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# Nim Ethash
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A pure Nim implementation of Ethash, the Ethereum proof of work
Implementation is based on the [spec revision 23 (2017-08-03)](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Ethash) and under the Apache License v2.
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## Mining
An unoptimized mining CPU backend is available through the compile-time flag ``-d:ethash_mining``.
It requires compilation through the C++ backend.
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## Original implementation
Original Ethereum implementation is available [here](https://github.com/ethereum/ethash).
**Warning ⚠ - License notice**: the original implementation is under GPLv3 or LGPLv3 and must not be used in this project.