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    • ghostlander
      ghostlander Regular Member last edited by

      One thing I have noticed running feathercoind and other coin daemons on a p2pool with tight memory. The 0.6 series daemon takes 190 MB compared to the 0.8 which are more like 230 MB. (can vary higher)

      Block index is held in memory. More blocks in main chain = more memory consumed.

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        vizay Regular Member last edited by

        I had a mail chat with one of the authors of cudaminer.
        He is interested to add neoscrypt to cudaminer, but he can’t make it happen soon.

        Is there someone official behind the ccminer? That’s also a viable option for nvidia and perhaps he/she/they have more time to add NS? :)

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        • lizhi
          lizhi last edited by

          I had compily cgminer 3.6.6 with MinGW . It can work with scrypt and keccak. But that work add neoscrypt is very complex and arduous . May God bless us !

          ------------------------------------------------------------------------
          cgminer 3.6.6
          ------------------------------------------------------------------------
          
          
          Configuration Options Summary:
          
            libcurl(GBT+getwork).: Enabled: -L/usr/local/curl/lib
            curses.TUI...........: FOUND: -lpdcurses
            OpenCL...............: FOUND. GPU mining support enabled
            scrypt...............: Enabled
            keccak...............: Enabled
            ADL..................: SDK found, GPU monitoring support enabled
          
            Avalon.ASICs.........: Disabled
            BFL.ASICs............: Disabled
            BitForce.FPGAs.......: Disabled
            BitFury.ASICs........: Disabled
            Icarus.FPGAs.........: Disabled
            Klondike.ASICs.......: Disabled
            ModMiner.FPGAs.......: Disabled
          
          Compilation............: make (or gmake)
            CPPFLAGS.............:
            CFLAGS...............: -O2 -msse2
            LDFLAGS..............:
            LDADD................:  -L/usr/local/curl/lib compat/jansson-2.5/src/.libs/lib
          jansson.a -lpthread -lOpenCL   -lws2_32 -lm
          
          Installation...........: make install (as root if needed, with 'su' or 'sudo')
            prefix...............: /usr/local
          
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            voingiappone Regular Member last edited by

            Ok… so I definitely missed something: where do I find the files for the neoscrypt?

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            • lizhi
              lizhi last edited by

              Step by Step ,

              I had compily cgminer 3.6.6 with neoscrypt on MinGW. I set --enable-neoscrypt , Compile support for neoscrypt feathercoin mining.

              I get cgminer-neoscrypt.o and cgminer.exe .

              Next, there is still a very large number of hard work. Wish me good luck.

              neoscrypt.jpg

              neoscrypt2.jpg

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              • kris_davison
                kris_davison last edited by

                wow thats amazing progress well done. I can feel a tip coming on!

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                • lizhi
                  lizhi last edited by

                  wow thats amazing progress well done. I can feel a tip coming on!

                  We have not an OpenCL kernel, there is still a very hard work.

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                  • ChekaZ
                    ChekaZ last edited by

                    Great job lizihi! :)

                    BTC: 1Ges1taJ69W7eEMbQLcmNGnUZenBkCnn45
                    FTC: 6sxjM96KMZ7t4AmDTUKDZdq82Nj931VQvY

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                    • Wellenreiter
                      Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                      Is there someone official behind the ccminer? That’s also a viable option for nvidia and perhaps he/she/they have more time to add NS? :)

                      yes ccminer is the second miner for NVIDIA cards.

                      I have no contact there, but will check on Github, if there is a contact email. Otherwise I’l lcreate a feature request.

                      Question: can we provide neoscrypt code to the programmer of ccminer and cudaminer, or should it remain private for the time beeing?

                      -------Edit--------

                      The owner of the ccminer repository on Github is the same than for Cudaminer.

                      I think the answer ill be the same: yes, but not very soon…

                      Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                      Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                      • ghostlander
                        ghostlander Regular Member last edited by

                        Question: can we provide neoscrypt code to the programmer of ccminer and cudaminer, or should it remain private for the time beeing?

                        Yes if they agree to keep it confidential until the official public release. On the other hand, if they say “yes, but not very soon”, they get the code after the public release anyway.

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                          Flobdeth Regular Member last edited by

                          Sorry for the post, but are there any links to what Neo is about or are you guys trying to develop it from a bastardisation of blake or something?

                          What are the main benefits we can look forward too for GPU mining or not 100% on stats yet? (other than maybe lower power and asic _resistance _short term)

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                          • ghostlander
                            ghostlander Regular Member last edited by

                            It is what Scrypt has been used to be: memory intensive, ASIC resistant, more secure. It isn’t a bastardisation of anything. The complete specification will be in the press release.

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                            • Wellenreiter
                              Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                              Yes if they agree to keep it confidential until the official public release. On the other hand, if they say “yes, but not very soon”, they get the code after the public release anyway.

                              I will hold back the code until the official public release

                              Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                              Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                              • lizhi
                                lizhi last edited by

                                Time is running out. We need to be completed within 10 days.

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                                • ghostlander
                                  ghostlander Regular Member last edited by

                                  There is a small yet annoying bug left in the switch process. Once eliminated, I set up a testnet with a couple of P2Pools. NeoScrypt itself is fine.

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                                  • Wellenreiter
                                    Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                                    Which profile will be used?

                                    Or is that not finally defined?

                                    Feathercoin development donation address: 6p8u3wtct7uxRGmvWr2xvPxqRzbpbcd82A
                                    Openpgp key: 0x385C34E77F0D74D7 (at keyserver.ubuntu.com)/fingerprint: C7B4 E9EA 17E1 3D12 07AB 1FDB 385C 34E7 7F0D 74D7

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                                      Lukey_p last edited by

                                      i cant wait for this guys, All the luck to people working on this!

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                                        FeatherKing last edited by

                                        That will be a great achievement! I wish good luck to all the hard working developers.

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                                          FeatherKing last edited by

                                          After launching NeoScrypt, a marketing campaign is necessary to get the world know.

                                          Reshuffling the webpage can be considered as a great progress.

                                          Here are some good examples–

                                          http://www.nxt.org/

                                          http://www.blackcoin.co/

                                          http://bytecoin.org/

                                          http://www.xc-official.com/

                                          Cheers!

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                                          • ghostlander
                                            ghostlander Regular Member last edited by

                                            Which profile will be used?
                                            Or is that not finally defined?

                                            Profile zero. The other ones are for testing or compatibility.

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