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This is a bit off topic, and is probably something major that I should know, but why does p2pool use such high share difficulties?
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Please stop spreading FUD  P2pool is open source and there is nothing suspect in the code. Do you know what variability and luck is? Nobody suggested anything suspect in it, just that something may still be wrong. I have to agree. I'm no statistician, and maybe it would be worth having someone better versed in statistical analysis to pipe in, but if that one line is indeed a projection of what should be expected, and the other line, what we're actually getting, with variance added, we should expect those lines to cross and re-cross in several different places and continue to do so in the future. The actual results line, when smoothed out, should be pretty close to the projections, but it is spending too much time below the projection, which would imply an issue somewhere with the actual results we're getting. One thing the graphs do not suggest, which is correct? Is the actual results line reflecting something wrong, and the projection is correct, or is the actual results line correct, and there is something wrong with the calculation for the projection? Is it possible to make similar graphs for other operating pools as well to compare against? Nobody is suggesting that there is something hinky going on with the code, but just by looking at the statistics, after this long a run so far, that as long as this pattern continues, there is the increasing likelihood, of something not operating quite right somewhere. It could just be the projection calculation too, who knows, but it begs looking into. -- Smoov I like the direction he's going. Maybe it's not a pool issue (maybe it is), but it could just be an issue with the graphs projecting incorrect values. Afterall, p2pool.info is an estimate of hashing speeds and such. It's using the estimated speed (based upon shares) to determine the overall speed of the pool and from there calculating the projected block time. I don't know if you have seen your miner's speeds according to p2pool.info, but my miner is 200mhash/sec faster than my cards are actually mining. |
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Just my fucking luck...  My dedicated miner runs for 10 days straight without issue, and on the day that p2pool finds a billion blocks, I come back to a rig that won't give video. Restart and everything is fine and dandy again. WTF is that?!?! It's like every 10-12 days this shit happens and on the day p2pool has good luck, my share count is 1/6 what it typically is. |
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But then you can have the larger (say 5ghash/sec +) miners use a > 300 share difficulty so the smaller miners can remain semi-profitable and use a lower difficulty. Since the larger miners have "lower" variance as-is, a slightly higher share difficulty will have little to no impact on their payouts, but greatly help the smaller guys.
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Not to mention people are staying with p2pool because they are lazy... (this guy). All jokes aside, it's easy to stay with the familiar.  |
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and you think it was the blockchain taking up the space?
-- Smoov
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... But my serious response is yes. I didn't change any programs but I stopped running bitcoin-qt (because I was keeping track of my payments). And now I coicidentally have an extra 15GB of space. And now bitcoin won't open back up on this computer because there is not enough space available in the C:\users\appdata\roaming\bitcoin folder for the blockchain data. admittedly, there was a little sarcasm there, but not much. it doesn't necessarily mean the blockchain is that big tho. there could be other temporary work files that get created while it is running, and you may have more than one copy of the blockchain while it runs so you always have a safe copy. unless you're checking filenames and their associated file sizes at the time the program is running, and again when it isn't running, you don't have enough info to know it is the blockchain. -- Smoov That's true. I was incorrect in my first statement that it was the blockchain which takes up that space, and should have realized it was simply bitcoin-related files. |
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In my dedicated miner, I have 4 gb of ram, and an 80gb HDD. There were 15 gb free on my partiton and neither bitcoin-qt nor bitcoind would run. Bitcoind at least gave me an error so I could know what was up... The error read "not enough space." I believe that when you have bitcoind actively running, it consumes much more space than when just checking the folder size. I was running bitcoin-qt on my main rig (separate from my miner) and was filling my SSD. I stopped running and now have ~ 15gb free.
and you think it was the blockchain taking up the space? -- Smoov I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... But my serious response is yes. I didn't change any programs but I stopped running bitcoin-qt (because I was keeping track of my payments). And now I coicidentally have an extra 15GB of space. And now bitcoin won't open back up on this computer because there is not enough space available in the C:\users\appdata\roaming\bitcoin folder for the blockchain data. |
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In my dedicated miner, I have 4 gb of ram, and an 80gb HDD. There were 15 gb free on my partiton and neither bitcoin-qt nor bitcoind would run. Bitcoind at least gave me an error so I could know what was up... The error read "not enough space." I believe that when you have bitcoind actively running, it consumes much more space than when just checking the folder size. I was running bitcoin-qt on my main rig (separate from my miner) and was filling my SSD. I stopped running and now have ~ 15gb free.
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The freakin' block index is now > 15GB when bitcoind is running. This is getting to be insane...
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Had a storm last night and the damn power went out. Problem is I can't get to the rig and get it going again until 8pm my time (9:35 now).
This happend to me too once. Now I'm running vpn on router and I enabled Wake-On-LAN on rigs, so I'm prepared next time. That's not a bad idea. I have have two psu's running my rig (on is piggy-backed on for 2 of the gpu's), so it wouldn't work for me.  |
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Had a storm last night and the damn power went out. Problem is I can't get to the rig and get it going again until 8pm my time (9:35 now).
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I have the game already. The idea was to get a Steam copy (more mobile) and as a bonus, grab the genuine's. Thanks for your time.
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It can take 24+ hours with the same IP to get any incoming connections.
alright i'll just let it do it's thing and see what happens you are already below pool levels
averaged over the last hour i have 10.4% dead vs the pool with 6.3% dead. not a major difference but seems the pool on average is doing a bit better? The pool usually gives a range, last I checked it was like 3-12%. You should be fine. |
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Alright, no thanks then. No use in paying for items I am going to turn around and sell...
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Dando, still looking for the pre-order version of Deus Ex: HR, so let me know if you come across one. |
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I believe most, if not all, his equipment is spoken for already
It sure is nice when people update their threads. |
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Boy, does this luck ever suck ....
yes, what a wonderful introduction to mining started on the 4th and not doing so well. thought i was doing something wrong till i saw the stats on p2pool.info It can be discouraging, but keep on keepin' on. Our luck right before this low spot was pretty damn good.... in fact, I probably jynxed us. |
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If you hit up Google for "TF2 spreadsheet," there are multiple websites that give a value to the items. Ps. If you can't find a buyer, I'd love to take them off your hands. |
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I've updated v0.10.3,run it and shows errors:
p2pool.util.jsonrpc.error:-12 error:keypool ran out,please call keypoolrefill first
error getting payout address from bitcoind:
traceback (most recent call last):
My bitcoin-qt is v0.6.0.6 and os is win7 x64
What is the matter?
Did you restart your computer when you updated? You might just have to wait long enough for bitcoin to synchronize the block chain. |
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Not bad. Unfortunately, I don't see too much value in the whole backpack.  |
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