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Available on private testnetTestnet: yesMainnet: Not availableSoftware: Core bad4a06ea · protocol pqwerai-v8-testnet/1Updated

GhostRider Mining
Algorithm GhostRider, computed by the pinned native helper pqwerai_hash_worker (Linux x86-64; Windows via WSL2)
Helper pin SHA-256 3a54f0bb461f296b606c9386c68ebf37514a703e5dbff3de4c4a5828637099a8, committed in the genesis
Block interval 3–7 s target band
Difficulty Base 64, adaptive: ×2 after a block ≤ 2 s, ÷2 after ≥ 8 s, clamped to [base, 16 × base]
Fork choice Greatest total difficulty; ties keep the local head; never below the BFT-finalized checkpoint
Reward share 79.2 % of each block's issuance + priority fees

Start mining: Become a miner. Reward accounting: Rewards and issuance.

Design boundaries

  • Genesis binding: genesis extraData commits to the GhostRider profile (base difficulty, adaptive flag, helper SHA-256, stream mode and the finality profile). A node with another helper or profile cannot follow the chain.
  • Mining ≠ AI. Mining, EVM execution and AI inference are separate processes. AI work never earns block rewards.
  • Known limit: the 16 × base clamp bounds how much aggregate hash rate the difficulty algorithm absorbs; above roughly 1024 hashes per 3 s blocks arrive faster than the band. A revised difficulty rule is a candidate, not active.
  • External miners: the legacy eth_getWork/eth_submitWork interface is registered but is not how GhostRider mining operates; there is no pool protocol in testnet-rc1.

Sources at 72057fe3ec: testnet/release/network/network.json · testnet/release/network/GUIDES.md

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