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title: 'Re: 64bit support'
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parent: Bitcoin Forum
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date: 2010-01-14 20:17:20 UTC
original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=18.msg97#msg97
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# Re: 64bit support

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Re: 64bit support
January 14, 2010, 08:17:20 PM

I haven't tried compiling 64-bit yet. 64-bit wouldn't make it any faster, since it uses 64-bit numbers in only a few places and SHA-256 is a 32-bit algorithm, but it may be convenient for those running a 64-bit OS. If I get a chance I'll try -m64 and see what the problem is.

You can run the 32-bit version on 64-bit Linux by installing ia32-libs.  (sudo apt-get install ia32-libs)  If we made a Debian package, it could automatically pull that in as a dependency.
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