Questions tagged [ethash]

Ethash is Ethereum’s Proof-of-Work system which is a combination of modified versions of Dagger and Hashimoto algorithms. This new system was developed to overcome the problems prevalent in other cryptocurrencies, the major one being ASIC-resistance.

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Some Ethash PoW questions

I've downloaded the Etash source code and did some test on the PoW algorithm. In MinerAux.h, if the current.seedHash != newSeedHash, the DAG file needs to be regenerated. And the newSeedHash was set by the rpc-client method getEthashWork (in…
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How can I calculate the Ethash of a Block

Given a particular block number, how can I calculate the Ethash used by this block?
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How can i calculate curent block number?

When i use eth_getWork, i get only 3 parameters: DATA, 32 Bytes - current block header pow-hash DATA, 32 Bytes - the seed hash used for the DAG. DATA, 32 Bytes - the boundary condition ("target"), 2^256 / difficulty. How can I calculate curent…
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Deleted ethash - ETH disappeared from Ethereum Wallet

I made a mistake and deleted ethash files from my Hard Drive and now my ETH, just 1.96 coins, has disappeared from my Ethereum Wallet. I can see the transaction details and the confirmations on the blockchain. How do I get it back into my…
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How to calculate ethereum dataset bytes?

https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Ethash I have compiled above code but I am not able to write the dag into a file. Could anyone please help me on this? I have combined all code mentioned in link above but nothing is printing. I also executed…