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https://github.com/mycroft/generate-genesis
A Bitcoin-clone (altcoin) Genesis block generator.
https://github.com/mycroft/generate-genesis
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A Bitcoin-clone (altcoin) Genesis block generator.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mycroft/generate-genesis
- Owner: mycroft
- Created: 2019-11-04T12:18:18.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-06T16:20:20.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-06T17:41:36.697Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: bitcoin, dash, litecoin
- Language: Go
- Size: 17.6 KB
- Stars: 8
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 27
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
Genesis block generator
=======================
Introduction
------------
This tool provides a convenient way to generate Genesis block for bitcoin-clone (altcoin) crypto currencies.
Build
-----
```shell
$ go mod init generate-genesis
$ go mod tidy
$ go build
$ go test
```
Usage
-----
```shell
$ ./generate-genesis -h
Usage of ./generate-genesis:
-algo string
Algo to use: sha256, scrypt, x11, quark (default "sha256")
-bits string
Bits (default "1d00ffff")
-coins uint
Number of coins (default 5000000000)
-maxprocs int
Number of max CPUs that are simultaneously used
-nonce uint
Nonce value (default 2083236893)
-profile string
Write profile information into file (debug)
-psz string
pszTimestamp (default "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks")
-pubkey string
Pubkey (required) (default "04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f")
-stepsize int
Number of hashes computed per worker job (default 1024000)
-timestamp uint
Timestamp to use (default 1231006505)
-verbose
Show some messages
-workers int
Number of workers (goroutine) to use (if unset, use the CPU numbers)
```
Samples
-------
### Bitcoin (default)
```shell
$ ./generate-genesis
Ctrl Hash: 0x000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
Target: 0x00000000ffff0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Blk Hash: 0x000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
Mkl Hash: 0x4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b
Nonce: 2083236893
Timestamp: 1231006505
Pubkey: 04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f
Coins: 5000000000
Psz: 'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks'
```
### Litecoin
```shell
$ ./generate-genesis -algo scrypt -bits 1e0ffff0 -coins 5000000000 -nonce 2084524480 -timestamp 1317972665 -pubkey 040184710fa689ad5023690c80f3a49c8f13f8d45b8c857fbcbc8bc4a8e4d3eb4b10f4d4604fa08dce601aaf0f470216fe1b51850b4acf21b179c45070ac7b03a9 -psz "NY Times 05/Oct/2011 Steve Jobs, Apple’s Visionary, Dies at 56"
Ctrl Hash: 0x0000050c34a64b415b6b15b37f2216634b5b1669cb9a2e38d76f7213b0671e00
Target: 0x00000ffff0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Blk Hash: 0x0a2efd19744ffdff263e7223faf3a212c6040acfdc03d6b09f3e1ed1dd6f8272
Mkl Hash: 0x97ddfbbae6be97fd6cdf3e7ca13232a3afff2353e29badfab7f73011edd4ced9
Nonce: 2084524493
Timestamp: 1317972665
Pubkey: 040184710fa689ad5023690c80f3a49c8f13f8d45b8c857fbcbc8bc4a8e4d3eb4b10f4d4604fa08dce601aaf0f470216fe1b51850b4acf21b179c45070ac7b03a9
Coins: 5000000000
Psz: 'NY Times 05/Oct/2011 Steve Jobs, Apple’s Visionary, Dies at 56'
```
### Dash (x11)
```shell
$ ./generate-genesis -algo x11 -bits 1e0ffff0 -coins 5000000000 -psz "Wired 09/Jan/2014 The Grand Experiment Goes Live: Overstock.com Is Now Accepting Bitcoins" -pubkey "040184710fa689ad5023690c80f3a49c8f13f8d45b8c857fbcbc8bc4a8e4d3eb4b10f4d4604fa08dce601aaf0f470216fe1b51850b4acf21b179c45070ac7b03a9" -timestamp 1390095618 -nonce 28917600
Ctrl Hash: 0x00000ffd590b1485b3caadc19b22e6379c733355108f107a430458cdf3407ab6
Target: 0x00000ffff0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Blk Hash: 0x00000ffd590b1485b3caadc19b22e6379c733355108f107a430458cdf3407ab6
Mkl Hash: 0xe0028eb9648db56b1ac77cf090b99048a8007e2bb64b68f092c03c7f56a662c7
Nonce: 28917698
Timestamp: 1390095618
Pubkey: 040184710fa689ad5023690c80f3a49c8f13f8d45b8c857fbcbc8bc4a8e4d3eb4b10f4d4604fa08dce601aaf0f470216fe1b51850b4acf21b179c45070ac7b03a9
Coins: 5000000000
Psz: 'Wired 09/Jan/2014 The Grand Experiment Goes Live: Overstock.com Is Now Accepting Bitcoins'
```