Scrypt

Scrypt is a password-based key derivation function and the algorithm was specifically designed to make it costly to perform large-scale custom hardware attacks by requiring large amounts of memory. In Anoncoin, scrypt is the proof-of-work algorithm that miners use to compete to add blocks to the block chain.

Anoncoin parameters to call scrypt

Anoncoin uses the same values as Litecoin for the call to scrypt as follows:

• N = 1024;
• r = 1;
• p = 1;
• salt is the same 80 bytes as the input
• output is 256 bits (32 bytes)

Scrypt Hashing

The source code in C++ for the scrypt hashing function can be found here: scrypt.cpp