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doc: add FAQ (Kessak/SHA-3).

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@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ using true network difficulty to display share difficulty, there is no
reason to display difficulty differently. This is a vicious cycle and a reason to display difficulty differently. This is a vicious cycle and a
remnant of Bitcoin mining on GPUs. remnant of Bitcoin mining on GPUs.
Q: Will sgminer support FPGAs or ASICs?
A: No. sgminer will only support GPUs. It is bad software design
practice to try and support every gadget out there. Developers
for dedicated hardware products are better off creating standalone
software.
Q: Will there be Keccak/SHA-3 support?
A: No, for the same reason as above. There is also no reason why this
particular piece of software should support all possible algorithms.
SHA-3 cryptocurrency developers are better off writing independent
implementations. This also has the side-benefits of eliminating codebase
monopoly, and lower maintanance for everybody.
Q: Can you modify the display to include more of one thing in the output Q: Can you modify the display to include more of one thing in the output
and less of another, or can you change the quiet mode or can you add and less of another, or can you change the quiet mode or can you add
yet another output mode? yet another output mode?
@ -132,12 +145,6 @@ Q: I run PHP on Windows to access the API with the example
I only get errors about Sockets not working in the logs? I only get errors about Sockets not working in the logs?
A: See [this](http://us.php.net/manual/en/sockets.installation.php). A: See [this](http://us.php.net/manual/en/sockets.installation.php).
Q: Will sgminer support FPGAs or ASICs?
A: No. sgminer will only support GPUs. It is bad software design
practice to try and support every gadget out there. Developers
for dedicated hardware products are better off creating standalone
software.
Q: What is stratum and how do I use it? Q: What is stratum and how do I use it?
A: Stratum is a protocol designed for pooled mining in such a way as to A: Stratum is a protocol designed for pooled mining in such a way as to
minimise the amount of network communications, yet scale to hardware minimise the amount of network communications, yet scale to hardware