The stratum server was hardcoded for legacy Equihash (1347-byte solution,
sol.begin()+3 offset, CheckEquihashSolution) and was off-by-default with a
"do not use on RandomX" warning. DragonX is RandomX, so external pool mining
was impossible. This wires RandomX end-to-end.
Server (stratum.cpp), branched on ASSETCHAINS_ALGO == ASSETCHAINS_RANDOMX:
* GetWorkUnit sets StratumWork.nHeight and, for RandomX, sends the per-height
RandomX key via a new mining.set_randomx_key message (a miner cannot derive
it without the chain). The legacy mining.notify format is unchanged.
* SubmitBlock/stratum_mining_submit accept a 32-byte solution (== the RandomX
hash, used as nSolution verbatim) and validate it with CheckRandomXSolution
instead of CheckEquihashSolution. Target check (GetHash() < target) and the
nNonce = extranonce1||extranonce2 assembly are shared with the equihash path.
* -stratumtarget=<hex> overrides the pool share target (default diff-1); lets a
solo/low-difficulty test miner accept easy shares.
* GetWorkUnit's IsInitialBlockDownload guard is bypassed under -testnode=1 so an
isolated low-work test chain can serve work.
Reference miner: `stratummine "host" port ("address" timeout)` RPC (rpc/mining.cpp,
POSIX-only). A minimal stratum client that subscribes/authorizes, receives work +
the RandomX key, varies nNonce, hashes with RandomX via GetRandomXInput (byte-
identical to CheckRandomXSolution) and submits a 32-byte solution. Off-the-shelf
Equihash/Monero miners can't speak DragonX's 256-bit-nNonce Zcash header, so this
is the reference implementation. Added to the rpc client arg-conversion table.
Validated: loopback (chain 0->4, accepted every time, verifychain=true) AND a real
2-box LAN run (Linux miner -> Mac stratum server, 3 blocks accepted, verifychain=true).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Third phase of the code-hygiene remediation: remove provably-dead code.
Each in-file deletion was adversarially verified (a per-finding investigator
plus a skeptic that greps the tree to refute deletability); the sanity grep
confirms zero dangling references, and the tree builds and self-mines clean.
Removed wholesale:
- src/cc/dapps/ (9 files, ~6,939 lines): a git-tracked but never-built Komodo
DEX / z-migration tool (hushdex.c, zmigrate.c, cJSON.c, ...). Nothing in
Makefile.am/configure.ac references it.
In-file dead code:
- pow.cpp: the `#ifdef original_algo` oldRT_CST_RST function (the macro is
never defined in source or build flags) and two `if ( 0 )` debug blocks.
- walletdb.cpp: the "orphaned staking transaction" cleanup path (deadTxns) —
DragonX is RandomX PoW with no staking, so the guard is always false and the
block never runs; also drop the now-unused static/extern decls.
- cc/eval.h: the ProcessCC / Eval::ImportCoin / ImportPayout / DisputePayout
declarations that have no definition anywhere in the tree.
- rpc/crosschain.cpp: the crosschainproof stub RPC (returned {} unconditionally)
and its registrations in rpc/server.cpp, rpc/server.h, rpc/client.cpp.
- coins.cpp: the commented-out `//TODO: delete` Sprout PushAnchor template.
- wallet.cpp: the permanently-zero KMD `interest2` term in CreateTransaction.
- rpc/net.cpp: hush_longestchain's always-zero `n` var (num > (n>>1) => num>0)
and its `if ( 0 )` debug branch.
- hush_nSPV.h / hush_nSPV_fullnode.h: three `if ( 0 && ... )` dead debug branches.
- net.cpp, crypter.h, saplingconsolidation.cpp (dup set_error_code),
shieldcoinbase.cpp (`donation < 0` on a uint8_t), cclib.cpp (unused
FAUCET2SIZE): single-line dead-code fixes.
Deliberately NOT touched (verification refuted the audit's "dead on DragonX"
premise): the ~2,250-line HUSH3 checkpoint block, the miner notary/timelock
paths, and hush_gateway.h — all reachable at runtime via -ac_name / -ac_*
args (the inherited Komodo assetchain model), and hush_gateway's
hush_opretvalidate is called from ConnectBlock (consensus). Dropping those
requires a deliberate decision to remove HAC/HUSH3 mode, tracked separately.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Second phase of the code-hygiene remediation, covering the items the
DragonX team introduced or the rebrand missed. No consensus behavior
changes; validated on a local self-mining node.
Log cruft:
- chainparams: route the startup ">>>>>>>>>>" banner and the port line
through LogPrintf/LogPrint("net") instead of fprintf(stderr).
- pow: drop the fprintf(stderr) hash-mismatch dump that duplicated the
LogPrintf copy verbatim.
- miner: gate the RandomXDatasetManager per-alloc/per-VM address dumps and
MemDiag /proc reads behind LogPrint("randomx"); keep a one-line
"allocated shared dataset (N GB)" summary at default verbosity.
Named constants (single source of truth in wallet.h):
- DEFAULT_AUTOSHIELD_FEE/INTERVAL, MIN_AUTOSHIELD_INTERVAL,
DEFAULT_AUTOSHIELD_MIN_UTXOS, AUTOSHIELD_MIN/MAX_FEE for the autoshield
option parsing and help text (were bare 10000/25/5 literals repeated
across init.cpp and wallet.h).
- AUTO_OP_TARGET_HEIGHT_OFFSET replaces the three copy-pasted
`blockHeight + 5` async-op scheduling offsets.
- AUTO_OP_EXPIRY_DELTA replaces the three per-file *_EXPIRY_DELTA=15
constants (sweep/consolidation/autoshield) with one shared value.
- Move DEFAULT_AUTOSHIELD_FEE out of the op header into wallet.h so it no
longer collides when both headers are included.
Error surfacing:
- init: report clamped/out-of-range -autoshieldinterval/-autoshieldfee via
InitWarning() (surfaces to GUI/log) instead of fprintf(stderr).
Rebrand / dead foreign-chain code (approved removals):
- server: drop the HUSH3 special-cases in stop() and HelpExampleCli; the
cli example now shows "dragonx-cli" instead of "hush-cli".
- getinfo (misc): remove the stale dPoW notarization block (notarized,
prevMoMheight, notarizedhash, notarizedtxid, notarizedtxid_height,
HUSHnotarized_height, notarized_confirms) — DragonX is a private chain
from genesis with no active dPoW. Also fixes the hardcoded "HUSH3" that
made getinfo query a foreign chain's notarization.
- delete the dead Komodo notary RPCs getera/getdragonjson/
getnotarysendmany/geterablockheights (getera returned 0;
getnotarysendmany was marked "this is broke") and their registrations.
- remove the dead ASSETCHAINS_EQUIHASH reporting branches in getinfo and
getmininginfo — DragonX is RandomX-only.
chainparams: document why the upstream Equihash params and the literal
Bitcoin genesis are retained under RandomX (do not "fix" them).
Deferred: the hdSeedOrigin int->string switch in z_autoshieldstatus
(no shared helper exists to reuse; low value).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Any projects which want to use Hush code from now on will need to be licensed as
GPLv3 or we will send the lawyers: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/
Notably, Komodo (KMD) is licensed as GPLv2 and is no longer compatible to receive
code changes, without causing legal issues. MIT projects, such as Zcash, also cannot pull
in changes from the Hush Full Node without permission from The Hush Developers,
which may in some circumstances grant an MIT license on a case-by-case basis.
DanSandClaude Opus 4.8