What is the Pearldiver? [closed]

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I've frequently heard the term "Pearldiver" around Iota. What exactly is it and what does it do?

Zauz · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-01 07:15:39Z

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"PearlDiver" is the name of the algorithm doing the PoW in the IRI. You can find the code in the official repo on github here.

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Diego Stucchi

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the name of the Java reference implementation of this algorithm, to be more precise.
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