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# ethash
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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# Introduction
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A pure-Nim implementation of Ethash, the Ethereum proof of work
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Implementation is based on the [spec revision 23 (2017-08-03)](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Ethash).
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# Mining
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An unoptimized mining CPU backend is available through the compile-time flag ``-d:ethash_mining``.
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It requires compilation through the C++ backend.
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# Optimizations
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For maximum speed, compile Ethash with `-d:release -d:march_native -d:openmp`.
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This will compile Ethash in Nim release mode, with all supported CPU extensions (especially AVX2) and with OpenMP multiprocessing. On MacOS, OpenMP requires installing GCC-7 and can be done through Homebrew.
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# Original implementation
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Original Ethereum implementation is available [here](https://github.com/ethereum/ethash).
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**Warning ⚠ - License notice**: the original implementation is under GPLv3 or LGPLv3 and must not be used in this project.
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## License
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Licensed and distributed under either of
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* MIT license: [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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or
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* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHEv2](LICENSE-APACHEv2) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
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at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
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