Testing BLAKE2b ASIC Compatibility with Knots and Datum Gateway

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I published my latest video tutorial HERE.

In this video I introduce a couple services I built for StartOS and Umbrel to simplify testing BLAKE2b ASICs via regtest, and for easily capturing and reporting diagnostics for models which fail to connect.

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Does installing Knots and Datum Gateway Blake2b version mess with the other Knots (RDTS) & Datum Gateway that’s on the stalled chain that’s connected to the main-net or can I run both without any issues? Does the Knots (RDTS) let you send / view the btc you get from the testnet4 ?

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thanks for the video Paul. What would be the steps for those of us not using start9 or umbrel but running node on linux machine and want to mine with asics? thanks

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@Mikeperry the apps are completely separate, and regtest coins do not transfer to mainnet.

@Vango77 It can be done with Docker. I’ll put together the steps when I get some time.

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Goodmorning Paul, ok thank you. I was wondering if the regtest coins would be able to be sent to other users that are testing as well & if the wallet balance can be viewed , Just how users that are using an rc2 testnet4 node are doing.

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Regtest works a bit different than testnet. It creates a private chain that lives entirely on your own server, and has no way to find anyone else’s node (and nobody else’s node can find yours). Every person who installs it gets their own separate chain that starts from the same empty state.

I’ll add a way to see the balance to the next release though, so you’ll be able to confirm whether or not coins are being mined.

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This should work for running on Linux (assumes you have installed Docker and your user is in the docker group):

Create a folder, retrieve the compose file and startup script, mark it as as executable:

mkdir ~/blake2b-mining && cd ~/blake2b-mining
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulscode/datum-blake2b-startos/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulscode/datum-blake2b-startos/main/docker/start.sh
chmod +x start.sh

Then any time you want to start the test services:

cd ~/blake2b-mining
./start.sh

To stop the test services, but keep the test chain:

cd ~/blake2b-mining
docker compose down

Or to stop them and delete the chain:

cd ~/blake2b-mining
docker compose down -v
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Great thanks Paul, I’m expecting SC5 pro 2 any day now.

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