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Re: [XPM] [ANN] Primecoin High Performance
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on 01/02/2014, 10:57:45 UTC
Oh yeah, I forgot to add prime.h to the commit. It's fixed now. It was a problem with commit b6a92cd8b9.

Works now, thanks. Any plans to include xpm protocol functionality into the wallet so we can use it as a hub ? Having to download the entire blockchain on every node is a pain ... plus it would allow us to experiment with current pool miners, jhprimeminer, xolominer, etc..

No plans for that currently. I've been hoping that the stand-alone miner devs would eventually implement either getwork or getblocktemplate (GBT). GBT is working and getwork should be fixed but I haven't tried it. There's a few forks of jhPrimeminer out there that do that but it looks like the code hasn't spread to the more popular forks. Also, I don't know the specs of the pool protocols so I don't know exactly what the advantages are.

I have spoken to both Aerocloud and clintar. Offered a .5 btc bounty for implementing solo mining capabilities. They refused. I think they both have a deal with the pool owners preventing them from releasing solo miners. If anyone reading this knows xpt protocol and can implement it into the original wallet let us know, i am sure more people will chime in to increase the bounty.


It's not clear to me what is your goal after all. Do you want XPT protocol implemented to the wallet to mine with it on yPool (and some other pools that supports xpt) or you want a good standalone miner (like Aero's)that works also in solo mode using getwork or getblocktemplate protocol? Implementing the later one is not a big deal for me. Basically I have it already in https://github.com/hg5fm/jhPrimeminer


My goal is to make available to the primecoin community a standalone, open-source miner that can be used for both pool and solo mining. Pool miner devs are more active than mikaelh, they tweak and release new optimizations/settings more often, it would be better if xpt protocol is implemented into the original wallet.

I've had it with binary only (jhprimer solominers) builds infected with rogue wallets.