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diff --git a/contrib/pyminer/README b/contrib/pyminer/README
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+
+This is a 'getwork' CPU mining client for bitcoin.
+
+It is pure-python, and therefore very, very slow. The purpose is to
+provide a reference implementation of a miner, for study.
+
diff --git a/contrib/pyminer/example-config.cfg b/contrib/pyminer/example-config.cfg
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+
+#
+# RPC login details
+#
+host=127.0.0.1
+port=8332
+
+rpcuser=myusername
+rpcpass=mypass
+
+
+#
+# mining details
+#
+
+threads=4
+
+# periodic rate for requesting new work, if solution not found
+scantime=60
+
+
+#
+# misc.
+#
+
+# not really used right now
+logdir=/tmp/pyminer
+
+# set to 1, to enable hashmeter output
+hashmeter=0
+
+
diff --git a/contrib/pyminer/pyminer.py b/contrib/pyminer/pyminer.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Bitcoin developers
+# Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+# file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#
+
+import time
+import json
+import pprint
+import hashlib
+import struct
+import re
+import base64
+import httplib
+import sys
+from multiprocessing import Process
+
+ERR_SLEEP = 15
+MAX_NONCE = 1000000L
+
+settings = {}
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
+
+class BitcoinRPC:
+ OBJID = 1
+
+ def __init__(self, host, port, username, password):
+ authpair = "%s:%s" % (username, password)
+ self.authhdr = "Basic %s" % (base64.b64encode(authpair))
+ self.conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(host, port, False, 30)
+ def rpc(self, method, params=None):
+ self.OBJID += 1
+ obj = { 'version' : '1.1',
+ 'method' : method,
+ 'id' : self.OBJID }
+ if params is None:
+ obj['params'] = []
+ else:
+ obj['params'] = params
+ self.conn.request('POST', '/', json.dumps(obj),
+ { 'Authorization' : self.authhdr,
+ 'Content-type' : 'application/json' })
+
+ resp = self.conn.getresponse()
+ if resp is None:
+ print "JSON-RPC: no response"
+ return None
+
+ body = resp.read()
+ resp_obj = json.loads(body)
+ if resp_obj is None:
+ print "JSON-RPC: cannot JSON-decode body"
+ return None
+ if 'error' in resp_obj and resp_obj['error'] != None:
+ return resp_obj['error']
+ if 'result' not in resp_obj:
+ print "JSON-RPC: no result in object"
+ return None
+
+ return resp_obj['result']
+ def getblockcount(self):
+ return self.rpc('getblockcount')
+ def getwork(self, data=None):
+ return self.rpc('getwork', data)
+
+def uint32(x):
+ return x & 0xffffffffL
+
+def bytereverse(x):
+ return uint32(( ((x) << 24) | (((x) << 8) & 0x00ff0000) |
+ (((x) >> 8) & 0x0000ff00) | ((x) >> 24) ))
+
+def bufreverse(in_buf):
+ out_words = []
+ for i in range(0, len(in_buf), 4):
+ word = struct.unpack('@I', in_buf[i:i+4])[0]
+ out_words.append(struct.pack('@I', bytereverse(word)))
+ return ''.join(out_words)
+
+def wordreverse(in_buf):
+ out_words = []
+ for i in range(0, len(in_buf), 4):
+ out_words.append(in_buf[i:i+4])
+ out_words.reverse()
+ return ''.join(out_words)
+
+class Miner:
+ def __init__(self, id):
+ self.id = id
+ self.max_nonce = MAX_NONCE
+
+ def work(self, datastr, targetstr):
+ # decode work data hex string to binary
+ static_data = datastr.decode('hex')
+ static_data = bufreverse(static_data)
+
+ # the first 76b of 80b do not change
+ blk_hdr = static_data[:76]
+
+ # decode 256-bit target value
+ targetbin = targetstr.decode('hex')
+ targetbin = targetbin[::-1] # byte-swap and dword-swap
+ targetbin_str = targetbin.encode('hex')
+ target = long(targetbin_str, 16)
+
+ # pre-hash first 76b of block header
+ static_hash = hashlib.sha256()
+ static_hash.update(blk_hdr)
+
+ for nonce in xrange(self.max_nonce):
+
+ # encode 32-bit nonce value
+ nonce_bin = struct.pack("<I", nonce)
+
+ # hash final 4b, the nonce value
+ hash1_o = static_hash.copy()
+ hash1_o.update(nonce_bin)
+ hash1 = hash1_o.digest()
+
+ # sha256 hash of sha256 hash
+ hash_o = hashlib.sha256()
+ hash_o.update(hash1)
+ hash = hash_o.digest()
+
+ # quick test for winning solution: high 32 bits zero?
+ if hash[-4:] != '\0\0\0\0':
+ continue
+
+ # convert binary hash to 256-bit Python long
+ hash = bufreverse(hash)
+ hash = wordreverse(hash)
+
+ hash_str = hash.encode('hex')
+ l = long(hash_str, 16)
+
+ # proof-of-work test: hash < target
+ if l < target:
+ print time.asctime(), "PROOF-OF-WORK found: %064x" % (l,)
+ return (nonce + 1, nonce_bin)
+ else:
+ print time.asctime(), "PROOF-OF-WORK false positive %064x" % (l,)
+# return (nonce + 1, nonce_bin)
+
+ return (nonce + 1, None)
+
+ def submit_work(self, rpc, original_data, nonce_bin):
+ nonce_bin = bufreverse(nonce_bin)
+ nonce = nonce_bin.encode('hex')
+ solution = original_data[:152] + nonce + original_data[160:256]
+ param_arr = [ solution ]
+ result = rpc.getwork(param_arr)
+ print time.asctime(), "--> Upstream RPC result:", result
+
+ def iterate(self, rpc):
+ work = rpc.getwork()
+ if work is None:
+ time.sleep(ERR_SLEEP)
+ return
+ if 'data' not in work or 'target' not in work:
+ time.sleep(ERR_SLEEP)
+ return
+
+ time_start = time.time()
+
+ (hashes_done, nonce_bin) = self.work(work['data'],
+ work['target'])
+
+ time_end = time.time()
+ time_diff = time_end - time_start
+
+ self.max_nonce = long(
+ (hashes_done * settings['scantime']) / time_diff)
+ if self.max_nonce > 0xfffffffaL:
+ self.max_nonce = 0xfffffffaL
+
+ if settings['hashmeter']:
+ print "HashMeter(%d): %d hashes, %.2f Khash/sec" % (
+ self.id, hashes_done,
+ (hashes_done / 1000.0) / time_diff)
+
+ if nonce_bin is not None:
+ self.submit_work(rpc, work['data'], nonce_bin)
+
+ def loop(self):
+ rpc = BitcoinRPC(settings['host'], settings['port'],
+ settings['rpcuser'], settings['rpcpass'])
+ if rpc is None:
+ return
+
+ while True:
+ self.iterate(rpc)
+
+def miner_thread(id):
+ miner = Miner(id)
+ miner.loop()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+ print "Usage: pyminer.py CONFIG-FILE"
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ f = open(sys.argv[1])
+ for line in f:
+ # skip comment lines
+ m = re.search('^\s*#', line)
+ if m:
+ continue
+
+ # parse key=value lines
+ m = re.search('^(\w+)\s*=\s*(\S.*)$', line)
+ if m is None:
+ continue
+ settings[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+ f.close()
+
+ if 'host' not in settings:
+ settings['host'] = '127.0.0.1'
+ if 'port' not in settings:
+ settings['port'] = 8332
+ if 'threads' not in settings:
+ settings['threads'] = 1
+ if 'hashmeter' not in settings:
+ settings['hashmeter'] = 0
+ if 'scantime' not in settings:
+ settings['scantime'] = 30L
+ if 'rpcuser' not in settings or 'rpcpass' not in settings:
+ print "Missing username and/or password in cfg file"
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ settings['port'] = int(settings['port'])
+ settings['threads'] = int(settings['threads'])
+ settings['hashmeter'] = int(settings['hashmeter'])
+ settings['scantime'] = long(settings['scantime'])
+
+ thr_list = []
+ for thr_id in range(settings['threads']):
+ p = Process(target=miner_thread, args=(thr_id,))
+ p.start()
+ thr_list.append(p)
+ time.sleep(1) # stagger threads
+
+ print settings['threads'], "mining threads started"
+
+ print time.asctime(), "Miner Starts - %s:%s" % (settings['host'], settings['port'])
+ try:
+ for thr_proc in thr_list:
+ thr_proc.join()
+ except KeyboardInterrupt:
+ pass
+ print time.asctime(), "Miner Stops - %s:%s" % (settings['host'], settings['port'])
+