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Frequently Asked Questions
Voidmap is a cryptocurrency where GPU miners earn VOID tokens by processing real astronomical data from NASA, ESA, and NSF surveys. Unlike Bitcoin, the computation produces scientifically useful results.
| Aspect | Bitcoin | Voidmap |
|---|---|---|
| Computation | SHA-256 hashing | ML inference |
| Output | Hash collisions | Scientific predictions |
| Usefulness | None | Exoplanet detection |
| Hardware | ASICs only | GPUs only |
| Centralization | High | Low |
Yes, but Proof of Useful Work. Instead of wasting energy on hash puzzles, miners process real astronomical data with real ML models.
Voidmap is an open-source project. There is no company, no CEO, no central authority. The code is public on GitHub.
Any modern GPU works:
- NVIDIA GTX 10xx or newer (CUDA)
- AMD RX 5000 or newer (ROCm)
- Apple M1/M2/M3 (MPS)
- Intel Arc (partial OpenCL support)
Minimum: 4GB VRAM. Recommended: 8GB+.
Earnings depend on:
- GPU performance
- Quality of your results
- Network difficulty
- Current VOID price
Higher quality results earn more VOID (1.5x bonus for 90+ quality).
No. Voidmap uses anti-ASIC measures:
- Model architecture rotation
- Random batch sizes
- Weight perturbation
- Memory-hard operations
These force the use of general-purpose GPUs.
No. The same anti-ASIC measures apply:
- FPGAs can't handle architecture switching
- Memory requirements exceed typical FPGA capacity
- Dynamic challenges prevent pre-computation
python voidmap-miner.py --list-resultsResults are saved to ~/.voidmap/results/ as JSON files.
Shares with quality < 50 are rejected. This can happen with:
- Noisy data
- Model uncertainty
- Bad preprocessing
The miner will try different data until it gets quality >= 50.
A pool coordinates multiple miners. Instead of each miner submitting directly to the blockchain, miners connect to a pool that:
- Distributes work
- Validates shares
- Batches submissions
- Distributes rewards
Join a pool if:
- You want consistent rewards
- You have a smaller GPU
- You don't want to manage transactions
Mine solo if:
- You have a large GPU farm
- You want to avoid pool fees
- You want full control
python stratum_miner.py --pool ws://pool.voidmap.org:3333 --user YOUR_ADDRESS2% of rewards. This covers:
- Pool server costs
- Transaction fees
- Development
Yes. See the Pool Guide.
| Task | Model | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Exoplanet transit | AstroNetCNN | 89% |
| Galaxy morphology | ConvNeXT | ~85% |
| Anomaly detection | Autoencoder | N/A |
- TESS light curves: NASA MAST archive
- SDSS galaxy images: SDSS DR18
- ZTF alerts: Fink broker
All data is public and free to access.
- Quality threshold: Work must score >= 50
- IPFS verification: Results stored on IPFS
- On-chain hashes: Input/output hashes recorded
- Model verification: Model weights hashed
The miner will:
- Complete current work
- Save results locally
- Reconnect when internet is available
- Submit accumulated shares
Results are saved locally after each batch. You won't lose work.
1,000,000,000 (1 billion) total.
- 90% to GPU miners
- 5% to developer fund (4-year vesting)
- 5% to treasury (DAO governance)
No. 90% goes directly to miners. No VC allocation, no pre-sale, no ICO.
VOID will be tradeable on decentralized exchanges (Uniswap) after deployment. There is no lock-up period for miners.
No:
- Ownership renounced (immutable contracts)
- 90% to miners (no hidden allocations)
- Transparent vesting (dev fund public)
- Open-source code (verifiable)
- Target may not have TESS observations
- Try a different target index
- Check MAST portal for available data
- Reduce batch size:
--batch 16 - Close other GPU applications
- Use a GPU with more VRAM
- Pool server may be down
- Check firewall settings
- Try a different pool
- Quality below threshold
- Job ID mismatch (stale work)
- Invalid output hash
Open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/thekillsquad007/voidmap/issues
Yes. Processing public astronomical data with your own GPU is legal in most jurisdictions.
Mining VOID is taxable income in most countries. Consult a tax professional.
VOID is a utility token used for:
- Mining rewards
- Pool fees
- Governance
It is not an investment contract. There is no company, no profits, no dividends.
- GitHub: https://github.com/thekillsquad007/voidmap
- Discord: (coming soon)
- Twitter: (coming soon)
- Mine VOID
- Run a pool
- Improve the code
- Report bugs
- Write documentation
- Build tools
No. Voidmap exists as open-source code. There is no company, no CEO, no roadmap. The value is in the computation.