Topic: [ANN][GAP] Gapcoin - Prime Gap Search - New Math Algo - CPU / GPU - Zero Premine - page 8. (Read 286844 times)

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You have the wrong end of the wrong stick, as is so often the case. You should have written: avoid using this software but your personal problems are leading you astray. There is - or rather was - an inappropriately-included, development-only piece of code that caused inscriptions to be created when they shouldn't have been, resulting in unspendable txs. Thanks for drawing my attention to the fact that this error was lingering in the gapcoin-project repos, it's just a pity that your personal issues cause you to be quite so abrasively offensive.

The description of the gapcoin-project 0.16.3 client repository reads: “Gapcoin Core 0.16.3 Work in progress ” Note the phrase: WORK IN PROGRESS, it's quite clear and moreover, the status description reinforces this: “This branch is 2 commits ahead, 24 commits behind gjhiggins:gapcoin-core.”.

I've half a mind to delete the repository entirely in order to protect those who don't know what they're doing from the consequences of their own rash behaviour.

Note: All the published pointers to the in-development 0.16.3 client are to my own repository

That's quite hypocritical of you: you can't spare the time but you'll criticise me for not finding the time. What makes you so special?

Cheers

Graham

Currently, my plan is to make the gapcoin-project 0.16.3 client a minimalist upgrade, preserving only what's absolutely necessary for a Gapcoin port of Bitcoin 0.16.3 (i.e. the obvious cosmetic changes and Gapcoin-specific chain parameter values, some necessary changes to the block structure in order to carry the prime gap data, the replacement of the proof-of-work code, the difficulty modifier code and the reward code). This will make things usefully simpler for anyone else who might want to work on developing the core Gapcoin 0.16.3 client.

As for my own enhancements to the 0.16.3 client, I will offer a separate “de luxe” client with source code and binaries available from my own repository.

I feel this approach better reflects the decentralised nature of this domain - as I observe elsewhere, there is no “official” this nor any “official” that.

Cheers

Graham


Recently, my time has been taken up with getting the gapcoin-project's “Github Pages” community-led website up, running and populated with content:

https://gapcoin-project.github.io/



At the moment, it remains a work-in-progress and not yet finished. Comments welcome. I'll make a later post on how it's “community-led”.

Feel free to clone the Gapcoin GH pages repos and contribute.

Cheers

Graham

No, I don't think so......if your on Discord that explains why Mr. Higgins is such an asshole to anyone who posts on Bitcointalk?

Trust me you need not talk further!


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822498.1580

Yes that is posts from this account in 2017, but it does not mean it was the same person as me.

Hey,

You are really bipolar, that sucks.

Mr. Higgins is working on something else, which will be released when it's ready. AND 0.16 is only a step for 0.20... Your comments don't make sense.
Again, if it really interested you, you would come to Discord and you would know that !!

Use CRT miner and stop shift 25, 32 & 64.
Come on Discord or Shut Up, Bro', you're Toxic since 2017.
Try to not sell to 10 sats this time.


Wizz_^

It's in his source code still on Github.  

https://github.com/gapcoin-project/gapcoin-core

His last commit is still Dec. 10 last year!


gjhiggins Merge pull request #4 from gjhiggins/gapcoin-core
on Dec 10, 2020
Git stats

16,153


I did actually Compile this and Verified it being in his Source Code!!!!

Mr. Higgins Coded into Gapcoin-Core a script that regenerates and either destroys coins or shuffles them off to a sock puppet address.  I don't have the time or energy to track it down which.  Either way avoid using his Software!

After 1 Month of the knowledge of it, he has still not changed the Github Source Code. 

That is the only reason I am writing this!

The Script to steal/lose the coins would REGENERATE itself after sending coins. 

If you delete the script and send coins the transaction would go through normally. 

But the Script would regenerate, so you would lose coins again!


Anon

Nice little activity in the Gapmarkets.

Last Price
0.00000055
Daily Change
358.33%
Daily Volume: 0.00830951 BTC / 15240.00000000 GAP

https://freebitcoins.com/xchange/market/Bitcoin-Gapcoin

Hey peeps  ,

Is there anyone alive here ?!


Let's introduce the "CRT Files Challenge"

Here is a list of what I got so far. But it takes a long time to calculate these files.
If anyone is keen on doing the missing files or doing better than the existing files, I wait for you to put them forward.


Let's start with 2 directories with files for Merit 22 & Merit 25 (Merit 28 is the next one). I think that will be fine, for the moment.
Rules :
- Simple, Less 'n_candidates' !
- The file should work ! (Windows users have to convert lines endings to UNIX(LF) to use the file.)
- Share if possible the settings used to produce the file !
- Respect the *new* filename convention ! (discoverer lowercase): "crt-m-<4digitshift>-.txt"
ex: "crt-22m-0102s-wizz.txt"


You will find all the lines to produce these files here, feel free to play with :
CRTCalculation.bat

Files :
crtwizz


Tips:
- To not spend a thousand years on a file with high merit or a shift> 512, try to use :
--ctr-strength 1000 --ctr-ivs 100, then try your own way for the best "factor speed increase".
- Decimal allowed ('.' not ',')

As a reminder, the originals:
crt-22m-64s.txt:n_candidates: 657
crt-22m-96s.txt:n_candidates: 643
crt-22m-128s.txt:n_candidates: 638
crt-22m-160s.txt:n_candidates: 638
crt-22m-192s.txt:n_candidates: 646
crt-22m-224s.txt:n_candidates: 669
crt-22m-256s.txt:n_candidates: 684
crt-22m-288s.txt:n_candidates: 696
crt-22m-320s.txt:n_candidates: 714
crt-22m-352s.txt:n_candidates: 729
crt-22m-384s.txt:n_candidates: 755
crt-22m-416s.txt:n_candidates: 771
crt-22m-448s.txt:n_candidates: 784
crt-22m-480s.txt:n_candidates: 804
crt-22m-512s.txt:n_candidates: 822
crt-22m-544s.txt:n_candidates: 845
crt-22m-576s.txt:n_candidates: 866
crt-22m-608s.txt:n_candidates: 876
crt-22m-640s.txt:n_candidates: 901
crt-22m-672s.txt:n_candidates: 920
crt-22m-704s.txt:n_candidates: 937
crt-22m-736s.txt:n_candidates: 960
crt-22m-768s.txt:n_candidates: 970
crt-22m-800s.txt:n_candidates: 991
crt-22m-832s.txt:n_candidates: 1012
crt-22m-864s.txt:n_candidates: 1019
crt-22m-896s.txt:n_candidates: 1030
crt-22m-928s.txt:n_candidates: 1059
crt-22m-992s.txt:n_candidates: 1102
crt-22m-1024s.txt:n_candidates: 1131

--ctr-primes,shift;n_candidates

Merit22:
14;64;657
15;70;651
16;77;650
17;83;646
18;90;643
19;96;643
20;102;638
21;109;638
22;115;640
23;122;640
24;128;637 benxy031-1
25;134;638 benxy031-4
26;141;636
27;147;637
28;154;647
29;160;638
30;166;641
31;173;644
32;179;647
33;186;649
34;192;646
35;200;647
36;208;654
37;216;659
38;224;668 wizz-1
39;232;665
40;240;674
41;248;676
42;256;678 wizz-6
43;264;690
44;272;693
45;280;702
46;288;696
47;296;705
48;304;706
49;312;715
50;320;713 wizz-1
51;326;725
52;333;723
53;339;729
54;346;726
55;352;729
56;362;741
57;373;743
58;384;754 wizz-1
59;392;757
60;400;768
61;408;769
62;416;765 pdazzl-6
63;424;777
64;432;783
65;440;786
66;448;784
67;456;792
68;464;795
69;472;801
70;480;769 pdazzl-35
71;488;810
72;496;796 wizz-15
73;504;821
74;512;766 pdazzl-56
75;520;824
76;528;836
77;536;839
78;544;838 wizz-7
79;555;840
80;565;852
81;576;866 wizz-9
82;584;876
83;592;866
84;600;875
85;608;876
86;619;883
87;629;881
88;640;901
89;648;912
90;656;918
91;664;923
92;672;920
93;680;933
94;688;923
95;696;930
96;704;933 wizz-4
97;715;940
98;725;953
99;736;960
100;744;967
101;752;970
102;760;969
103;768;970
104;779;985
105;789;974
106;800;991
107;808;972
108;816;1000
109;824;1019
110;832;1009 wizz-3
111;843;1020
112;853;1025
113;864;1019
114;872;1049
115;880;1045
116;888;1050
117;896;1030
118;907;1057
119;917;1066
120;928;1046 wizz-13
121;938;1074
122;949;1089
123;956;1089
124;965;1112
125;974;1101
126;983;1090
127;992;1094 wizz-8
128;1003;1105
129;1013;1106
130;1024;1039 pdazzl-98

Merit25:
14;64;753
15;70;744
16;77;743
17;83;741
18;90;740
19;96;733
20;102;736
21;109;735
22;115;737
23;122;737
24;128;738
25;134;733
26;141;736
27;147;740
28;154;740
29;160;734
30;166;740
31;173;746
32;179;743
33;186;751
34;192;749
35;200;761
36;208;762
37;216;764
38;224;774
39;232;779
40;240;777
41;248;787
42;256;790
43;264;802
44;272;800
45;280;815
46;288;812
47;296;825
48;304;820
49;312;829
50;320;831
51;326;840
52;333;839
53;339;847
54;346;843
55;352;848
56;362;853
57;373;860
58;384;873
59;392;882
60;400;882
61;408;879
62;416;887
63;424;908
64;432;888
65;440;912
66;448;930
67;456;905
68;464;946
69;472;941
70;480;935
71;488;945
72;496;959
73;504;954
74;512;959
75;520;953
76;528;979
77;536;984
78;544;986
79;555;998
80;565;996
81;576;1018
82;584;1016
83;592;1018
84;600;1025
85;608;1026
86;619;1015
87;629;1051
88;640;1070
89;648;1072
90;656;1065
91;664;1052
92;672;1066
93;680;1089
94;688;1090
95;696;1084
96;704;1102
97;715;1108
98;725;1116
99;736;1132
100;744;1124
101;752;1134
102;760;1150
103;768;1140
104;779;1160
105;789;1147
106;800;1171
107;808;1184
108;816;1181
109;824;1181
110;832;1191
111;843;1192
112;853;1209
113;864;1216
114;872;1222
115;880;1228
116;888;1244
117;896;1224
118;907;1240
119;917;1258
120;928;1245
121;938;1274
122;949;1274
123;956;1278
124;965;1281
125;974;1271
126;983;1286
127;992;1307
128;1003;1286
129;1013;1320
130;1024;1327

Merit28:
14;64;848
15;70;838
16;77;838
17;83;835
18;90;834
19;96;835
20;102;834
21;109;832
22;115;833
23;122;833
24;128;830
25;134;832
26;141;835
27;147;840
28;154;841
29;160;836
30;166;840
31;173;841
32;179;848
33;186;844
34;192;854
35;200;861
36;208;856
37;216;869
38;224;876
39;232;884
40;240;886
41;248;887
42;256;901
43;264;911
44;272;906
45;280;926
46;288;920
47;296;935
48;304;940
49;312;949
50;320;951
51;326;953
52;333;957
53;339;964
54;346;959
55;352;964
56;362;985
57;373;997
58;384;1002
59;392;1011
60;400;1012
61;408;1027
62;416;1015
63;424;1026
64;432;1046
65;440;1040
66;448;1040
67;456;1054
68;464;1057
69;472;1064
70;480;
71;488;1084
72;496;1083
73;504;1098
74;512;1108
75;520;1110
76;528;1107
77;536;1119
78;544;1134
79;555;1139
80;565;1133
81;576;1142
82;584;1165
83;592;1175
84;600;1174
85;608;1176
86;619;1207
87;629;1207
88;640;1213
89;648;1228
90;656;1233
91;664;1233
92;672;1247
93;680;1246


If you have any questions don't hesitate !  

Yes, indeed.

To run CRT with descent performances, try to use this start batch and play with it (Work in progress, not definitive):
https://github.com/wizz13150/GapcoinStuff/blob/main/crtwizz/start-gapminerCRT.bat


(my) Instructions :
ONLY the CRT miner rev5.1 should be used now for CPU, by everyone, in any situation. (Even if not using CRT)
https://gapcoin.network/downloads/

:: School for more gaps/s and tests :
::
:: Instructions:
:: 1 - Set --fermat-threads = --threads minus one.
:: 2 - Set --sieve-primes for an optimal value.
:: 3 - Miners should use a random/different shift when starting CRT miner, choose a non-overmined shift.
:: You can mine in --shift 510, using the crt file 'crt-22m-512s.txt'.


EDIT: Work in progress about the start batch, settings and instructions ..!
You probably won't be disappointed !



BitcoinFX, I would like to have your opinion.
What school are you from? More 'Gaps/s & tests' or More '[%] & PPS'
cf. 'start-gapminerCRT.bat'

I found!    Chinese Remainder Theorem, is this, right?

What is CRT?

Yeah, it seems to be in trouble.
ocminer is probably busy.
Solo mining for now.

We should use the gapminer-cpu with CRT (rev5.1), in higher shifts, during this time.
Gapminer-gpu is stuck on shift 32, so the same for gpus.

is anyone using the suprnova poll having problems with mining?   

Crikey! Were these your transactions @PrimeObsession ?

...

I must again stress to everyone that the current Gapcoin Windows Release remains the original v0.9.2 and the current Linux Release is v0.9.2 or build v0.9.3-4 whilst development and testing on the to be 'officially announced' v0.16.3 continues.

The Gapcoin Project / Gapcoin Core github repository (and gapcoin.club) states/stated "Gapcoin Core 0.16.3 Work in progress"
- https://github.com/gapcoin-project/gapcoin-core - N.B. last commit (at time of posting) on Dec 10, 2020 !

The official repository (to the best of my knowledge) did not and has not published any binaries for download and is in fact a fork of gjhiggins /
gapcoin-core repository (where most of his currently unassisted solo development work on Gapcoin Core 0.16.3 is openly committed).
- https://github.com/gjhiggins/gapcoin-core - N.B. last commit (at time of posting) on Mar 14, 2021 ...

Graham did openly state in the thread topic: "Alpha release of an implementation of the 0.16.3 reference client for the Gapcoin network ...snip... testnet-only while we test the robustness and reliability of the implementation." See:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.55543086

Also see this post:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.56476592


Unfortunately, myself fully reviewing Graham's work and progress has been somewhat delayed by a brief period of illness.

I will edit the gapcoin.club website with appropriate warnings ASAP and add an upgrade guide to follow prior to any future 'official' release announcement(s).

Please follow Mr. Higgins' advice and update - there were 15K+ GAP effectively burnt in 6+ transactions:

5K
5K
500
50
5K

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Your postings have become offensive again, I'm placing you on "Ignore" because I'm not obliged to submit to your abuse.

You claim "It really would not be much more work for someone to fork my repository" but are apparently incapable of doing the work yourself, rendering the claim baseless.

You claim that "there might be a fatal flaw with the Mining" yet fail to respond to my request for details or even an indication which miner you are using.

By making such impractical demands, you are revealing your lack of understanding. Try it with a Bitcoin wallet, see how you get on.

I don't know what misunderstandings you harbour about the role of templates in the functioning of Gapcoin that lead you to make bizarre and confused statements such as "Templates are to generate ideas, not to force merge ideas" but the ONLY purpose of that post was to drive home the point that the Gapcoin 0.16 codebase is almost exactly the same as the Bitcoin codebase except that i) Gapcoin uses prime gap search as a PoW function whereas Bitcoin uses SHA256 hashing, ii) Bitcoin has a fixed block reward of 50 BTC per block whereas Gapcoin's block reward varies according to a function designed by j0nn9 and iii) Gapcoin necessarily uses a difficulty modifier based on prime gap search designed by j0nn9 whereas Bitcoin uses a difficulty modifier based on changing hash target. Other than that, the codebases are identical.

I'll reiterate one last time. The 0.16 codebase retains the versionbits code that enables soft forks to happen. That code is currently disabled in the Gapcoin 0.16 client.

The roadmap is:

1. After a majority of users have upgraded to the 0.16.3 client ...
2. At some widely-advertised point, the versionbits code is enabled to create a specific window of time
3. Users then download and use the new versionbits-enabled client, signalling their willingness to accept the change
4. When the window of time expires, assuming the majority of users are using the versionbits-enabled client, the change becomes permanent.
5. At some widely-advertised point, the block and transaction versions are bumped, excluding the old 0.9 clients from the network
6. A majority of users update to this new client.
7. At some widely-advertised point, an 0.20 client is released, no hard fork required as the necessary change in the network has already taken place.

Or ... y'all can just stick with the 0.9 client, I'm relaxed either way, given UsernameNumber7's confident claim: "It really would not be much more work for someone to fork my repository and build it up to Compile on Ubuntu and MX Linux.  And have someone generate a new Windows .exe zip file based on the updated code." - all you need to do is i) hope that he knows what he's talking about and ii) find someone to do the work and iii) not care about OS X users, oh and iv) find an acceptable means of generating and distributing Linux static binary apps because the Linux binaries will have to have been linked against old versions of OpenSSL and Boost which won't be available on any contemporary Linux distro. But I'm sure that if you ask him, he'll have a plan for that.


Cheers

Graham


According to j0nn9, there's just one candidate, "madmax" aka eXtremal-ik7 - (I’m not entirely sure j0nn9's conflation of two identities is correct but whatever...) the latter identity is still working in the area of primes-as-PoW, active in pursuing a Primecoin 0.16 wallet (Sunny King has pretty much abandoned Primecoin development) and operating the http://coinsforall.io prime-mining pool.

Some history ...


In the event, j0nn9 created an OpenCL version which he couldn't test on nVidia because he didn't have an nVidia card. It transpired that the OpenCL code wouldn't successfully execute on nVidia cards:


And it still won't. I recently compiled the GapMiner code (adding some print statements) and checked its execution on my old XPS with GeForce GTX 1050 and CUDA 11.0 only to see the exact same error messages:
And there you have neatly encapsulated my objective in restoring the in-wallet miner, as long as that remains operational, the chain can continue.

Cheers

Graham

It's on Discord !
Different shifts yes, but not at the same time... Loop this :
https://github.com/wizz13150/GapcoinStuff/blob/main/%5Bgapminer-cpu%5DRunMultipleShiftsSuccessively.ps1

I'm collecting data from the CRT miner on the settings with different types of processors (number of cores). Fermat Threads need to increase with shifts.
And see how to produce CRT files which will be usable at higher difficulty. A crt file created for a merit of 22 is probably not going to be ideal if the difficulty increases. And I have already been able to create standard files with fewer candidates than stock files.
Also cpu-miner should have the '--range' option like the crt miner (Even longer to produce).

A lot to do for the miner. Others have better to do and they are busy.
The miners should be the top priority for the community, from my pov. We really need to find someone able to rewrite the miner.
Network hashrate is way too low ! Give me a Nvidia miner and it's going to double instantly.

If one day there is no longer a functional miner, there will be no more problem with the wallet.
Nor anything else.

Mr. Higgins has done good ideas, and templates are to generate a lot of automated templates.  However that does not mean the hardware will accept them.  People can be tricked into accepting bad software which is where most errors occur is human error not hardware error.  Templates are to generate ideas, not to force merge ideas!  

I am actually using the Higgins idea to Mine different shifts on the same computer and just mined my first block doing it.

Using 2 wallets in 2 different databases and different ports.  


I am going to be experimenting with this for sure..........

Dang  
Bad day eh?

If only you could turn your attention to the miner...
CPU miner can probably be optimized a lot now.
CRT miner still remains a total mystery to me !
GPU miner is just broken for nvidia and need optimizations for amd.
All miners should be able to mine randomly several shifts.
Pools need to improve ( i saw only one) and accept correctly CRT.
Need to extract and analyse gaps (The point).

This is a crucial point in my opinion, and the one with the worst prospects for the future.
Like what, everyone has their own opinion on everything.


I have many ideas if you know how to code.
Why fixate on the wallet?
Go on discord at some point.

M. Higgins is busy.

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Your Time here is based on shilling shitty hacked auto generated templates as "Development Sir".  It is not development.  You are trying to wait out everyone here with lack of development on the Gapcoin base code which you refuse to do 1 addition to.  

Instead you sit here and promote shit software that doesn't work properly for the main function of MINING PRIMEGAPS.

You were promoting the Death of Jonny Frey in your Gapcoin 9.4?

Why would you not try to build upon his code if you thought he was dead?


Trying to HardFork his work into Non-Functional code for it's primary purpose is not helping!



I want my backups from the start to work on the Blockchain in 1000 years, not be obsolete in 3 years!

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Why would you NOT want to start your own Blockchain Higgins?

If you have all the Templates already set???

Make all your Gapcoin 20 HardFork into a New Blockchain that is Merge Mineable?

Thank you for the suggestion but I decline. However, someone else might follow it up, there's nothing to prevent them.

False

Thank you for the suggestion but as before, I decline.

I can only urge you to improve your understanding of the term “consensus”. No single node can thwart a majority consensus.

Cheers

Graham