Integer Factorization as PoW in a Blockchain - Page 10

factorn · 2023-03-14, 07:50

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Originally Posted by frmky

They're not actually using ggnfs afaict. They are only using lasieve4 from that repository. And they should move to lasieve5.

I do plan to try making an M1 Arm-native binary of lasieve5 for NFS@Home one day, but it's very low priority since I'm not convinced it will be faster than the translated x86_64 code.

For those of us who are not as familiar, could you please elaborate on the difference between lasieve4 and lasieve5 ? Thank you.

frmky · 2023-03-14, 18:52

See https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=17963.

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2023-03-14, 18:52	#101
frmky Jul 2003 So Cal 2,621 Posts	See https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=17963.