RustChain SPARC Miner for Solaris

Mine RTC on your vintage Sun workstation - UltraSPARC gets 1.6x antiquity bonus!

• Solaris 10 (Update 8 or later recommended)
• Python 2.6+ (included in Solaris 10)
• Network connectivity to RustChain node
• 256MB+ RAM

# Download miner
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Scottcjn/sparc-solaris-miner/main/rustchain_sparc_miner.py

# Or use wget
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Scottcjn/sparc-solaris-miner/main/rustchain_sparc_miner.py

# Run miner
python rustchain_sparc_miner.py --wallet your-wallet-name

# CPU info
prtconf | head -20
psrinfo -v

# Solaris version
cat /etc/release

# Check Python
python --version

# Update OpenCSW catalog (if using OpenCSW)
pkgutil -U

# Install Python 2.7 (if not present)
pkgutil -i python27

# Install curl with modern TLS
pkgutil -i curl

# Check network
ifconfig -a
netstat -rn

# Test connectivity to RustChain node
ping 50.28.86.131

# Test HTTP (Solaris curl may be old)
/opt/csw/bin/curl -k https://50.28.86.131/health

Solaris 10's bundled OpenSSL is ancient (0.9.7). Options:

1. OpenCSW curl - Install modern curl via OpenCSW
2. TLS Bridge - Use HTTP proxy on your network
3. HTTP mode - Use --use-http flag (less secure)

If you have a modern machine on your network running the TLS bridge:

python rustchain_sparc_miner.py --wallet my-ultra5 --proxy http://192.168.0.160:8888

The miner automatically detects:

• CPU type (UltraSPARC I/II/III/IV, SPARC64)
• Clock speed
• Number of CPUs/cores
• L2 cache size

This determines your antiquity multiplier for RTC rewards.

SPARC-specific hardware fingerprinting:

• /usr/sbin/prtconf output hash
• /usr/sbin/psrinfo timing patterns
• Memory controller latency
• OpenBoot PROM version

VMs (QEMU sparc64, zones) are detected and receive minimal rewards.

# Use HTTP proxy mode
python rustchain_sparc_miner.py --wallet x --use-http

# Or use TLS bridge
python rustchain_sparc_miner.py --wallet x --proxy http://proxy:8888

# Install Python 2.7 via OpenCSW
pkgutil -i python27
/opt/csw/bin/python2.7 rustchain_sparc_miner.py --wallet x

# Check firewall rules
svcs -a | grep ipfilter
svcadm disable ipfilter  # Temporarily disable

# Check routing
netstat -rn
route add default 192.168.0.1  # Set gateway

For maximum compatibility, you can build Python 3 on Solaris 10:

# Get build tools
pkgutil -i gcc5core gmake

# Download Python source
curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.18/Python-3.8.18.tar.xz

# Build
gtar xf Python-3.8.18.tar.xz
cd Python-3.8.18
./configure --prefix=/opt/python38
gmake -j2
sudo gmake install

The UltraSPARC was the workstation CPU of the 90s:

• First 64-bit commercial microprocessor (1995)
• SPARC V9 architecture - clean, elegant RISC
• VIS (Visual Instruction Set) - early SIMD
• Sun's golden era before Oracle

RustChain rewards vintage hardware because:

1. Real silicon - No VMs, no emulation
2. Historical significance - Computing heritage
3. Anti-farm - Can't spin up 1000 UltraSPARCs on AWS

• GitHub Issues: Report problems
• RustChain Discord: #vintage-mining channel
• Elyan Labs: https://elyanlabs.com

MIT - Use freely, mine responsibly.

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