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Ghost in the Machine — Resurrect Pre-2000 Hardware for Mining (100 RTC) #2314

@Scottcjn

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@Scottcjn

Bounty: 100 RTC

Description

Find a machine manufactured before the year 2000. Get it running. Get it mining RTC. The older the hardware, the cooler.

Commodore 64? SPARCstation? NeXTcube? SGI Indy? Amiga 4000? Sun Ultra 5? We want to see it mine.

Requirements

  • Machine must be manufactured before January 1, 2000
  • Must run the RustChain miner (or a ported version)
  • Must successfully submit at least ONE attestation to a production node
  • Submit proof:
    • Photo of the machine running (with timestamp visible)
    • Screenshot of miner output showing successful attestation
    • Server-side attestation log showing the machine's fingerprint
    • Brief write-up: what machine, what OS, what modifications needed

Payout Scale

Era Bonus
1995-1999 100 RTC
1990-1994 150 RTC
1985-1989 200 RTC
Pre-1985 300 RTC + eternal glory

Already Mining (not eligible)

  • Power Mac G4 (2001-2003) — already active
  • Power Mac G5 (2003-2005) — already active

Server-Side

If the architecture isn't in rip_200_round_robin_1cpu1vote.py yet, we'll add it. Tell us what you're bringing.

Wallet

Include your RTC wallet address in the submission.

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