1) Updated x11 to more accurate diff. 2) Low diff shares report percent off now - to detect if diff is too hard or you just have abusing miners. 3) Only 1 thread does the rpc calls to generate blockchain sync status

lib/algoProperties.js

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-var bignum = require('bignum');
-
 var multiHashing = require('multi-hashing');
 var util = require('./util.js');
 
-var maxInt256 = global.maxDiff = bignum('ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff', 16);
-
-
 
 var algos = module.exports = global.algos = {
     sha256: {
@@ -38,7 +33,7 @@ var algos = module.exports = global.algos = {
     },
     x11: {
         shift: 20,
-        multiplier: Math.pow(2, 30),
+        multiplier: Math.pow(2, 32.3),
         hash: function(){
             return multiHashing.x11.apply(this, arguments);
         }
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ var algos = module.exports = global.algos = {
         shift: 24,
         multiplier: Math.pow(2, 8),
         hash: function(){
-            return multiHashing.bcrypt.apply(this, arguments);
+            return multiHashing.keccak.apply(this, arguments);
         }
     },
     blake: {
@@ -95,24 +90,41 @@ var algos = module.exports = global.algos = {
     }
 };
 
+//Creates a non-truncated max difficulty (diff1) by bitwise right-shifting the max value of a uint256
 function ShiftMax256Right(shiftRight){
+
+    //Max value uint256 (an array of ones representing 256 enabled bits)
     var arr256 = Array.apply(null, new Array(256)).map(Number.prototype.valueOf, 1);
+
+    //An array of zero bits for how far the max uint256 is shifted right
     var arrLeft = Array.apply(null, new Array(shiftRight)).map(Number.prototype.valueOf, 0);
-    var preShift = arrLeft.concat(arr256);
-    var trimmed = preShift.slice(0, 256);
+
+    //Add zero bits to uint256 and remove the bits shifted out
+    arr256 = arrLeft.concat(arr256).slice(0, 256);
+
+    //An array of bytes to convert the bits to, 8 bits in a byte so length will be 32
     var octets = [];
+
     for (var i = 0; i < 32; i++){
+
         octets[i] = 0;
-        var bits = trimmed.slice(i * 8, i * 8 + 8);
+
+        //The 8 bits for this byte
+        var bits = arr256.slice(i * 8, i * 8 + 8);
+
+        //Bit math to add the bits into a byte
         for (var f = 0; f < bits.length; f++){
             var multiplier = Math.pow(2, f);
             octets[i] += bits[f] * multiplier;
         }
+
     }
-    var buff = new Buffer(octets);
-    return buff;
+
+    //return in form of buffer
+    return new Buffer(octets);;
 }
 
 for (var algo in algos){
-    algos[algo].diff = ShiftMax256Right(algos[algo].shift);
+    if (!algos[algo].diff)
+        algos[algo].diff = ShiftMax256Right(algos[algo].shift);
 }

lib/daemon.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function DaemonInterface(options){
             if (online)
                 _this.emit('online');
         });
-    };
+    }
 
     function isOnline(callback){
         cmd('getinfo', [], function(results){

lib/jobManager.js

@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ var JobManager = module.exports = function JobManager(maxDifficulty, hashDigest,
         else {
             var targetUser = maxDifficulty.div(difficulty);
             if (headerBigNum.gt(targetUser)){
-                return shareError([23, 'low difficulty share']);
+                var lowPercent = targetUser.div(headerBigNum).mul(100).toNumber().toFixed(2);
+                return shareError([23, 'low difficulty share, need to be ' + lowPercent + ' higher']);
             }
         }
         if (!!blockHex) {

lib/pool.js

@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ var pool = module.exports = function pool(options, authorizeFn){
                 else{
                     if (displayNotSynced) displayNotSynced();
                     setTimeout(checkSynced, 5000);
-                    generateProgress();
+
+                    //Only let the first fork show synced status or the log wil look flooded with it
+                    if (!process.env.forkId || process.env.forkId === '0')
+                        generateProgress();
                 }
 
             });
@@ -166,14 +169,11 @@ var pool = module.exports = function pool(options, authorizeFn){
 
                     var peers = results[0].response;
                     var totalBlocks = peers.sort(function(a, b){
-                        return a.startingheight - b.startingheight;
+                        return b.startingheight - a.startingheight;
                     })[0].startingheight;
 
                     var percent = (blockCount / totalBlocks * 100).toFixed(2);
-
-                    //Only let the first fork show synced status or the log wil look flooded with it
-                    if (!process.env.forkId || process.env.forkId === '0')
-                        emitWarningLog('Downloaded ' + percent + '% of blockchain from ' + peers.length + ' peers');
+                    emitWarningLog('Downloaded ' + percent + '% of blockchain from ' + peers.length + ' peers');
                 });
 
             });