Hello,
I have been working on developing a "vanity pool" for split-key address generating. You can read more about it here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84569.0As the Vanity Pool is starting to take shape and working okay, it's time to look into getting some split-key generation software going (a "vanity miner" if you will). So I'm setting a bounty of 10 Bitcoins (plus whatever gets donated) for member of the Bitcoin community that will create software with the following features:
- Allow one to generate Bitcoin addresses using the split-key methods (either the one requiring the private keys to be added or multiplied) in search for a vanity addresses
- Be free from any malicious code
- Be open-source and provided in full free of charge
- Come pre-compiled for Windows 32 and 64 bit and include Makefiles for MacOS and Linux
- Generate keys using OpenCL
- Be able to generate at at least 10 Mkeys/s on AMD Radeom 5830 HD
- Give an option to the user to automatically fetch and submit work from a "vanity mining pool" through the use of the protocol outlined in
https://vanitypooltest.appspot.com/faq- Does not overburden the vanity mining pool unnecessarily by making more than at most one call per minute for getting a new set of work (submitting valid work is not to be restricted)
Or in more human language - allow one to generate split-key vanity addresses on a GPU at a decent rate and automate work fetching from the provided website. The website for testing the solutions is available at
https://vanitypooltest.appspot.com/and running on Testnet. More bounties for vanity-mining-related software will be coming in the near future, so keep a lookout.
If anyone wishes to increase the bounty, the donation address is:
1Cuw26gA2nhuqjBELwL6QGG89RsqfaV3v8
The current total is:
10 12 BTCEDIT:
The bounty has been claimed by samr7 and his oclvanityminer:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804