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Farming BPX on Windows
To start farming you need a working and synchronized full node. If you don't already have it, f...
BPX vs Chia
If you are familiar with how Chia works, the following tips will help you better understand the B...
BPX vs Ethereum
If you are familiar with how Ethereum works, the following tips will help you better understand t...
Beacon and Execution Chain
BPX consists of two separate blockchains called Beacon Chain and Execution Chain. Both are respon...
Introduction
BPX is a new generation Ethereum-compatible blockchain based upon an innovative consensus algorit...
Analysis
Safety The safety of BPX consensus is similar to that of other Nakamoto consensus algorithms li...
Timelord algorithm
A timelord keeps track of the current peak of beacon chain, which includes an infused block at a ...
Block Creation
As soon as the Execution Client receives a new execution block, it starts working on a candidate ...
Block Validation
Block validation in BPX is composed of two parts: header validation and body validation. The hea...
Epoch and Difficulty
Sub-epoch: Sub-epoch N starts when sub-epoch N-1 ends (except for 0th sub-epoch), and it ends at ...
Foliage
In the previous diagrams, there is no place for farmers to specify their rewards, since all block...
Overflow Blocks and Weight
For a farmer to create a block, their required_iterations must be less than sub-slot_iterations /...
VDF chains
If we only used one VDF (for the reward chain), the inclusion or exclusion of blocks would allow ...
Multiple Blocks
As you can see, multiple blocks can get infused into the same sub-slot. BPX targets one beacon ...
Harvesting
Approximately every 9.375 seconds, the beacon client sends a new signage point to the farmer, who...
Signage and Infusion Points
Each sub-slot in both the challenge chain and the reward chain is divided into 64 smaller VDFs. B...
Challenges
The BPX consensus algorithm relies on timelords running VDFs for periods of time called sub-slots...
Proof of Time
A Verifiable Delay Function, also referred to as a Proof of Time or VDF, is a proof that a sequen...
Proof of Space
A Proof of Space protocol is one in which: A Verifier can send a challenge to a Prover. The P...
Consensus Introduction
Decentralized consensus algorithms require Sybil resistance, using a resource that is both crypto...