Regarding plotting file start nonces
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I'm currently plotting with PC internal hard drive (120 Gb) and one external hard drive (4 tb). The burst Wallet created these to plotting files:
11129571846955917744_491520_487296_487296
11129571846955917744_400000001_15130368_15130368
Now I want to plot a new 8 tb external hard drive with GPU plotting, so please tell me what number should I put in " start nonce" of new plotting file?
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@dkali1 you could start at 415130370 if you like.
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@dkali1 Think of the plot file nonces as a big table, every nonce is a row in that table. You can leave rows empty. But you do not want to store the same row twice. (overlapping)
400000001_15130368 creates 15130368 'rows', with 400000001 as first 'row' number, so without leaving a empty 'row', you could start next plotfile with 415130369. Or just start it with 420000000.
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Ok, thanks
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@luxe is there a standard /suggested Nonce per Gb ratio?
Also, from what you're saying, gaps do not matter - but overlaps do!
What buffer size is recommended?Edit - found this (partial) answer.
@Creepsky said in Overlapping Plots - How does it happen and how can it be prevented?:@yohanip 1 nonce = 4096 scoops, 1 scoop = 64 byte.
4096 x 64 byte = 262,144 byte = 256 kbyte.A nonce is a chain of hashed scoops (4096), starting with the nonce and account-id.
You can see it on the right side of this diagram (Plotter).So - 1Gb on a Burst-Plotted HHD contains 4x Nonce = a chain of (4 x 4096) hashed scoops.
AfIk. (Sadly, the Excel Active-X Calc does not work on my Macs).
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@BeholdMiNuggets This may answer your questions: https://github.com/de-luxe/burstcoin-jminer/blob/master/src/main/java/pocminer/generate/MiningPlot.java
64byte per scoop
4096 sccops per nonce -> 262144 bytes
results in 4 nonces per GB is correct.

