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This commit implements a built-in concurrent CPU miner that can be enabled with the combination of the --generate and --miningaddr options. The --blockminsize, --blockmaxsize, and --blockprioritysize configuration options wich already existed prior to this commit control the block template generation and hence affect blocks mined via the new CPU miner. The following is a quick overview of the changes and design: - Starting btcd with --generate and no addresses specified via --miningaddr will give an error and exit immediately - Makes use of multiple worker goroutines which independently create block templates, solve them, and submit the solved blocks - The default number of worker threads are based on the number of processor cores in the system and can be dynamically changed at run-time - There is a separate speed monitor goroutine used to collate periodic updates from the workers to calculate overall hashing speed - The current mining state, number of workers, and hashes per second can be queried - Updated sample-btcd.conf file has been updated to include the coin generation (mining) settings - Updated doc.go for the new command line options In addition the old --getworkkey option is now deprecated in favor of the new --miningaddr option. This was changed for a few reasons: - There is no reason to have a separate list of keys for getwork and CPU mining - getwork is deprecated and will be going away in the future so that means the --getworkkey flag will also be going away - Having the work 'key' in the option can be confused with wanting a private key while --miningaddr make it a little more clear it is an address that is required Closes #137. Reviewed by @jrick. |
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btcd
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(https://travis-ci.org/conformal/btcd)
btcd is an alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang).
This project is currently under active development and is in a Beta state. It is extremely stable and has been in production use for over 6 months as of May 2014, however there are still a couple of major features we want to add before we come out of beta.
It properly downloads, validates, and serves the block chain using the exact rules (including bugs) for block acceptance as Bitcoin Core. We have taken great care to avoid btcd causing a fork to the block chain. It passes all of the 'official' block acceptance tests (https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/test-scripts) as well as all of the JSON test data in the Bitcoin Core code.
It also relays newly mined blocks, maintains a transaction pool, and relays individual transactions that have not yet made it into a block. It ensures all transactions admitted to the pool follow the rules required by the block chain and also includes the same checks which filter transactions based on miner requirements ("standard" transactions) as Bitcoin Core.
One key difference between btcd and Bitcoin Core is that btcd does NOT include wallet functionality and this was a very intentional design decision. See the blog entry here for more details. This means you can't actually make or receive payments directly with btcd. That functionality is provided by the btcwallet and btcgui projects which are both under active development.
Requirements
Go 1.2 or newer.
Installation
Windows - MSI Available
https://github.com/conformal/btcd/releases
Linux/BSD/POSIX - Build from Source
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Install Go according to the installation instructions here: http://golang.org/doc/install
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Run the following command to obtain btcd, all dependencies, and install it:
$ go get github.com/conformal/btcd/... -
btcd (and utilities) will now be installed in either
$GOROOT/binor$GOPATH/bindepending on your configuration. If you did not already add the bin directory to your system path during Go installation, we recommend you do so now.
Updating
Windows
Install a newer MSI
Linux/BSD/POSIX - Build from Source
- Run the following command to update btcd, all dependencies, and install it:
$ go get -u -v github.com/conformal/btcd/...
Getting Started
btcd has several configuration options avilable to tweak how it runs, but all of the basic operations described in the intro section work with zero configuration.
Windows (Installed from MSI)
Launch btcd from your Start menu.
Linux/BSD/POSIX/Source
$ ./btcd
IRC server
- irc.conformal.com:6697
- ssl required
- channel #btcd
Mailing lists
- btcd: discussion of btcd and its packages.
- btcd-commits: readonly mail-out of source code changes.
To subscribe to a given list, send email to list+subscribe@opensource.conformal.com
Issue Tracker
The integrated github issue tracker is used for this project.
Documentation
The documentation is a work-in-progress. It uses the github wiki facility.
GPG Verification Key
All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code has not been tampered with and is coming from Conformal. To verify the signature perform the following:
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Download the public key from the Conformal website at https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
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Import the public key into your GPG keyring:
gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt -
Verify the release tag with the following command where
TAG_NAMEis a placeholder for the specific tag:git tag -v TAG_NAME
License
btcd is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.