01 / ENTER THE PIT
Activate your Rig.
A Rig must have active mining capacity before it can begin working. Once activated, the owner can open a mining shift and begin producing proof-of-work.
DERP PROOF-OF-WORK
THE PIT
ENTER THE PIT. WORK THE FACE. HAUL THE DERP.
DERP Rigs connect directly to the DERP mining protocol. Each shift uses verified SHA-256 proof-of-work to produce on-chain DERP rewards.
02 / WORK THE FACE
SHA-256 does the work.
During a shift, the browser performs SHA-256 hashing against a protocol-defined preimage. The mining pace is fixed by the protocol rather than determined by how powerful the user's hardware is.
03 / THE MINING CYCLE
From the face to the surface.
01
ACTIVATE
Capacity
02
ENTER
Shift begins
03
WORK
SHA-256
04
PROVE
Proof verified
05
HAUL
DERP reward
04 / PROOF
The chain verifies the work.
DERP mining is not a simulated reward system. Accepted proofs are verified by the mining contracts before a DERP print is issued.
05 / OUTPUT
Verified work produces DERP.
Successful proofs are processed by the DERP protocol and can produce a reward according to the current mining curve and protocol conditions.
06 / ENTROPY
The work produces more than DERP.
Accepted certified proofs also contribute to the DERP protocol's certified entropy stream. Through the Conductor, other smart contracts can consume that proof-backed entropy as a bytes32 value.