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Re: [XPM] [ANN] Primecoin Release - First Scientific Computing Cryptocurrency
by
keenanpepper
on 23/07/2013, 08:06:05 UTC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills%27_constant
can one use Mills' constant to mine primes ?

Firstly, primecoin is based on Cunningham chains, not single primes (as someone already said).

Secondly, you could use Mills' constant to find primes... if you knew Mills' constant to arbitrary precision... but nobody does, since the only way to calculate Mills' constant is by finding a bunch of primes. =)