David Keaton

It definitely isn't the 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 enclosure. That doesn't hinder highly parallel plotting with `chia plots create`. I don't know why the current version might be slower than previous...

> I took a look at the source code. > > Phase 1 uses the BLAKE3 library, which takes advantage of ARM's NEON SIMD unit. That unit is 128 bits...

It turns out that the comments in the BLAKE3 code are, at best, outdated. I was relying on them for my information about how to implement BLAKE3 in NEON. There...

I tried two shortcuts to getting native code, but they did not pan out. First, I tried the [`sse2neon.h`](https://github.com/DLTcollab/sse2neon) header file designed to turn Intel intrinsics into ARM NEON code....

[Edited to reflect new information after I finally succeeded in building an x86_64 version] 1. Follow the directions [here](https://medium.com/swlh/run-x86-terminal-apps-like-homebrew-on-your-new-m1-mac-73bdc9b0f343) to create a Rosetta Terminal. 2. Install homebrew again in your...

@AndyRPH , I edited my previous response because I finally succeeded in building an x86_64 version. Just doing this so it will alert you.

I do not recommend the procedure unless you are familiar with Unix and its command-line interface. That is the audience for the instructions. The rc files got that name because...