Yup, it's standard behavior for pools that SPV mine I'm afraid, not just f2pool 

P2pool has been updated:

https://github.com/p2pool/p2pool

I see forrestv has created a new v15 tag in the repo too - maybe some more updates on the way?

Thanks forrestv  

Edit: Hmmm....since updating my system has locked up twice in 30 minutes. I'm not sure yet what the problem is until I get a chance to check the logs.......

Thanks to this thread, the mining community now knows that if your pool get's dos'd you will redirect your domain at a different pool, thus dos'ing that pool.

Hardly a pointless thread, is it?

I deliberately held off replying to his post as I not only didn't know if he was a miner or not, but also in the hope that someone who is more knowledgeable than me in the field would chime in.....and you did - thank you 

I'm not aware of any p2pool node ever being dos'd. There seems to be something wrong with your setup though - over 4 seconds is rather high - try limiting your connections to 12-14 instead - that should help.

Use your WLC wallet address.

Yeah, I just noticed that - bummer. Still, at least we know that it wasn't done deliberately - unlike certain other pools I could mention......

IP addresses are in the public domain, view-able by anyone - you can't "leak" something that is already public knowledge.

Threatening to divert any ddos attack to a different pool is completely & utterly wrong. It's immoral & disgraceful, you should be ashamed of yourselves - or is this a common tactic employed by SPV mining pools?

This is what happens when a pool that contributes nothing to the Bitcoin network gets too big, they resort to playground bully boy tactics & statements in the false belief that they are somehow invincible & can do as they please. If I were a pool operator I would have no problem banning IP addresses from all SPV mining pools from connecting to my node & encourage every other pool or wallet owner that cares about the Bitcoin ecosystem to do the same.

Thank you kano for helping to bring this to everyone's attention, the more people who realize the harm these large SPV mining pools do to the network - & the lengths that they will go to to damage any other pool that questions them - the better, safer & healthier the network will become.

Edit: Deleting posts from your own thread regarding this won't help either.

Another BLOCK 

Two blocks in 24 hours - nice - & both with less than 1 Ph.....not bad at all.

First payment received 

Nice to see this coin running so smoothly. Good work dev.

So, is that an official f2pool stance - blacklisting any pool that actually contributes to the Bitcoin network?  

To make it easier, why don't you just make a whitelist of pools that SPV mine & use only them instead of leaching off every pool/node that cares & contributes towards the network? That way, you'd be doing us all a favor.

Yeah, I use rav's fork for other coins now & then. I meant an actual p2pool coin that not only helps promote p2pool, but also has the capability to reserve some much needed funds for future development/problem solving. Sort of killing 2 birds with 1 stone, so to speak - promotion + funding......

Thanks for the donation - very kind of you 

Yup, these baron periods are a killer, but every pool suffers from them. A few quick blocks will have everyone smiling again 

I was thinking, maybe an altcoin tuned for p2pool (P2Pcoin?) would help promote p2pool? There are some very good clients that could be forked & tuned for best results with p2pool, but I particularly like the WLC client with it's demurrage features - maybe this could be changed slightly into creating a "pot" for future development as well as used for donations to forrestv?

Just a thought......

You should have made this known from the beginning in the OP. By not doing so, it gives the impression that you were trying to hide this fact. Over 50% is a crazy amount of premine - nobody will adopt this coin now, & I have stopped mining it.

This was one of the rare coins that actually had promise, but by not being transparent from the beginning, you have killed your own coin.

Disappointed 

I'm pleasantly surprised he replied so quickly 

However, as kano says, it does sound a lot like antpool v2 - & he doesn't go into much detail at all.

Maybe I'm being too skeptical, but we've all been lied to before, so I'm not going to get all excited until I see a more open & detailed analysis from 21 Inc.

All good PR for p2pool though, so that's good 

BLOCK!!  

Bugger me. That was a marathon.

I just tried to register, but am still being asked to send my passport scan via email?

Edit: Wait, just got a second email - no scan required & all went smooth. Nice 

LOL....Reddit users quite often need things spelling out for them - they're not the sharpest tools in the shed 

Nice post there though windpath, well done. Like you say, don't hold your breath for a reply though 

What was the problem in the end?

I did indeed, it's very good but it's not on a 611 domain? It describes the basics well, but there are a lot more functions available that the guide doesn't go into. A write-up & description of each tab & it's various functions would be great.