[Bug] Low CPU utilization when running miner node

[xbeastx]

🐛 Bug Report

Most time miner node is just in 'Syncing' or 'Peering' state. And some times it become 'Mining' but not so long. Just for a couple seconds.

Steps to Reproduce

Just compile latest testnet2 source

1. run-miner.sh

Expected Behavior

Because Aleo is POSW most of the time it must mine new blocks and utilize 100% CPU

Your Environment

• snarkOS Version 2.0.0
• Rust Version 1.56.1
• Computer OS Ubuntu 20.04

[CodeGp2018]

I also encountered this difficulty. waiting for solve.

[howardwu]

How many cores is your machine? 16-cores is the minimum requirement for testnet2.

[xbeastx]

How many cores is your machine? 16-cores is the minimum requirement for testnet2.

Sure, I have server with 24 core/48 threads and it almost inactive... like 8 threads of 48 sometime is busy and even not always:

[0xPNZ]

Same problem here; the miner uses only 1 CPU...

[alar0n]

I see this picture. Only One or two core is loaded about 50% of the time. Other 50% of the time is loaded all cores. The situation alternates every 5-10 seconds

[ljedrz]

This should have improved with the recent changes, but there is probably still room for improvement here.

[ljedrz]

Not applicable to testnet3.