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⚡ **NOT JUST SOFTWARE. SILICON.**
What if blockchain infrastructure could move beyond traditional CPUs?
NEXA is exploring hardware acceleration with FPGAs, bringing specialized silicon into the world of decentralized networks.
⚙️ Faster verification
⚡ More efficient computation
🔗 Infrastructure built for scalability
The long-term vision? A dedicated microchip capable of running an entire cryptocurrency node, with greater efficiency and a smaller hardware footprint.
This is where **Proof of Work meets hardware engineering.**
Not just another blockchain running on computers. A new approach to building decentralized infrastructure.
🟡 **NEXA. BUILT DIFFERENT.**
📖 Read the full article:
forum.nexa.org/t/hardware-ac…
nexacoin:native
🤖 Made with AI
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📒 Hardware Acceleration: Nexa Node on an FPGA
In the last article we met Blitz, the card that takes signature checking off the CPU. We closed with a bigger question: what happens when you put the whole node inside an FPGA?
We don’t like running a node on our main desktop machine, especially when it is bogging down all cores, the fans are blazing and the office is heating up. We want to run it on a tiny little node that we plug into the router and just SSH into when we need to.
That is the long game of this series: building a microchip for cryptocurrency, a microchip that can do the same thing as your software node, but is faster, more reliable, uses less energy, and can be built for a fraction of the cost.
That chip is still ahead of us, but there are a lot of useful things we can do directly in hardware in the meantime.
Read more on the Nexa forum below. 👇
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Trust $NEXA Satoshi Vision, actually improves on Bitcoin white paper that's lit. 20 years old. Do you buy a 20 year old cars 🚗 🤔
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📒 Beat Peter’s FPGA: The BRAM-ring Bounty
On 6 October 2026, Peter Rizun (@PeterRizun) announced a bounty on X with a 0.2 BTC prize pool (around $16,000) for anyone who can beat the FPGA’s efficiency.
The main prize is 0.1 BTC, with smaller prizes for smaller achievements, and the bounty is open until 4 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific Time.
Peter designed a BRAM-ring proof-of-work function on a cheap Efinix Tz170 FPGA and ran it at 37,100 H/s. So far, the best GPU result is 1,493 H/s on a $499 RTX 3070.
Measured in hash rate per dollar of hardware, the FPGA is more than 100x more efficient.
The claim is that no GPU, CPU, NPU or other off-the-shelf hardware can close the gap, and the bounty is for anyone who proves otherwise.
Read more and find all the details on the Nexa Forum below. 👇
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📒 Tailstorm: Hardening the Protocol
Tailstorm replaces single 2-minute blocks with a DAG of subblocks that are tied together by a summary block, while keeping the 2-minute settlement cadence.
The code already ships inside Full Node 2.2.0.0 and stays dormant until the second hard fork is activated.
Since that release our developers have been working on closing gaps in the consensus checks, making fork comparison more accurate, and building tests that put Tailstorm through the situations a live network will throw at it.
This article walks you through the improvements and refinements made in the past weeks. 👇
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Eenvoudige uitleg van Tailstorm ⚡
Tailstorm is een techniek die Nexa (een cryptocurrency ontwikkeld door het Bitcoin Unlimited team) binnenkort gaat lanceren. Het combineert twee dingen: een traditionele blockchain ⛓️ en een DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) 🕸️
Hoe het werkt (simpel uitgelegd) 🧩
In een normale blockchain (zoals Bitcoin) worden blokken één voor één achter elkaar gemaakt ➡️ Als er twee blokken tegelijk komen, wordt er meestal één weggegooid 🗑️
Tailstorm werkt anders:
• Er zijn summary blocks (de “normale” blokken) 📦. Deze komen ongeveer elke 2 minuten ⏱️ en blijven permanent bewaard. Ze vormen de echte, vaste keten.
• Tussen die summary blocks zitten veel subblocks 🧱. Dat zijn kleinere blokken die ongeveer elke 3 seconden worden gemaakt ⚡ (ongeveer 40 stuks tussen twee summary blocks).
Deze subblocks vormen een DAG 🕸️: ze mogen naar meerdere eerdere subblocks verwijzen. Hierdoor ontstaat een soort boom of webstructuur in plaats van één rechte lijn. Miners kunnen dus tegelijkertijd aan verschillende subblocks werken ⛏️⚙️
De subblocks blijven vooral in het geheugen (RAM) staan 💾 en worden niet permanent op de schijf bewaard.
Alleen de summary blocks vormen de echte, blijvende blockchain 🔒
Waarom is dit handig? 💡
• Veel snellere bevestigingen 🚀: Je transactie kan al na ongeveer 3 seconden in een subblock zitten. Handig voor kleine betalingen (bijvoorbeeld koffie kopen ☕).
• Voor meer zekerheid kun je wachten op het summary block (ongeveer 2–4 minuten) 🎯
• Eerlijker voor miners ⚖️: Grote miners hebben minder voordeel door netwerkvertragingen. Het systeem straft het “verstoppen” van blokken af 🚫 zodat eerlijk meedoen beloond wordt 💰
• Minder blokken worden weggegooid dan bij een traditionele blockchain ✅
• Het maakt crypto praktischer als digitaal contant geld 💸
Kort samengevat 🎯
Tailstorm geeft je de snelheid van een DAG (snelle subblocks) ⚡ en de eenvoud + veiligheid van een traditionele blockchain (de summary blocks) 🔐 Je kunt kiezen: snel en redelijk zeker (subblock) of iets langer wachten voor maximale zekerheid (summary block).
Het is een manier om een echt wereldwijd peer-to-peer betaalsysteem mogelijk te maken 🌍, met bevestigingen die tot wel 200 keer sneller zijn dan Bitcoin maar met dezelfde veiligheid 📈
#blockchain #cryptogems nexacoin:native @NexaMoney
Traderfgr retweeted
Eenvoudige uitleg van Tailstorm ⚡
Tailstorm is een techniek die Nexa (een cryptocurrency ontwikkeld door het Bitcoin Unlimited team) binnenkort gaat lanceren. Het combineert twee dingen: een traditionele blockchain ⛓️ en een DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) 🕸️
Hoe het werkt (simpel uitgelegd) 🧩
In een normale blockchain (zoals Bitcoin) worden blokken één voor één achter elkaar gemaakt ➡️ Als er twee blokken tegelijk komen, wordt er meestal één weggegooid 🗑️
Tailstorm werkt anders:
• Er zijn summary blocks (de “normale” blokken) 📦. Deze komen ongeveer elke 2 minuten ⏱️ en blijven permanent bewaard. Ze vormen de echte, vaste keten.
• Tussen die summary blocks zitten veel subblocks 🧱. Dat zijn kleinere blokken die ongeveer elke 3 seconden worden gemaakt ⚡ (ongeveer 40 stuks tussen twee summary blocks).
Deze subblocks vormen een DAG 🕸️: ze mogen naar meerdere eerdere subblocks verwijzen. Hierdoor ontstaat een soort boom of webstructuur in plaats van één rechte lijn. Miners kunnen dus tegelijkertijd aan verschillende subblocks werken ⛏️⚙️
De subblocks blijven vooral in het geheugen (RAM) staan 💾 en worden niet permanent op de schijf bewaard.
Alleen de summary blocks vormen de echte, blijvende blockchain 🔒
Waarom is dit handig? 💡
• Veel snellere bevestigingen 🚀: Je transactie kan al na ongeveer 3 seconden in een subblock zitten. Handig voor kleine betalingen (bijvoorbeeld koffie kopen ☕).
• Voor meer zekerheid kun je wachten op het summary block (ongeveer 2–4 minuten) 🎯
• Eerlijker voor miners ⚖️: Grote miners hebben minder voordeel door netwerkvertragingen. Het systeem straft het “verstoppen” van blokken af 🚫 zodat eerlijk meedoen beloond wordt 💰
• Minder blokken worden weggegooid dan bij een traditionele blockchain ✅
• Het maakt crypto praktischer als digitaal contant geld 💸
Kort samengevat 🎯
Tailstorm geeft je de snelheid van een DAG (snelle subblocks) ⚡ en de eenvoud + veiligheid van een traditionele blockchain (de summary blocks) 🔐 Je kunt kiezen: snel en redelijk zeker (subblock) of iets langer wachten voor maximale zekerheid (summary block).
Het is een manier om een echt wereldwijd peer-to-peer betaalsysteem mogelijk te maken 🌍, met bevestigingen die tot wel 200 keer sneller zijn dan Bitcoin maar met dezelfde veiligheid 📈
#blockchain #cryptogems nexacoin:native @NexaMoney
Traderfgr retweeted
Doing all this, just to arrive back on the original path they started from… and then realizing that projects like nexacoin:native are much further along, because @NexaMoney never strayed from that original path to begin with
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Satoshi Vision, Bitcoin true variant are $NEXA coins that offer computation hardware curicuts optimizer for the new money of the 7th 🌎
My little $40 FPGA can beat your big bad GPU. Prove me wrong and win 0.1 BTC.
I designed a proof-of-work called BRAM-ring. A $40 Efinix Tz170 does 37,100 H/s on it. The best anyone has managed on a GPU is 1,493 H/s, on a $499 RTX 3070. Per dollar the little chip wins by more than 100×, and I don't think any GPU, CPU, NPU or other off-the-shelf hardware can close that gap.
The bounty:
• 0.1 BTC to the first person who shows non-FPGA hardware at or above 371 H/s per dollar
• 0.01 BTC every time someone beats my GPU or CPU kernel by 10% (bit-exact, measured on my machine, the bar ratchets)
• 0.01 BTC for a real shortcut in the function: half the work per hash, counted not timed
How to claim: reply to this tweet with the full 40-character git commit hash of your code and the prize you're claiming. Your code can stay private until the deadline; the hash fixes your place in line.
Deadline: 4 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific.
Rules: git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Code (make prove checks C, AVX2, CUDA and Verilog against the same 8 vectors): git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Prize pool 0.2 BTC, held at bc1qtk8q5nsupm47kg5vz9turqacx8lg2whvxukpuj. Signed proof of funds in the first reply and in BOUNTY.md.
Traderfgr retweeted
It's an exciting challenge and the first person to show non-FPGA hardware at or above 371 H/s per dollar can claim a 0.1 BTC bounty. 👇
My little $40 FPGA can beat your big bad GPU. Prove me wrong and win 0.1 BTC.
I designed a proof-of-work called BRAM-ring. A $40 Efinix Tz170 does 37,100 H/s on it. The best anyone has managed on a GPU is 1,493 H/s, on a $499 RTX 3070. Per dollar the little chip wins by more than 100×, and I don't think any GPU, CPU, NPU or other off-the-shelf hardware can close that gap.
The bounty:
• 0.1 BTC to the first person who shows non-FPGA hardware at or above 371 H/s per dollar
• 0.01 BTC every time someone beats my GPU or CPU kernel by 10% (bit-exact, measured on my machine, the bar ratchets)
• 0.01 BTC for a real shortcut in the function: half the work per hash, counted not timed
How to claim: reply to this tweet with the full 40-character git commit hash of your code and the prize you're claiming. Your code can stay private until the deadline; the hash fixes your place in line.
Deadline: 4 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific.
Rules: git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Code (make prove checks C, AVX2, CUDA and Verilog against the same 8 vectors): git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Prize pool 0.2 BTC, held at bc1qtk8q5nsupm47kg5vz9turqacx8lg2whvxukpuj. Signed proof of funds in the first reply and in BOUNTY.md.
Traderfgr retweeted
Get in to the big boys game, @PeterRizun doesn’t joke around 💪
My little $40 FPGA can beat your big bad GPU. Prove me wrong and win 0.1 BTC.
I designed a proof-of-work called BRAM-ring. A $40 Efinix Tz170 does 37,100 H/s on it. The best anyone has managed on a GPU is 1,493 H/s, on a $499 RTX 3070. Per dollar the little chip wins by more than 100×, and I don't think any GPU, CPU, NPU or other off-the-shelf hardware can close that gap.
The bounty:
• 0.1 BTC to the first person who shows non-FPGA hardware at or above 371 H/s per dollar
• 0.01 BTC every time someone beats my GPU or CPU kernel by 10% (bit-exact, measured on my machine, the bar ratchets)
• 0.01 BTC for a real shortcut in the function: half the work per hash, counted not timed
How to claim: reply to this tweet with the full 40-character git commit hash of your code and the prize you're claiming. Your code can stay private until the deadline; the hash fixes your place in line.
Deadline: 4 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific.
Rules: git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Code (make prove checks C, AVX2, CUDA and Verilog against the same 8 vectors): git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Prize pool 0.2 BTC, held at bc1qtk8q5nsupm47kg5vz9turqacx8lg2whvxukpuj. Signed proof of funds in the first reply and in BOUNTY.md.
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@NexaMoney ‘s own hardware expert and chief scientist has got a challenge open to anyone:
He’s confident that his FPGAs can outperform the best GPUs on a dollar-cost basis by 100x - and he’s got BTC bounties to back it up!
Miners should have their eyes on nexacoin:native 👀🚀
My little $40 FPGA can beat your big bad GPU. Prove me wrong and win 0.1 BTC.
I designed a proof-of-work called BRAM-ring. A $40 Efinix Tz170 does 37,100 H/s on it. The best anyone has managed on a GPU is 1,493 H/s, on a $499 RTX 3070. Per dollar the little chip wins by more than 100×, and I don't think any GPU, CPU, NPU or other off-the-shelf hardware can close that gap.
The bounty:
• 0.1 BTC to the first person who shows non-FPGA hardware at or above 371 H/s per dollar
• 0.01 BTC every time someone beats my GPU or CPU kernel by 10% (bit-exact, measured on my machine, the bar ratchets)
• 0.01 BTC for a real shortcut in the function: half the work per hash, counted not timed
How to claim: reply to this tweet with the full 40-character git commit hash of your code and the prize you're claiming. Your code can stay private until the deadline; the hash fixes your place in line.
Deadline: 4 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific.
Rules: git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Code (make prove checks C, AVX2, CUDA and Verilog against the same 8 vectors): git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Prize pool 0.2 BTC, held at bc1qtk8q5nsupm47kg5vz9turqacx8lg2whvxukpuj. Signed proof of funds in the first reply and in BOUNTY.md.
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Proof of funds for the 0.2 BTC prize pool.
Address: bc1qtk8q5nsupm47kg5vz9turqacx8lg2whvxukpuj
Message: Peter Rizun holds the 0.2 BTC prize pool for the NEXA BRAM-ring bounty at this address. Rules: git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram… 2026-10-05
Signature: HxALKo2u0bmkpOxC6Xdvb26yeMs/eT/flSNVaIFzLC9FL0GY4/oUkw+OJXS5sXVIRP9gER4LKmYl3ymHT21LrsY=
Verify with Electrum or Sparrow.
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My little $40 FPGA can beat your big bad GPU. Prove me wrong and win 0.1 BTC.
I designed a proof-of-work called BRAM-ring. A $40 Efinix Tz170 does 37,100 H/s on it. The best anyone has managed on a GPU is 1,493 H/s, on a $499 RTX 3070. Per dollar the little chip wins by more than 100×, and I don't think any GPU, CPU, NPU or other off-the-shelf hardware can close that gap.
The bounty:
• 0.1 BTC to the first person who shows non-FPGA hardware at or above 371 H/s per dollar
• 0.01 BTC every time someone beats my GPU or CPU kernel by 10% (bit-exact, measured on my machine, the bar ratchets)
• 0.01 BTC for a real shortcut in the function: half the work per hash, counted not timed
How to claim: reply to this tweet with the full 40-character git commit hash of your code and the prize you're claiming. Your code can stay private until the deadline; the hash fixes your place in line.
Deadline: 4 November 2026, 23:59 Pacific.
Rules: git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Code (make prove checks C, AVX2, CUDA and Verilog against the same 8 vectors): git.nodelabs.ca/nexapow/bram…
Prize pool 0.2 BTC, held at bc1qtk8q5nsupm47kg5vz9turqacx8lg2whvxukpuj. Signed proof of funds in the first reply and in BOUNTY.md.
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Have you tried @NexaMoney Ai skills ? All you need is an idea and an Ai agent of your choice to make a fully functional application that will work perfectly 🤝
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Added a feature that shows how much each miner is rewarded for mining sub blocks in a summary block.
Added full screen mode to the Nexa Tailstorm Stormtest DAG monitor.
I will move the monitor to monitor Tailstorm on the Nexa Testnet and then the Mainnet after it is deployed there.
jqrgen.github.io/presentatio…