//! randomx example that mines a dummy header using multiple threads use std::{ collections::VecDeque, sync::{ atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering}, Arc, }, thread, time::Instant, }; use num_bigint::BigUint; use randomx::*; #[derive(Clone, Debug)] struct Header { version: u8, previous: blake3::Hash, height: u32, nonce: u64, } impl Header { fn new(previous: blake3::Hash) -> Self { Self { version: 1, previous, height: 1, nonce: 0, } } fn hash(&self) -> blake3::Hash { let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new(); hasher.update(&self.version.to_le_bytes()); hasher.update(self.previous.as_bytes()); hasher.update(&self.height.to_le_bytes()); hasher.update(&self.nonce.to_le_bytes()); hasher.finalize() } } fn get_mining_flags() -> RandomXFlags { // Try adding `| RandomXFlags::LARGEPAGES`. let mut flags = RandomXFlags::get_recommended_flags() | RandomXFlags::FULLMEM; if is_x86_feature_detected!("avx2") { flags |= RandomXFlags::ARGON2_AVX2; } else if is_x86_feature_detected!("ssse3") { flags |= RandomXFlags::ARGON2_SSSE3; } flags } fn single_thread_mine(header: &mut Header, target: &BigUint, input: &[u8; 32]) { println!("Initializing RandomX cache and dataset..."); let setup_start = Instant::now(); let flags = get_mining_flags(); let cache = RandomXCache::new(flags, &input[..]).unwrap(); let dataset_item_count = RandomXDataset::count().unwrap(); let dataset = RandomXDataset::new_init(flags, cache, 0, dataset_item_count).unwrap(); println!("Setup time: {:?}", setup_start.elapsed()); println!("Initializing RandomX VM..."); let vm_start = Instant::now(); let vm = RandomXVM::new(flags, None, Some(dataset)).unwrap(); println!("Initialized RandomX VM in {:?}", vm_start.elapsed()); println!("Mining started!"); let mining_start = Instant::now(); loop { let out_hash = vm.calculate_hash(header.hash().as_bytes()).unwrap(); let out_hash = BigUint::from_bytes_le(&out_hash); if &out_hash <= target { println!("Found block header using nonce {}", header.nonce); println!("Block header hash {}", header.hash()); println!("RandomX output: 0x{out_hash:064x}"); break; } header.nonce += 1; } println!("Completed mining in {:?}", mining_start.elapsed()); println!("Mined header: {header:?}"); } fn multi_thread_mine(threads: usize, header: &mut Header, target: &BigUint, input: &[u8; 32]) { println!("Initializing RandomX cache and dataset..."); let setup_start = Instant::now(); let flags = get_mining_flags(); let cache = RandomXCache::new(flags, &input[..]).unwrap(); let dataset_item_count = RandomXDataset::count().unwrap(); let dataset = RandomXDataset::new(flags, cache, dataset_item_count).unwrap(); let mut subsets = VecDeque::with_capacity(threads); // Multithreaded dataset init let threads_u32 = threads as u32; for t in 0..threads_u32 { println!("Initializing RandomX dataset for thread #{t}..."); let ds_start = Instant::now(); let a = (dataset_item_count * t) / threads_u32; let b = (dataset_item_count * (t + 1)) / threads_u32; subsets.push_back(dataset.subset_init(a, b - a)); println!( "Initialized RandomX dataset for thread #{t} in {:?}", ds_start.elapsed() ); } println!("Setup time: {:?}", setup_start.elapsed()); println!("Initializing mining threads..."); let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(threads); let found_header = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)); let found_nonce = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)); let threads_u64 = threads as u64; let mining_start = Instant::now(); for t in 0..threads_u64 { if found_header.load(Ordering::SeqCst) { println!("Block header found, threads creation loop exiting"); break; } let target = target.clone(); let mut thread_header = header.clone(); thread_header.nonce = t; let found_header = Arc::clone(&found_header); let found_nonce = Arc::clone(&found_nonce); let dataset = subsets.pop_front().unwrap(); handles.push(thread::spawn(move || { println!("Initializing RandomX VM #{t}..."); let vm_start = Instant::now(); let vm = RandomXVM::new(flags, None, Some(dataset)).unwrap(); println!("Initialized RandomX VM #{t} in {:?}", vm_start.elapsed()); loop { if found_header.load(Ordering::SeqCst) { println!("Block header found, thread #{t} exiting"); break; } let out_hash = vm.calculate_hash(thread_header.hash().as_bytes()).unwrap(); let out_hash = BigUint::from_bytes_le(&out_hash); if out_hash <= target { found_header.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst); found_nonce.store(thread_header.nonce, Ordering::SeqCst); println!( "Thread #{t} found block header using nonce {}", thread_header.nonce ); println!("Block header hash {}", thread_header.hash()); println!("RandomX output: 0x{out_hash:064x}"); break; } // This means thread 0 will use nonces, 0, 4, 8, ... // and thread 1 will use nonces, 1, 5, 9, ... thread_header.nonce += threads_u64; } })); } // Wait for threads to finish mining for handle in handles { let _ = handle.join(); } println!("Completed mining in {:?}", mining_start.elapsed()); header.nonce = found_nonce.load(Ordering::SeqCst); println!("Mined header: {header:?}"); } fn main() { const THREADS: usize = 8; let difficulty = BigUint::from(2500_u32); let target = BigUint::from_bytes_le(&[0xFF; 32]) / difficulty; let previous = blake3::hash(b"Let there be dark!"); let input = previous.as_bytes(); let mut header = Header::new(previous); println!("Mine target: 0x{target:064x}"); println!("PoW input: {previous}"); match THREADS { 0 => panic!("Can't use 0 threads!"), 1 => single_thread_mine(&mut header, &target, input), _ => multi_thread_mine(THREADS, &mut header, &target, input), } println!("Initializing verifier..."); let verifier_setup = Instant::now(); let flags = RandomXFlags::get_recommended_flags(); let cache = RandomXCache::new(flags, input).unwrap(); let vm = RandomXVM::new(flags, Some(cache), None).unwrap(); println!("Setup time: {:?}", verifier_setup.elapsed()); let hashing_time = Instant::now(); let out_hash = vm.calculate_hash(header.hash().as_bytes()).unwrap(); println!("Completed hashing in {:?}", hashing_time.elapsed()); let out_hash = BigUint::from_bytes_le(&out_hash); println!("RandomX output: 0x{out_hash:064x}"); assert!(out_hash <= target); }