Some questions about merged mining

[Grizzly1127]

I'm a developer of the mining pool service.
Regarding the merged mining of hathor, I have a questions I want to ask, and I hope to get your answer.

When I write hathor's merged mining program in my service, do I need to construct htr_block_hash after getting the result through get_block_template?

I look forward to your reply.

[jansegre]

The merged mining RFC covers all about constructing the bytes that are needed for making merged mining blocks. But it doesn't show how to use any API, that's is something we can definitely improve.

I'm not sure what you're calling htr_block_hash, maybe it is what the RFC calls base_hash, that is the hash that goes into the parent (for example BTC) chain's coinbase. If you're using get_block_template you will have to construct the base_hash.

I would also recommend using the merged mining websocket (/v1a/mining_ws) instead of get_block_template. You can try the API with wscat -c https://miners.mainnet.hathor.network/v1a/mining_ws, but I highly recommend using your own node for production.

If you have any suggestions, like what type of examples would help, or if there is any information we can add to an API that would make your life easier. I'd love to hear it.

[jansegre]

If you don't mind. I'll convert this to a Discussion since there isn't any particular bug or new feature on hathor-core.