Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin-java, a new bitcoin library

2021-10-05 Thread Mohamed Youssef via bitcoin-dev
Thanks for posting; I have been looking for such a library to get into the technical details. Do you plan a slack or IRC for collaboration? Best, Mohamed From: bitcoin-dev On Behalf Of Humberto Marcolino via bitcoin-dev Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 08:24 AM To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundat

[bitcoin-dev] Question- must every mining rig attempt every block?

2021-10-05 Thread Nathan T Alexander via bitcoin-dev
For purposes of conserving energy, couldn't each mining rig have some non-gameable attribute which would be used to calculate if a block would be accepted by that rig? Don't the mining rigs have to be able to identify themselves to the network somehow, in order to claim their block reward? Cou

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Question- must every mining rig attempt every block?

2021-10-05 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good morning Nathan, > For purposes of conserving energy, couldn't each mining rig have some > non-gameable attribute which would be used to calculate if a block would > be accepted by that rig? > > Don't the mining rigs have to be able to identify themselves to the > network somehow, in order to

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Question- must every mining rig attempt every block?

2021-10-05 Thread Ruben Somsen via bitcoin-dev
Hi Nathan, That's a fair question, but note that we've already had a bunch of "green mining" related posts a few months ago, so I suspect you'll be able to find many criticisms to this idea in the following thread: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-May/018937.html It a

Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin-java, a new bitcoin library

2021-10-05 Thread Steve Myers via bitcoin-dev
Ciao Humberto! building a new library is a great way to learn about bitcoin, you should also take a look at the Bitcoin Dev Kit project (https://github.com/bitcoindevkit) where we're building support for Kotlin/Java (and Android) and eventually Swift and iOS. You don't need to know Rust (though