From 66d47887626efbf6558247f7be9d7de2dbc70444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew DeVault Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:23:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about packages --- README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index d7e9389..fd5195b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ mkproof is a small C program for generating proofs of work. Installation +If mkproof is available as a package on your system, prefer to install that +rather than build it yourself. + mkproof depends only on a POSIX-like environment and a C99 compiler. $ ./configure @@ -53,3 +56,8 @@ which should be transmitted to the challenger. To verify the proof, simply run the proof algorithm with the original challenge parameters and the challengee's provided seed and verify that the resulting hexadecimal string is prefixed with the appropriate number of zeroes. + + Notes + +The defaults are tuned to take about ten minutes on one core of a modern +consumer CPU.