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Fireduck at 22:20, 5 December 2020

2020-12-05T22:20:55Z

Fireduck: /* Total supply */

2020-12-05T22:20:44Z

‎Total supply

Fireduck at 22:20, 5 December 2020

2020-12-05T22:20:36Z

Fireduck: /* Basics */

2020-12-05T22:20:26Z

‎Basics

Fireduck: migration

2018-10-30T06:00:11Z

migration

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= Basics =

<ul>
<li>==== Total supply ====

<ul>
<li>The supply starts at 50 per block, halving every 4 years.</li>
<li>Giving us about 21 Million total capacity.</li></ul>
</li>
<li>==== Proof of Work ====

We use a custom POW based on IO. See [[Technical-Design]]</li>
<li>==== "Illegal Reflective" or "Protobuf Unsafe" errors ====

Ignore for now. - [[Issue|https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/snowblossom/issues/37]]</li>
<li>==== Address Format ====

<code>snow:address</code> and <code>address</code> are both valid formats.</li></ul>

= Node =

<ul>
<li>==== Do I have to run a node? ====

It's highly suggested and relatively easy. Everything relies on them, although the clients and miners are light and can connect to any node.</li>
<li>==== RocksDB Error ====

[[Fixed|https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/snowblossom/issues/32]] - Upgrade to a recent release.</li>
<li>==== Block too far into the Future ====

Make sure your clock is correct.</li></ul>

= Client =

<ul>
<li>==== IO Exception ====

Make sure the node is running.</li></ul>

= Miner =

<ul>
<li>==== Snowfield? ====

<ul>
<li>Miners are '''required''' to have the latest or greater snowfield.</li>
<li>[https://explorer.snowblossom.org/ Determine the current '''activated_field''']</li>
<li>It is suggested you [https://snowblossom.org/snowfields/index.html download/torrent] the current field</li>
<li>You may slowly generate it by setting <code>autosnow=true</code> in your <code>miner.conf</code></li>
<li>the path looks like <code>snowblossom_home/snow/snowblossom.#/*</code></li></ul>
</li>
<li>==== Can I mine in RAM? ====

<ul>
<li>You must have enough ram for the current field + overhead.</li>
<li>Windows likely requires <code>memfield=True</code></li>
<li>Linux kernel typically automatically loads files into ram</li></ul>
</li>
<li>==== Directory Not Present ====

Make sure the you have the snowfield in place.</li>
<li>==== GPU mining possible? ====

Our POW is intended to make this infeasible.</li>
<li>==== When will the mining field change? ====

<ul>
<li>The snowfield increases each time the average difficulty doubles.</li>
<li>The difficulty may drop, but the activated snowfield is permanent.</li>
<li>[https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/snowblossom/blob/master/lib/src/NetworkParamsProd.java#L30-L41 Here, you may review the code that determines the exact difficulties for each activation]</li></ul>
</li></ul>

= Network Diagram =

[[images/modules.png]]

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 <li>Giving us about 21 Million total capacity.</li>
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 <p>We use a custom POW based on IO. See [[Technical-Design]]</p>

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-<li>Giving us about 21 Million total capacity.</li></
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 = Basics =
-<ul>
+==== Total supply ====
-<ul>
+<liThe supply starts at 50 per block, halving every 4 years.</li>
-<li>The supply starts at 50 per block, halving every 4 years.</li>
+<li>Giving us about 21 Million total capacity.</li></
-<p>We use a custom POW based on IO. See [[Technical-Design]]</p></li>
+<==== Proof of Work ====
-<p>Ignore for now. - [[Issue|https://github.com/snowblossomcoin/snowblossom/issues/37]]</p></li>
+<p>We use a custom POW based on IO. See [[Technical-Design]]</p>
-<li>==== Address Format ====
 <p><code>snow:address</code> and <code>address</code> are both valid formats.</p></li></ul>