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To fairly reward the mining effort we will start with **5 CCX per block** and increase it by **0.25 CCX every month** until we reach **15 CCX per block** (max reward in 3 1/2 years time). | To fairly reward the mining effort we will start with **5 CCX per block** and increase it by **0.25 CCX every month** until we reach **15 CCX per block** (max reward in 3 1/2 years time). | ||
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+ | ==== PoW Algorithm - Cryptonight-GPU ==== | ||
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+ | Miners are very important to us. | ||
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+ | Conceal Network implemented the Cryptonight-GPU mining algorithm, developed by Psychocrypt and Fireice_uk. | ||
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+ | Cryptonight-GPU (CN_GPU) is an ASIC, Botnet, and FPGA resistant mining algorithm that assures a fair GPU based supported network. | ||
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+ | CN_GPU relies primarily on GPU core compute performance and is the first mining algorithm that is specifically designed to use floating point math at a single-precision (FP32). | ||
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+ | Floating-point operations per second (or Flops), represent just how many computations (additions and multiplications) can be handled per second by a GPU. FP32 refers to the level of accuracy of those numbers (and is the number format). | ||
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+ | A CPU generally consists of 4 to 8 CPU cores, while a GPU generally consists of hundreds of smaller cores. Since ASIC, Botnet, and FPGA builds rely on specialized low memory CPU computation, | ||
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+ | GPU performance with the CN_GPU mining algorithm relies on physical core count and its clock in Mhz, making AMD and Nvidia GPUs very similar in performance. | ||
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+ | The goal of the CN_GPU mining algorithm is to assure fair GPU mining: | ||
+ | AMD and NVIDIA GPU lineups are equalized. | ||
+ | Low-end and high-end GPUs are measured based on core compute performance (Flops performance). | ||
+ | To eliminate any CPU and Botnet mining advantage. | ||
+ | To force ASIC or FPGA design to be cost-prohibitive. | ||
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==== Mining And Miners ==== | ==== Mining And Miners ==== |