What is codes-miner?

This is a command-line cryptocurrency miner for the $CODES token on Ethereum Mainnet. $CODES uses a "mine-to-mint" model, meaning new tokens are created only by solving a computational puzzle, similar in concept to how Bitcoin mining works, but designed to run on standard computer hardware rather than specialized mining rigs. The miner has two parts working together. The first is a scanner written in Rust that uses your CPU to search for a valid nonce, a number that, when hashed, meets the challenge requirements set by the smart contract. The second part is a Node.js submitter that, once the Rust scanner finds a winning nonce, automatically signs and sends a submitBlock transaction to the Ethereum blockchain using a private key stored in a local configuration file. Each successful block submission mints 1000 $CODES tokens to the miner's wallet. A wallet can only win once per batch, after which it must wait for the next batch or use a different wallet. Setup involves installing Rust and Node.js, building the native miner binary, and configuring a .env file with your Ethereum RPC endpoint, a dedicated miner wallet's private key, and the number of CPU worker threads to use. The README strongly advises using a fresh wallet separate from any wallet holding significant funds, since the private key is stored in a local file. GPU mining support is listed as coming in the future. This tool is for developers and crypto enthusiasts who want to participate in the $CODES mining protocol using a server or personal machine.