Yes, but it would also be very nice for non-technical people to be able to download miner binaries for their platform/GPU.
Personnally, I already crunch at +600Mh/s, so it would mean I make less, but it would also mean greater incentive for newbies to commit into the system and secure the network as a whole.
Topic: GPU mining into main code? (Read 2123 times)
Once we have a standard mining interface, it would be easier to separate mining from the core client altogether.
Indeed. That's all that needs to be in the core -- remote mining support.
Having the getwork RPC in mainline would be a good start, though there are known technical problems with that.
GPU mining itself can be a little tricky with libraries and drivers. It would have to be a compile-time option, and binaries would have to be provided with and without it. But this would be needlessly complicated for a core client. Once we have a standard mining interface, it would be easier to separate mining from the core client altogether.
GPU mining itself can be a little tricky with libraries and drivers. It would have to be a compile-time option, and binaries would have to be provided with and without it. But this would be needlessly complicated for a core client. Once we have a standard mining interface, it would be easier to separate mining from the core client altogether.
Are we ever going to add GPU mining into the main code base? Most mining is done by GPUs now and they could have outdated/modified code which could threaten the block chain.
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