ANNE Hasher: The Ultimate Proof of Space Time Hasher

What ANNE Hasher Does

• Creates plots – As a hard drive plotting software, ANNE Hasher generates cryptographic plots on your hard drives. Each plot consists of many nonces, and each nonce contains 4096 scoops of 64 bytes each. These plots are what ANNE Miner later reads to compute deadlines.
• Uses your account identifier – The plots are keyed to your ANNE account. When you plot a drive, you provide your ANNE account identifier (NID), and the hashes are generated using it. This ensures that your plots are tied to a single ANNE identity and cannot be used by anyone else.
• Runs on CPU or GPU – Plotting is computationally intensive, so ANNE Hasher can use both CPU and GPU resources to speed up the process. The more powerful your hardware, the faster your drives will be plotted, though your hard drive’s write speed is often the limiting factor.
• One‑time per drive – Once a drive is plotted, it never needs to be plotted again. You can use it for mining indefinitely. If you add a new drive later, you run ANNE Hasher on that drive once, and it joins your mining capacity.

Benefits of Plotting Your Drives

• One‑time work, ongoing rewards – The heavy computational work happens only once. After plotting, your drives generate mining income with negligible electricity consumption.
• No ongoing CPU/GPU load – Unlike CPU mining or GPU mining where power is consumed continuously, ANNE Miner reads plots with minimal system impact. Your computer stays fully usable for other tasks.
• Uses spare disk space – You do not need dedicated mining hardware. Any spare space on existing drives can be plotted and used for mining.
• Portable – Once a drive is plotted, you can move it to any computer running ANNE Miner. Your plots are tied to your account, not to the machine that created them.
• Future‑proof – Plots created today will work with ANNE Miner throughout your HDD lifespan. There is no planned obsolescence.

Plotting Tips

• Plot directly on your mining drives – Plotting writes large amounts of data, so it’s most efficient to plot directly onto the drives you will use for mining. This avoids the time‑consuming step of copying plots between drives later. If you have a fast temporary drive (like an SSD), you can plot there and then transfer, but be aware that transfer time will add to your total setup time. For most home miners, plotting directly on the destination HDD is the simplest approach.
• Start small, add more later – You do not need to plot an entire drive before you start mining. Allocate a chunk of space on one drive, let it plot, and begin mining with that. While your miner runs, you can use ANNE Hasher to plot additional space on the same drive or on new drives. You can gradually increase your total plot size over time without interrupting your mining. Just restart your miner after each plotted chunk.
• Consider external drives – External USB drives work perfectly for mining. You can build a large array of inexpensive external drives over time.
• Don’t max out your system – Running ANNE Hasher at 100% CPU and GPU utilization for hours or days can cause instability, especially on older hardware or laptops. It can freeze or crash your system. Leave some headroom. If you are plotting on a laptop, be extra careful – sustained high load can overwhelm cooling and lead to thermal throttling or shutdowns.

After Plotting

Once your drives are plotted, you are ready to mine. Here is what you can expect:

• ANNE Miner takes over – The miner reads your plots, computes deadlines, and submits intents. Your CPU usage will be minimal, and your drives will be read regularly.
• Rewards start accumulating – When your miner wins a block (solo) or is selected as a share winner, annecoin is deposited into your wallet.
• You can add more drives anytime – When you acquire new storage, run ANNE Hasher again on the new drives. They will join your existing plots, increasing your mining capacity.
• No replotting needed – Your existing plots never need to be regenerated. They will work forever.