Is this project going to work on an FPGA?

[kapoor7997]

Hi ALL,

Is this project in running condition?
I would like to get it to work on a xilinx ZCu102 board to get it to work but there is one issue reported and nobody has replied.
So I am trying to figure out if this is even gonna operate or is just abandoned in non working state.
Hashrate: Also nowhere there is any mention about the hashrate on the fpga board that was used to test.
Can anyone let me know if its gonna work and if possible, can u direct me to what changes I need to get it to work.

Thanks,
Kapoor7997

[dvdmrs09]

Ive been trying for days with no luck i was about to submit a grant to develop a miner for zcash and then I found this heap o

[bsdevlin]

Hi,

Originally this was designed to run on Amazon AWS V9P / VU37P, so should be no problem to get it working on a Zync board.

You asked about hash rate - this code does not include a miner, it’s only does the ZKSnark verification algorithm in Zcash. It does support Equihash verification but not the actual mining algorithm.

[kapoor7997]

Hi bsdevlin,

When you say it should be no problem to get it to work on Zync board, do you mean just the ZKSnark verification?
How do we run the ZCash miner with this code OR is it even possible to mine with this code on the FPGA?
Does ZCASH have a DAG like ethereum that needs 8GB RAM OR is it like Bitcoin with no DAG?

My goal is that I want to run a Zcash miner on the Zync Ultrascale+ ZCU102 board

Thanks,
kapoor7997

[bsdevlin]

I meant if you want to take this project (ZkSnark verification) and run it on a Zync board it shouldn’t be a problem. But it’s not possible to mine with this code. Equihash mining algorithm that Zcash uses is meant to be ASIC resistant and does use a lot of memory (so similar to Ethereums Ethash) , but there are FPGA implementations out there that are able to do it. Zcash does not have a DAG ( https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/10027/ethash-vs-equihash-in-terms-of-memory-hardness )

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[kapoor7997]

Hi bsdevlin,

I really appreciate your reply and help.
I would like to learn moreabout the Zcash.
Can you point me to any fpga implementation of the Zcash miner that is running and can mine?
I would like to run this on my xilinx ZCU102 board.

Thanks,
kapoor7997

[kapoor7997]

Hi bsdevlin,

Can you please point me to any fpga inplementation of Zcash miner that can mine.
I would really really appreciate that.

Thanks,
Kapoor7997

[bsdevlin]

I haven't really gotten involved with the mining side of Zcash so I can't help you sorry, although if you have some RTL experience I don't think it would be too hard to implement one of the SW versions of the mining algorithm on the FPGA. I googled and couldn't see anything obvious that was already done and open sourced.

[kapoor7997]

Hi bsdevlin,

Thanks for clearing that out. I do have experience in RTL. But I need to understand ZCASH both its mining side and the equihash algorithm.
Can you point to any source that explains the algorithm and the mining in detail for somebody to understand how it works.

I can make it a publically accesible project for the community once I have it running.

Thanks,
kapoor7997

[bsdevlin]

This is the original paper which explains the algorithm pretty well: 946.pdf (uni.lu) <https://orbilu.uni.lu/bitstream/10993/22277/2/946.pdf>

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