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Resolves #2150.

Added a 15-minute quickstart guide specifically geared toward onboarding real users with vintage hardware (Core 2 Duo Windows laptops and PowerPC Macs).

Addresses Bounty Requirements:

  • Target at least 2 architectures: Covers Old Windows laptop (Core 2 Duo era) and PowerPC Mac (G3/G4).
  • "Does my computer qualify?" quick check: Included explicitly in the first section.
  • Show fingerprint check passing on vintage hardware: Provided walkthroughs using --dry-run with screenshot descriptions of expected output.
  • Show first attestation succeeding: Covered in step 4 with expected output.
  • Explain antiquity multiplier in plain English: Summarized the concept, showing why old hardware is valuable.

Requested payout: 50 RTC to canonical account github:Ishant5436.

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Scottcjn commented Jun 1, 2026

Heads up — this PR is titled as a docs add (MINE_YOUR_GRANDMAS_COMPUTER.md) but it also makes a consensus change to node/sophia_elya_service.py (adds settled/settled_ts + migration + a UPDATE … WHERE finalized=1 backfill + finalize_epoch changes). Please split these: a docs PR for the doc, and a separate, clearly-titled consensus PR for the settlement fix — a settlement change shouldn't ride under a docs title where it can be rubber-stamped. The settlement work also overlaps #6757 and hits the same cross-module epoch_state schema-drift issue tracked in #6749 (the migration needs to be shared across all modules, not added in one file). Let's converge both on the #6749 shared-migration approach. The doc itself is welcome — happy to merge that half once it's separated.

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security(consensus): atomic Sophia epoch settlement — synthesis of #6757
7f97f63 
 + #6760

Combines @yyswhsccc's settlement-guard fix + tests (#6757) and @Ishant5436's
same fix + the Mine-Your-Grandmas-Computer doc (#6760) into one PR, with the
tri-brain BLOCKING issues fixed:

- finalize_epoch: BEGIN IMMEDIATE + atomic claim (settled=1,finalized=1 WHERE
  COALESCE(settled,0)=0, rowcount-checked) — prevents double-settlement on the
  Sophia path. Post-claim payout wrapped in try/except -> rollback (no half-paid
  epoch). PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000 so concurrent block-ingest waits instead of
  erroring 'database is locked'.
- epoch_state migration: adds settled/settled_ts, normalizes NULL->0 (so a
  legacy/shared row can't become permanently unpayable), backfills finalized.
- inc_epoch_block: busy_timeout + guard so a late block can't inflate the count
  the reward was computed against.
- get_epoch now exposes settled/settled_ts (DB contract was silently expanded).
- 9 tests incl. idempotent-pays-once, NULL-settled-payable, inc-after-finalize.

Co-authored-by: yyswhsccc <yyswhsccc@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ishant5436 <Ishant5436@users.noreply.github.com>

SCOPE: fixes the Sophia path; the cross-module epoch_state schema/settlement
coordination across rewards_implementation/anti_double_mining remains tracked
in #6749. Tri-brain reviewed (Codex+Grok; GPT-OSS offline).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Scottcjn commented Jun 1, 2026

Superseded by #6769 (merged synthesis) — the same settlement fix + your MINE_YOUR_GRANDMAS_COMPUTER.md doc are in it, co-credited to you. 12 RTC sent to github:Ishant5436. (Note for next time: please don't bundle a consensus change under a docs: title — split them — but the work itself is solid. Thanks @Ishant5436.)

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security(consensus): atomic Sophia epoch settlement (synthesis of #6757…
5a969b7 
… + #6760) (#6769)

* fix: align Sophia epoch settlement guard

* security(consensus): atomic Sophia epoch settlement — synthesis of #6757 + #6760

Combines @yyswhsccc's settlement-guard fix + tests (#6757) and @Ishant5436's
same fix + the Mine-Your-Grandmas-Computer doc (#6760) into one PR, with the
tri-brain BLOCKING issues fixed:

- finalize_epoch: BEGIN IMMEDIATE + atomic claim (settled=1,finalized=1 WHERE
  COALESCE(settled,0)=0, rowcount-checked) — prevents double-settlement on the
  Sophia path. Post-claim payout wrapped in try/except -> rollback (no half-paid
  epoch). PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000 so concurrent block-ingest waits instead of
  erroring 'database is locked'.
- epoch_state migration: adds settled/settled_ts, normalizes NULL->0 (so a
  legacy/shared row can't become permanently unpayable), backfills finalized.
- inc_epoch_block: busy_timeout + guard so a late block can't inflate the count
  the reward was computed against.
- get_epoch now exposes settled/settled_ts (DB contract was silently expanded).
- 9 tests incl. idempotent-pays-once, NULL-settled-payable, inc-after-finalize.

Co-authored-by: yyswhsccc <yyswhsccc@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ishant5436 <Ishant5436@users.noreply.github.com>

SCOPE: fixes the Sophia path; the cross-module epoch_state schema/settlement
coordination across rewards_implementation/anti_double_mining remains tracked
in #6749. Tri-brain reviewed (Codex+Grok; GPT-OSS offline).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: SR <ssr@SRdeMacBook-Pro.local>
Co-authored-by: Scott Boudreaux <scottbphone12@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Scottcjn commented Jun 1, 2026

🙌 Merged via synthesis — docs portion (10 RTC) held pending wallet

Your Mine Your Grandma's Computer guide was merged as part of #6769 (commit 5a969b7). A 10 RTC docs-tier portion is reserved for you — please reply with your RTC wallet address (RTC…) and I'll release it.

One follow-up the review flagged: the guide tells users to download/execute unsigned release binaries + a wallet generator. Before we promote it widely we'll add verified checksums/signatures and pin the source revision (tracked under the #6749 settlement/hardening follow-ups).

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