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First of all can I just say a huge thanks to tiktoc for one of the best tutorials I've ever seen for building bitcoind and the stratum protocol software(https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=162788.0). I've seen some good tutorials in my time but nearly all needed some sort of tweaking; this one worked first time for me...thanks so much.

Just wanted to expand the discussion, to adding a web frontend for pool management and adding users. Has anybody set up a frontend after following this setup. I've tried SimpleCoin but having issues linking it to the data that Stratum has gathered.

There seems to be loads of frontends that will link in with pushpool and poolserverj but they don't support Stratum right now afaik. I would like to continue with Stratum as that looks to be the way to go and a frontend that would bolt onto this setup from tiktoc would be great.

Any help that anybody could give would be greatly appreciated.

Currently nearly all pools use custom build implementations.  And there is a good reason why: if you don't have the know-how to properly set up your own pool, you will end up being hacked anyway.  I'd recommend not starting a new pool unless you know very well what you are doing....

This was cross posted  in my thread as well and I basically said the same thing as kinlo.

Tute was done for people who wanted to mine at home, or only risk what they mine.

This should stand out even more so with ozcoin incident which I believe was using a modified version simple coin.

Apart from just the software, front and pool server. The amount of stuff to be done to try and secure a server isnt going to happen for anyone who has to follow a tutorial to install the pool software, it is more then likely going to be above their current skill level.

Thanks for the honest opinions guys...I have a strong background in systems administration and networks, so security in that area is ok for me...but webdev/security, thats definitely not my area...yet! So I might reconsider and look at some others options as I wouldn't want to jump and regret it later.

Appreciate the responses!

I cant find the post now, but a group of guys posted recently that they forked simple coin and were working on it, so maybe have a chat to them :)

Thanks again tiktoc...yes, i think this is the SimpleBTC fork!  :)

You would be wrong

Fair enough, wrong I be then.

Pwned. See how sharp you need to be as a pool operator?  :-*