I like to announce:
The Plot-generator rewritten in C!
It has several advantages over the one written in Java:
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About twice as fast-
Support for larger stagger sizes, only limited by system memory
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More efficient memory handling. With just 3GB you can use Stagger size 8191, with 8GB 24000 is possible. Plots with larger stagger sizes are better, as they require less disk seeks to be read.
You need a
64bit Linux environment to run this. Maybe someone can port it to Windows?
How to run it:
Download, unpack (tar -xzf plotgenerator.tgz), compile (make)
Then use the same command line options as with the Java-generator:
./plot <key> <starting nonce> <nonces> <stagger size> <threads>
You can download it here:
https://bchain.info/plotgenerator.tgzAnyone have any luck compiling this for Windows? It runs fine in Linux after compiling.
I used the this in terminal in Linux after I compiled it: "x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc plot -o plot.exe"
Then I try to run it on Windows and can not run. I think I am suppose to use "x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ plot -o plot.exe"
My skills are novice in compiling, so any help is greatly appreciated. Once I can get this running, I'll share a link to download it for Windows users.
