero and Blockchain.
I download the Monero GUI program from https://getmonero.org/downloads/ and run on my windows system.
After sync all block to my local, I started to ...
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More cores are better for Monero CPU mining?
Considering that I have the same intel processor, but one has 4 cores and the other has 8 cores. It will mine better or its the same?
I know that several parameters are important but consider that ...
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Monero mining equipments can mine Zcash as well and have the same hashpower?
Is any device capable to mine monero, also capable to mine Zcash (zec)? The hashes per second offered in that equipment for monero would apply also for zcash?
That would be helpful for the mining ...
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Why are only 8 bytes of the hash compared with the target?
This is the line in xmr-stak where the hash is compared to the target:
if (*piHashVal < oWork.iTarget)
executor::inst()->push_event(ex_event(result, oWork.iPoolId));
However, if you look above,...
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Formulas for calculating current target and difficulty
I'm looking for formulas on how Monero/CryptoNight/Keccak1600 are calculating difficulty and current target.
E.g. something like:
max_target =?
current_target = f(max_target, blockrate) //some ...
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where does "my pending balance" stay until I receive my payment in mining pools? [duplicate]
where does "my pending balance" stay until I receive my payment in mining pools? what is the procedure? where/how pool keeps the pending balance?
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ViaXMR payouts time length
I've been mining on ViaXMR.com for nearly a month now and still no payout, is this because its a small pool or something else? Hobbyist miner using one GPU/CPU
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C/C++ - What is nonceptr in scanhash_cryptonight function?
This is a C/C++ programming question related to CPU mining. In the source code for CPU miners wolf-xmr-miner, cpuminer-multi et al there is a function called scanhash_cryptonight that has this the ...
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How to Generate a Blob for PoW Hashing
The Cryptonight PoW hash function (cns008) expects an input (a blob on which to mine a new block).
I know that a mining blob can easily be obtained via the monerod daemon's JSON-RPC interface by ...
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Byte reversing (nonce and resulted hash)
I've tcpdump'ed a session with my miner and xmr pool (port difficulty 1063). My miner sent the pool this result:
{
"id":2,
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"method":"submit",
"params":{
"id":......,
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How many hashes are needed to solve a Monero block of difficulty 1?
For example, for ZCash, it takes, on average, 8192 hashes (aka "solutions") to solve a block of difficulty 1. That number is determined in the source code by a 256-bit target threshold (...
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Private Block chain App
I would love to use monero to "power" my private block chain app.
Would this be overkill? Would ethereum be secure "enough"?
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A Miners Future [closed]
I want to support the Monero network and eventually fill a warehouse with miners. Will there ever be a point where the reward for mining is no longer justifiable? For example, before BitCoin split, ...
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How does the dynamic blocksize and the dynamic fees work together in Monero?
This mechanism is unique to Monero because it's the only cryptocurrency to have both blocksize and transaction fee dictated by an algorithm, how was this achieved and what is the rationale behind such ...
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How can I Mine Monero using a Processor in Memory PCIe Card?
Where can I find out more (enough) about Processor in Memory (PIM) Mining (Monero and a few suitable other Cryptocurrencys) on a PCIe Card?
One example of such a Card is the Micron D480 Automata ...
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Does a node that is more geographically centered in the Monero network have a higher chance of mining a block?
As nodes are in competition with each other over who mines the next block first, does geography play a role in that competition? Would a 100 KH/sec mining pool located in, for example, Plettenberg Bay,...
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Cryptonote SHA3 bigger than 64byte? (Scratchpad Initialization)
The cryptonote whitepaper says
First, the input is hashed using Keccak [KECCAK] with parameters b =
1600 and c = 512. [..]
That's nothing else as hashing the input with SHA3. The size of a ...
