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Yes, it seems like it is changing every minute or so (or perhaps it's just my imagination), which makes it pretty difficult to test all the hashes even if trying millions. I might have to switch to a faster language :(


> it is changing every minute or so It is, just like in Bitcoin - there are bot miners you are racing against (otherwise the provided miner.sh would eventually work)

> I might have to switch to a faster language :(

Probably not, I did it in python.

There's a systems problem in how the miner is architected that you can tweak to give you a better chance of winning the race.


Thanks, got it now.




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