ARIAMINER-QTC-CPU v1.1.1 — optimized CPU miner for Quantus (QTC), AriaPool pool
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QUICK START — this is ALL you need:
    tar xzf ariaminer-qtc-cpu-v1.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
    cd ariaminer-qtc-cpu
    ./ariaminer-qtc-cpu mine --pool http://qtc-node.ariabrain.com:9412 --address qzYOUR_ADDRESS --worker RIG_NAME

REQUIREMENTS
  - a CPU with AVX2 (Ryzen ZEN3 and newer, recent Intel); the AVX-512 path is
    used automatically when present (ZEN4/ZEN5, Xeon)
  - Ubuntu 22.04 or newer (any distro with glibc >= 2.34)
  - a Quantus address (starts with qz)

VERIFY THE MINER (OPTIONAL — NOT needed to mine)
  vectors.txt holds 4096 reference hashes from the official implementation.
    ./ariaminer-qtc-cpu verify vectors.txt   recompute all 4096 (expect 4096/4096)
    ./ariaminer-qtc-cpu selftest             cross-check AVX-512 vs AVX2 bit for bit
  These commands are a transparency tool: they let YOU prove a closed-source
  binary computes exactly right. Most users never need them.

USEFUL OPTIONS
  --threads N          worker threads (default: all available cores)
  --force-path avx2    force the AVX2 path (diagnostics)
  bench 30 30          throughput on 30 threads for 30 s
  --hashrate-hint N    announced H/s at startup, speeds up vardiff

DEV FEE: 3 % of mining TIME (970 s yours / 30 s dev per 1000 s cycle), shown once at startup and verifiable on the pool page (worker "dev"). The dev wallet address never appears in the logs. There is no disable switch in the public binary.

POOL FEE: 3 % — displayed on the pool stats page.

POOL STATS : https://pool.ariabrain.com/qtc.html  (your address, Miners tab)
SUPPORT    : PulseMining Discord (Quantus channel)
