diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/eq/equihash/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/eq/equihash/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libsodium,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "equihash";
+  version = "1.0.10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stef";
+    repo = "equihash";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-s16MwWH/xYLl7MSayXLoQUtuTv4GsQgq+qbI14igcv8=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [ libsodium ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Memory-hard PoW with fast verification";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stef/equihash/";
+    license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+    teams = [ lib.teams.ngi ];
+    # ld -z not available on darwin
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})