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2011-06-17: update, slush server moved back
2011-06-13: update, slush server moved
2011-06-11: version 0.1.3 available


Hi folks!
 
I have written a Windows Gadget that allows you to monitor your slush or deepbit pool performance.
The gadget should already fit the need of most of the users, but will be extended step by step.


Jade Bitcoin Gadget:
- current version 0.1.3
- displays slush and deepbit account info
- provides additional info on workers of slush pool / deepbit pool
- sums hashrates of all workers of all pools
- show the worth of the confirmed, but not yet paid out BTC in the current Mt Gox exchange rate (USD)
- only demands to know your API tokens... that's what they are for
- every line of code visible, no hidden stuff, no malicious stuff (rename to *.zip, see for yourself)



HowTo:
- download .gadget file    http://www.4shared.com/file/vb_dy1Ym/JadeBitcoinGadget.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/vb_dy1Ym/JadeBitcoinGadget.html)
- enter slush / deepbit API token
- ??
- Profit!

Screenshots (parts blurred - BTC adress & worker names):


http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9531/basicview.png

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/7606/workerview.png

http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/5724/settingsview.png


Feel free to:
- use it
- spread it
- report bugs
- request additional features


Download:

-->  http://www.4shared.com/file/vb_dy1Ym/JadeBitcoinGadget.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/vb_dy1Ym/JadeBitcoinGadget.html)  <--


Donate?

If you appreciate my work you may donate whatever you can spare  ;)

         19kfuHsFG2P2AgSzogzNrC1tu4X5uh6myA

Blueberry muffins are welcome, too!


Have fun, boys!

Greetings,
Jade

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changelog:

v0.1.1
- network utilization bug fixed, used bandwidth approx. @50% of v0.1.0
- hashrate sum (over all workers) added
- removed <username>-prefix from worker names

v.0.1.2
- UI redesign
- deepbit.net support
- persistent settings enabled
- manual refresh available
- searchable worker list

v.0.1.3
- home button added
- Mt Gox caching avoided

FAQ:

Q: Eeeeks! Uninstalling the gadget failed!!!11
A: Please manually remove the css folder inside the gadget folder.

Q: Hmpf. Manually removing the css folder failed! And now?
A: Do it the hard way. Delete not more than one of the subfolders and
start your delete-tour deep down, digging up to the css folder. It's strange,
but it works. You probably uninstalled the gadget while it was running.

Awesome job.  Donation sent ;)

Source code?

needs to be wider as the "last share" column is wrapped over two lines and then means only able to fit 2 workers instead of 4.

could calculate last share as time since, "35m30s" "1h30m" "1y3m" "1m1w" "3w2d"

looks good ;)

edit: ok, i see what is going on now, my worker names are longer than yours. SoreGums.hd6950_0norr - login.card_instanceCOMPUTER
maybe truncate the worker from the period on. so show hd6950_0norr, because SoreGums. isn't going to change as the api key is specific to the account and the account username is fixed

Thanks, miner! :)
Wrapping occurs when worker names are longer than those of my test workers... should be fixed soon.
On the other hand, the list should be scrollable, if you have that many workers.
"last share"-topic is heavily requested, gonna take care of that soon.

EDIT: Please install again from DL link, i have shortened the worker names as a temporary but easing workaround.


Yeah, no problem, feel free to have a look at it!
Windows gadgets are always uncompiled.

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Greetings & good night,
Jade

gratz!!,  it is possible to show more stats?? ( actual round duration and shares)

I cant see the sum(hashes) yet

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Wow nice gadget!

I think this is great! But i would like to suggest some changes...because i think it is too big...here goes, and please do not be offended... ;D

Scrap the bitcoin logo, my name and my wallet, threashold never changed so we can get rid of that too. remove the circles and the words next to them, (confirmed/unconfirmed...) if the numbers have the colors its good enough. remove mt.gox but the data is perfect

the check marks next to my workers...i guess that means they are running...lose the checkmarks and just make the workers names green, this means they are up and running...slush pool address and mt gox address are un necessary, just click on the data above to be brought to the website.

and lastly, 1 solid color would be great.

right now I am using a gadget called miner stats, love it because its small, but hate it cause i do not see my worker stats, or my slush stats...

I think its great but its just too big.

http://www.bitshift.io/minerstats/images/slush.png

Yes.. can we please have the sauce?

http://magnusmusic.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/secret_sauce_front.jpg

Also, maybe a gadget for eligius or bitcoins.lc ?

I flexed my JS-FU and came up with this simple change

// from
html += "<td class='wname'>"+i+"</td>";

// to
html += "<td class='wname'>"+i.split(".")[1]+"</td>";

and then using this timeago jquery plugin (http://timeago.yarp.com/) i got this

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5402/widgete.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/widgete.png/)

this'll do for me ;)

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\JadeBitcoinGadget.gadget

that's where it is on windows7...

Well I didnt mean the location, I meant code... however!

I didn't even realize gadgets are easily readable. Derp on my part. Should have checked first.

Great job. It is too big so I did a little mod...
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7342/btcgadgetsample.png

btw gadget files are more or less zip files.

funny how you say you want the location, just the code, considering the code is at that location, which you have since found out ;)

all you have to do then is close the gadget and add it again using "Desktop Gadgets" to reload what ever changes you made.

very nice - you could get it narrower if you use that timeago plugin, just edit the text to make it shorter ;)

Thanks, it's much better.
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9088/btcgadgetsample2.png

Hi guys :)

Ok, everyone has different ideas on how a design should be.
I currently work on some improvements and some sort of
"style themes", which allow one gadget with multiple appearances.

This won't be the usual "you can have it in green, red and pink, too" - more
completly different design approaches.

For all those "minimalistic ui fans": Please be patient, everything
is possible hihi :)

I will post new versions as soon as available.

Best wishes to you all,
Jade

how about some multi-pool support? deepbit,btcguild etc.

Yes, definitly a charming idea. But i am sure that this won't happen in the next 2 hours :)

How about an auto update feature that would automatically check/download new versions you make?  Might be more effort that it's worth though.

Edit: Added, what about a link back to this thread from the Gadget?

I love it, great gadget for the laptop when I'm away from the computer!  ;D

almost done!  bump!

EDIT :

Download Mirror
http://llermaly.com/JadeBitcoinGadget.gadget

would you share your version pls?

It does not remember your settings  .. adding that is a must
would be niece if you orderer your worker ... those with results then alphabetically .. 
also lose the scroll just show them all

Edit[]
doesnt  update for mtgox

...err yeah that is why I said it was a mess up on my part.

Totally a misinformed move.  :D

tried the updated version
Does not work at all

Hey guys,

that's not nice to confuse a lady 2 days before her birthday!
Especially not geminis :o)
Could we agree to do bugreports somehow like this?

"I am using the version provided by <user> and <problem> occured."

Hope this will make things easier ;)

And to give you a sneak preview on what is currently evolving:

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/562/devel.png

So you can see that the gadget will get a nice UI first and then i want
to add a minimalistic thing, all configurable. With tabs and search for
workers as in the picture and such things.

Ah, and maybe this is new to some people:
Windows Gadgets only store settings as long as they are not closed via "X".
Maybe there are ways to get the settings persistent, but that would be
a dirty hack unsupported by Microsoft.... a little backburner :o)

Have a nice evening guys!!
Jade

PS: Hihi, worker idle... it's suddenly so quiet

like the idea hope you keep updating/improving sent donation your way.
Thomas

Forgive my ignorance, but what's the relationship between the gadget/application and the "4shared desktop".
I'm being prompted to create an account, and I'd like to avoid that if posssible.
Is there another way to just get the gadget without using the 4shared desktop , or is this linked with your gadget, jade?

By the way, thanks for creating this, Jade, will certainly consider a contribution when I can get it working.
Best regards,
-Glenn

Hi Glenn,

good news for you!
You can avoid creating an account by simply waiting 20 sec till the "unregistered, completly free" download is available.
There is a counter going downwards, telling you when to proceed.

Cheers,
Jade

EDIT:
But if you wait for approx 1 hour, you'll find a new version which is a little bit better :)

I am looking forward to trying out the new version.

Nice work : )

Hi there and thx for your wonderful widget. It's so far the most promising and the worker list seems very clean and intuitive if they work without minor bugs. I have a problem to reports using your latest 0.1.3. worker list.

On worker tab, when you have more than 24 workers then the second page of workers that isn't showing on the main page they will not show up on your widget's worker list.  Searching for the workers not on page 1 does not yield any results either. Hope this is an easy fix because all widget that came previously failed miserably at showing all worker stats in one easy place, but your design shows a lot of promise for a great solution.

Thanks again for your awesome widget.

EDIT: Forgot to add that this was for Slush's pool. I didn't rememer you added support for deepbit so wanted to make clear.

How do we know that software like this doesn't grab your wallet and upload it off your PC?

Hi Litt,
thanks for the flowsers :)
I will have a look at this bug. Man, what are you guys doing? 24+ workers? Wow!
Hard not to get jealous :)

Cheers,
Jade

love the gadget good work!

It's simple. Look through the source yourself or trust the others ones who did :)
Windows Gadgets are zipped plain code.

Greetings,
Jade

How often does the gadget (GET) / (REFRESH) your balance/stats?

Currently the data is updated every 30 seconds.
Slush caches the API result for 30 seconds if i remember correctly,
it would not make sense to do it more often.

:)
Jade

Hi Litt,
can you please link some screenshots that visualize the problem? 
I added round about 100 Workers and it was fine with me. Do your worker
names contain more than one underscore or point?

Thanks for the info.
Jade

I prefer to not fork Jade's project. I'll do it, only if Jade not. Let's your request be an another vote for minimalistic UI. Jade, can you create more practical version? Small icons and width max. 250px.

Can you mod this to support Bitcoin.lc pool?

Signed for a smaller version.
Show only mtgox $/btc, total hashrate and worker status.

Afaik does Bitcoin.lc not provide an API for such stuff.
Start convincing those guys of changing that... maybe they simply forgot to "switch it on"?
:)
Jade

Very nice gadget, would be nice to have BTC Guild support in it.

Here is the % of users (hash rates actually) coming from each pool. http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/
Sometimes it's showing as "other" pools when it fails the detection, as for example now -_-

Hey there Jade,

The names is currently listed with only "." in the name being between the account name and the worker name that slush's pool adds to create a full worker name. For example, my account name is Litt and worker name is A1, then my full worker shows in the account page so it looks like Litt.A1 There are no underscore or anything else involved in the name. I list all my workers according to the miner machine in alphabet then GPU in # so that when I go click on add new worker, I would only add A1, A2, and so on with a password. I hope this clears it up.

When I open the widget on the worker tab, I currently only have 5 pages. First 4 with full 5 on each page then the last 5th page with only 4 workers for the total of 24. They only show the worker part of the name such as A1, A2.. and list only the ones on the page one of the worker list on my account page on Slush's pool.

I hope that helps clear it up.

Thanks for your continued efforts. The widget is already quite awesome and I'm sure everyone from all the pools will want some support soon  :)

Hi Litt,

the "only show the worker part of name" thing is intented, but i cann put on the list to make it configurable.
The 24 worker things seems to be related to the way the data is delivered by the pool page. I only tested it
with local dummy workers, i think i have simply never seen what you have on your account page till now.
I am quite sure, that there is a nice solution. But for today, nothing will happen in terms of "coding".

Today is my birthday and i will try to get some sunbeams on my face :)

So please have a heart and wait a day.

Cheers,
Jade

Hi,

Cool idea, but I uninstalled it. 

#1)  Pointless to not show all workers on 1 page.  If I need to click through all the pages to see the status of my workers, I might as well go directly to deepbit.  Could also be some sort of sort option, deadminers on top.

#2)  The amount of cash/hashrate kept doubling randomly.  I don't mind having TWICE the cash but was getting annoying :P

Hi Jade,

the var item.sell coming from the call to the mtgox ticker API doesnt really seem to update as it should.   This data is somehow getting cached somewhere and only updating every severl hours..... any idea why?

Nevermind, I solved it like so:



EDIT:  And i see you also solved it in the latest version now.... i imagine by doing something similar :)  Stupid MS caching behavior...

Thanks for posting that fix
Now if I could only add the current duration time of slushes pool it would be perfict

Some are, but I am not so sure about the C# gadgets.  There may be associated assemblies with them.  There is a gadget [a quite nice one actually] for BTCMine that was written in C#.  Not being a gadget developer myself [although maybe I will give it a try since it is starting to look interesting], I cannot say the specifics for the sandbox (probably not quite a jail) environment that gadgets run in (if any which I think may be the case).  You have to trust the source of a gadget or take your chances.  This one however appears just fine :)

I would LOVE to see BTC Guild support as well.  I have been using BTC Guild and Deepbit most lately after BTCMine started having problems [and I likely won't use them anymore ... you can read why if you are curious].  However, like all pools, they are both having trouble right now, most likely to do with growth.  Slush has had similar growing pains in the past, but surprisingly is running a very stable pool right now.  So, depending on pool status, and personal preference at the time [i.e. pool size related to others and features], I may be using any one of these three pools.  It would be wonderful to have these thee pools represented well in one gadget.   The only alternative that I have seen doesn't really care much about any pool but deepbit and the useful stats from the other pools [i.e. worker stats] are missing. 

Will donate for BTCguild Support :-)

Hi Litt,

i have looked at the 24+ workers problem. It no bug, the gadget is just fine.
What happens is, that slush pool does simply sends info on 24 workers and then just makes a silly face.
So once the API of slush pool if fixed, your workers will show up :)

Greetings,
Jade

+1 8)

Thanks for looking into it so thoroughly and trying to get to the bottom even though it doesn't effect a majority of users. Hopefully Slush can make a change to his API to send all worker stats and info soon because I really love your layout of the widget. Its really intuitive.  :) Cheers and happy mining!

Seems the slush lastshare times are not correct
month is a month behind
I've corrected that and formated it as well in the gadget script js file

[edit]
NO MORE FREE ride
see above

I spent several hr getting this to work
if your inclined donate here
  1DUAojYzqfZZ448pf8DfkLyA7edoifBvjh

Jade,

can you please add support for the BitClockers (http://www.bitclockers.com) mining pool?

Thank you!

Sorry for beeing a little bit calm the last day!

But i am planning something nice for you (not related to the gadget),
that will take another day ...   ;)

After that i will gladly have a look at BitClockers.

Greetings,
Jade

I've spent too much time correcting this
I spent hr & hrs  getting this to work "RIGHT"
Here is a pic of what i got
and it keeps your api key

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655623/Untitled.png

donations don't work
If you want it send bit coin  here
  1DUAojYzqfZZ448pf8DfkLyA7edoifBvjh
then send me a message

I like being able to see all the miners in one glance so you can see what's down.

After looking into your file gadget.js, could you please fix this line of code?


to this:


Simply remove the "2" from Slush's address to properly gain JSON stats from his server.  Thanks for your good work Jade!

Yes my dear! This will happen this night (currently on the jump...)!
cya,
Jade

DONE!

see http://www.4shared.com/file/vb_dy1Ym/JadeBitcoinGadget.html (http://www.4shared.com/file/vb_dy1Ym/JadeBitcoinGadget.html)

Greetings,
Jade

day late & a dollar short
it's api.bitcoin.cz now

@Robert

He's using both addresses, and if you check out slushs API code, it does tell you to use mining.bitcoin.cz.  He actually has an SSL cert on there, and wants you to use https, but since he had to switch hosting companies (i believe it was hosting companies), the SSL cert hasn't been verified and is giving an error. 

WOW lots of great changes...only 2 bugs...

-sometimes the total hash rate is doubled
-estimated and unconfirmed colours are switched, estimated should be red and unconfirmed should be yellow, right now its the other way around.

other than that its perfect!

dua he's switching servers
which part don't you understand
when the switch is complete I don't think the old address will work for long

and NO calculated times ... just what slush reports
even checks if you wallet has changed
and all columns & data are spaced pretty

Heh, it has worked well up to this point, but today, it tells me at the top of the Gadget that I have a hash rate of 6 times (exactly) what my actual rate is, which is displayed in the lower section. :o

Guess Jade gave up

NOT ME

add country exchange rate to my version

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655623/New.png

donations don't work
If you want it send bit coin  here
  1DUAojYzqfZZ448pf8DfkLyA7edoifBvjh
then send me a message

any chance of getting a copu of this? is jist what i was looking for.

Look at the date on the thread you posted on. It hasn't been posted on in FIVE YEARS. This means that not only wont the gadget work any more since it won't be compatible, but the code is dead and unsupported. I'm locking this thread to prevent the same mistake happening again.