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Topic: LTC mining through PowerPC capability? (Read 1384 times)

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August 20, 2012, 06:54:24 AM
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Hey, just wondering if anyone has done any work on mining via a PowerPC that I could expand upon.
ssvb's fork of cpuminer comes to mind. It includes an Altivec implementation of scrypt, and although it was designed for the Playstation 3 there were people who used it on their Macs with (relatively) very good results. I was going to merge it into my own fork, but then I decided to focus on ARM instead. I might still give it a go if I find the time.

I have a small plan that will allow mining via a very simple device, but my scrypt-ing skills are below par.   Tongue
Now I'm curious... What kind of device?
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PooL-X.eu
August 20, 2012, 05:58:43 AM
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the best would proberly be took look at the current implementations and ofc the wiki

java scrypt: https://github.com/pooler/JMiner/blob/master/src/org/litecoinpool/miner/Hasher.java
client one : https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/blob/master/src/scrypt.c
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August 19, 2012, 09:29:53 AM
#1
Hey, just wondering if anyone has done any work on mining via a PowerPC that I could expand upon.  I have a small plan that will allow mining via a very simple device, but my scrypt-ing skills are below par.   Tongue
I suppose I could take a swing at it, but I'm far less familiar with scrypt than I am with SHA-256.  Are there any papers on it that I might be able to work from?  Thanks!

-Erick
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