summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/misc/randomx/pkg-descr
blob: 253a3ba3dda567f3681f5e5b9af7b14a62fddfc1 (plain)
1
2
3
4
RandomX is a proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm that is optimized for general-purpose
CPUs. RandomX uses random code execution (hence the name) together with several
memory-hard techniques to minimize the efficiency advantage of specialized
hardware.