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How would I go about making the simplest form of a CPU bitcoin miner? I have not been able to find documentation on the whole process...
How to code the Simplest BitCoin CPU Miner?
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If you're fluent in Python, there is a reference RPC miner, written by one of bitcoin's developers: https://github.com/jgarzik/pyminer
2I am looking for a more generic document that explains the steps involved. Thanks for this though :) – ExtremeCoder – 2011-09-26T09:54:19.860
2I would say python functions pretty well as pseudo-code – Earlz – 2013-12-04T21:24:22.900
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Here, a nice explanation (even if the post is old) http://www.righto.com/2014/02/bitcoin-mining-hard-way-algorithms.html
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This is a great tutorial for that, if you are familiar with python:
2 Welcome to Bitcoin.SE! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.
My answer is in the same still and of the same quality of the others, but I have got a downvote and a comment saying: "We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and context. Don't just give a one-line answer; explain why your answer is right, ideally with citations. Answers that don't include explanations may be removed." The other answers are very similar to mine, just show another tutorial. I think this is very, very unfair. – DavideC – 2018-01-02T13:13:02.160
Apologies, you're correct, in general link-only answers are discouraged but there's no reason that the other answers got upvotes while yours was downvoted. I'm sorry – MeshCollider – 2018-01-02T19:13:19.740
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– David Schwartz – 2011-09-26T16:42:42.250