September 2024 Work Progress Report: FIRO Delisting, Kaspa, Pyrin, Karlsen Updates

FIRO Delisting

As of September 13, 2024, at 10:00 UTC, FIRO was formally delisted from our mining pool. This choice adopted the FIRO mission’s announcement to considerably scale back mining rewards by 5 occasions at block 958655, which occurred round September 16, 2024. The brand new reward distribution closely favored Masternodes and markedly decreased miners’ shares, which didn’t align with our values of supporting the miner neighborhood. Consequently, we discontinued assist for FIRO.

Kaspa Steady Mainnet Launch & WASM SDK v0.15.1

Final month, Kaspa launched a steady mainnet replace specializing in enhancing mempool functionalities crucial for adapting to charge market situations. Important options launched included:

• Substitute-By-Charge (RBF) to permit transaction alternative within the mempool.
• A charge estimation API primarily based on real-time mempool states for extra correct charge predictions.
• An up to date mempool eviction coverage that prioritizes transactions primarily based on charge charge.

Extra enhancements included main enhancements within the block template transaction choice algorithm and header processing efficiency. These upgrades made mining on Kaspa extra environment friendly beneath varied community situations. Upgrading to this model was really helpful to make sure stability and optimum community assist.

Pyrin Community Arduous Fork

Pyrin underwent a scheduled arduous fork at block 27,037,930, introducing a brand new mining algorithm, PyrinHashV2. This modification required miners to replace their mining software program to proceed mining PYI successfully. Particulars on the countdown to the arduous fork have been accessible within the Pyrin Explorer.

Karlsen Replace and Arduous Fork

Karlsen additionally underwent a tough fork with the introduction of a brand new mining algorithm, KarlsenHashV2, aimed toward enhancing community safety and effectivity. Following the replace, a number of points have been addressed, together with a crucial bug repair for transaction rejections that affected pool operators. The newest model included a number of vital fixes enhancing transaction dealing with and pockets functionalities, making it essential for miners to replace their software program to the newest model to keep away from potential points.

Up to date Mining Software program

We up to date our Fast Begin Archive (password — 2miners) to incorporate the newest mining software program variations to assist the brand new algorithms and enhancements launched in Pyrin and Karlsen:

• Gminer 3.44
• lolMiner 1.90
• Rigel 1.19.0
• T-Rex 0.26.8
• TeamRedMiner 0.10.21
• XMRig 6.22.0

The up to date mining software program was important for sustaining compatibility with the brand new algorithms and making certain optimum mining efficiency. Downloads are at all times accessible from our GitHub repository.

As at all times, we supported your mining journey each step of the way in which. Keep tuned to our X and be part of our Telegram miner neighborhood for the newest updates and assist.