pinwc4 - question for you, does this require any custom pool software, or custom modifications to pool software. Can anybody set up a pool, or do you have proprietary software running on the back end?
We are using NOMP and MPOS for the pool but it did require some minor customization. Most coins use an 80 byte header but this one is using an 88 byte header. If you look in cpu-miner.c you can see he had to alter what is sent in stratum to accommodate the 88 byte header so the extra two fields of extranonce2 and ntime are included in what is sent to the miner.
Maybe other stratum servers would send across the larger header without any changes, I do not know, we mostly stick with NOMP for stratum which does not.
Other than that it is standard stuff for getting it into NOMP like other new coins, add in the hash algorithm to multi-hashing so NOMP can use pattern_verify to verify incoming hashes.
Thank you for the additional details.
Again I appreciate your efforts and consider this to fulfill all the requirements of the bounty. Could you publish the 2 addresses you'd like to receive the bounty at on the website - just so I can be sure I'm sending it to the correct person.
Note: As per the bounty terms, 50% of the Hodl will be immediately available and 50% will be placed in a 1 yr term deposit - you can supply 2 addresses if you'd like them separately.