The bounty is now specifically for an OpenCL GPU miner.
Great! Thank you! |
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Dear friends!
Thanks to everyone who was involved in testing stratum poolserver! Test server found 5 blocks and was tested under hight load. Now we have working stratum pool server + miner. It's able to work with trustedshares option disabled , but if you want to safe your cpu resources - leave this enabled.
This is still not perfect, have a lot of TODOs(and i guess some bugs), we going to improve it with saving/loading scratchpad to file (local chache), uploading inital scratchpad from thirdparty storage (sourceforge or something else). Next version will be in next few days.
PS: We don't need hashrate on this server anymore, so you could disconnect your miners.
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I have cryptonote newbie questions:
A) How do you generate the payment ID? I am trying to automate point to point anon payment and it seems I need a payment ID to be generated by the receiver. Also, I am assuming that this payment ID is sensitive, eg. dont want to be broadcasting this for all to see as that could allow others to trace the payment. However, maybe cryptonote works such that it is OK to have the payment ID public? The answer to this determines my approach for auto anon payments
B) fake_outs_count 0 seems to offer no anonimity, but if I set it to a high value and there are no other addresses avaiable, then it seems the tx never goes out? So, if everybody is waiting for big fake_outs_count at first, it deadlocks. I just want to make sure I understand this. Are all addresses seen on the blockchain part of the fake_outs_count pool or is there some other factor that is needed for them to be used?
C) is the dust_policy something that can be changed per transaction, or is it hardcoded? I tried to set DEFAULT_FEE to 0 and DEFAULT_DUST_THRESHOLD to 1, but it still charges 1.0 for txfee and any fractional amount also gone. Not even sure where it goes to... My idea is to make a totally frictionless anon tx possible, so I want to have no txfee and no dusting, but not sure how to achieve this as dust_policy seems to override my settings.
James
1. Payment ID is generated by payments receiver and included into transaction as a prove that sender is really created this transaction. This is not the best solution, as i know this was made as workaround. I have ideas how to go without payment_id but sender need to communicate with receiver directly. r payment services. I read jl777's question differently: Is the payment ID in cleartext, or is it encrypted so that only the intended recipient can decode it? And if it's encrypted, I assume it's done in such a way that it does not enable linking of multiple transactions using the same payment ID? Oh, sorry. Payment id is just an array of 32 bytes binary data, randomly generated by receiver(i believe it randomly generated). It is encoded as hexstring to be shown(in exchage web interface) and than it decoded back into 32 bytes of binary data to be placed into transaction extra. In other words it's just an ID info placed into transaction |
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I have cryptonote newbie questions:
A) How do you generate the payment ID? I am trying to automate point to point anon payment and it seems I need a payment ID to be generated by the receiver. Also, I am assuming that this payment ID is sensitive, eg. dont want to be broadcasting this for all to see as that could allow others to trace the payment. However, maybe cryptonote works such that it is OK to have the payment ID public? The answer to this determines my approach for auto anon payments
B) fake_outs_count 0 seems to offer no anonimity, but if I set it to a high value and there are no other addresses avaiable, then it seems the tx never goes out? So, if everybody is waiting for big fake_outs_count at first, it deadlocks. I just want to make sure I understand this. Are all addresses seen on the blockchain part of the fake_outs_count pool or is there some other factor that is needed for them to be used?
C) is the dust_policy something that can be changed per transaction, or is it hardcoded? I tried to set DEFAULT_FEE to 0 and DEFAULT_DUST_THRESHOLD to 1, but it still charges 1.0 for txfee and any fractional amount also gone. Not even sure where it goes to... My idea is to make a totally frictionless anon tx possible, so I want to have no txfee and no dusting, but not sure how to achieve this as dust_policy seems to override my settings.
James
1. Payment ID is generated by payments receiver and included into transaction as a prove that sender is really created this transaction. This is not the best solution, as i know this was made as workaround. I have ideas how to go without payment_id but sender need to communicate with receiver directly. 2. I don't know what you mean here, cryptonote blockchain don't have user addresses in it. fake_outs_counter select amounts to be mixedin into ringsignature (output keys is used for this). 3. Fee can't be 0(network rule). Also, pools will not gonna mine transactions with low fee, and according to last commits will not even relay it. DEFAULT_DUST_THRESHOLD also can't be changed since it used in blockreward formula. Don't know how you gonna avoid "dusting"... i've removed dust from block reward, but dust will appear from exchanges or bbrdice, or any other payment services. |
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I got things compiling for Mac and Ubuntu, but windows is not working. Is 32 bit Win 7 supported?
No. 64 bit only. Any chance somebody can make the 32 bit build environment? I am not Windows guy and there are still a lot of 32 bit windows around for some reason. On the Mac .dmg and script to make .dmg I have some bad news. The contractor to do this says it will cost 155 EUR, so more like 500 BBR. I had bounty commitment of 200 BBR and I can add 100 BBR of my own, but that is still 200 BBR short. Hopefully we can get some other donator to make up the difference? James P.S. I will pay 100 BBR for 32 bit Win7 cmake files that work (assuming the code isnt dependent on 64bit mode) +200 BBR to the bounty as long as it's done in a way that can be carried forward simply and isn't just a one-time hack to get it working. (btc-mike, are you hosting that bounty? If so, to what address should I send some BBR?) Thanks! I am coordinating this mini-project The deliverable is for a .dmg file and the script that produces the .dmg file so that future versions can be made by anybody with Xcode James Edit: go ahead and send the BBR to btc-mike, I have no need to hold the funds I have vps host with macos, when script will be available i'll integrate it into project build system to get builded automatically. |
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P.S. I will pay 100 BBR for 32 bit Win7 cmake files that work (assuming the code isnt dependent on 64bit mode)
Even if we build 32bit version of BBR, i can't grant that this will work fine since there a lot of places that potentially buggy in 32bit. Another reason is that 4 GB will be not enought for normal work after say ... 2-3 months. As i know monero already had this problems. That's why i'm not going to support 32bit. But, probably i'll fix this issue after i close all critical tasks. But, if someone will build 32-bit, please, before announce - run coretests and unittests to ensure that currency core is not broken. |
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Yesterday i've changed pool ports, to leave old version of miners behind. Please update new to last version. Miner: https://github.com/cryptozoidberg/cpuminer-multi ./minerd -a wildkeccak -o stratum+tcp://162.243.210.156:7778 -u 1L1ZPC9XodC6g5BX8j8m3vcdkXPiZrVF7RcERWE879coQDWiztUbkkVZ86o43P27Udb3qxL4B41gbaGpvj3nS7DgFZauAZE -p x -P -D -t 4
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Everyone who is mining on testserver: please pull sources and recompile miner!
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I've increased timeout once again.
Scratchpad is receiving once on new connection and then during the mining transferring only diff.
In next version i'll add cache scratchpad into the file.
Try new version please.
Works  Any one that was mining, please restart. I stopped the pool to make same changes and learned the miners will not reconnect when pool restarts. Pool Ops - I will report to zoidberg. |
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Still donīt get full scratchpad. Why it is not possible to get the full scratchpat only one time, and for the next work, only the differences of the last scratchpad?
Otherwise it would produce a big traffic.
I've increased timeout once again. Scratchpad is receiving once on new connection and then during the mining transferring only diff. In next version i'll add cache scratchpad into the file. Try new version please. |
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Dear frineds! Good news!
I fixed bug with "Bad hash"/"Low difficulty share"/Banned miners, also little fix to make re-login and re-request job in case of any fail.
Current version of cpuminer seems to be working, i've turned my local pool to work with shareTrust=false and have not seen any broken shares for several hours. Hope this is final fix.
I would like to ask you (once again) to mine on test server with new cpuminer version.
!!!!!! Let's find a block !!!!!!!
Thant you!
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For this i get this error output . Donīt know if this related with slow connection.
Please, all who have had timeout issue on fetching scratchpad - pull and rebuild new cpuminer, attempt to fix.Rebuild and still get the same timeout issue. How fast now must be the connection? (how much xMB in xSeconds) Maybe i can play in code, change parameter and try that works, but i guess you must change it also on Pool-Software. For this i get this error output . Donīt know if this related with slow connection. ...
[2014-07-03 15:29:01] JSON decode failed(1): premature end of input
[2014-07-03 15:29:01] Getting full scratchpad received line
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It is. You need to fetch about 20MB in 60 seconds in current version. I'm working on hotfix for this issue right now. Yeah, maybe pool disconnects you, but i don't think so. Anyway, i've increased minerTimeout from 900 to 10000 seconds. Check this out. And post please log, i'm iterested in time difference between starting recv scratchpad and fail message. On your last logs i see one minute - it means that original 60 seconds timeout happend. [2014-07-03 15:28:01] Getting full scratchpad....
[2014-07-03 15:28:01] > {"method": "getfullscratchpad", "params": {"id": "321737723262049", "agent": "cpuminer-multi/0.1"}, "id": 1}
[2014-07-03 15:29:01] < {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":null,"result":{"status":"OK","hi":{"block_id":"2e051a359...
[2014-07-03 15:29:01] JSON decode failed(1): premature end of input
With last code it should be 120 seconds, if it is - i'll change code a little once again. |
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I have a problem compiling from the github repository version on Linux.
gcc 4.8.1, cmake 2.8.7 and libboost-all-dev 1.55
Everyone who have this issue: to solve this you need to build boost instead of loading prebuild libraries. an alternative fix is to link against the dynamic boost libraries by default instead of the static ones. This can be done by changing the top level CMakeLists.txt file and moving the line setting the static boost linking flag into the if (STATIC) conditional block. Christian Thank you, pushed fix. |
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I have a problem compiling from the github repository version on Linux. gcc 4.8.1, cmake 2.8.7 and libboost-all-dev 1.55 Linking CXX executable connectivity_tool
`.text._ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_9gregorian9bad_monthEED2Ev' referenced in section `.text._ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_9gregorian9bad_monthEED1Ev[_ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_9gregorian9bad_monthEED1Ev]' of /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_date_time.a(greg_month.o): defined in discarded section `.text._ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_9gregorian9bad_monthEED2Ev[_ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_9gregorian9bad_monthEED5Ev]' of /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_date_time.a(greg_month.o)
Can anyone help? Everyone who have this issue: to solve this you need to build boost instead of loading prebuild libraries. Building boost is very easy: cd boost_1_55_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2
And then building bbr: BOOST_INCLUDEDIR=path/to/boost_1_55_0
export BOOST_INCLUDEDIR
cd boolberry
make -j |
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I'm trying to learn how to mine Boolberry but I feel that I may be too late to the party... A party where everyone is already drunk on coins, living the life, and already planning the next party; Then, some new sober guy shows up asking for instructions on "how can I have fun"?
I've brought the party goods! I'm ready for Boolberry!
 Hey! Bro! Get in! If you have a lot of CPUs you can do solomining: http://boolberry.com/howto.html#daemonIf not - try to use any of pools listed on topic first page. Pool mining command looks like this: ./simpleminer --pool-addr bbr.extremepool.org:5555 --login "your address" --pass x --mining-threads N simpleminer - is a part of project, you can build it or download last binaries. At this moment we testing new miner, based on cpuminer-multi, i guess it going to be little faster. |
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Yeah, if you want to get working code in current network, just use BBR genesis, and leave checkpoints. Be accurate of taking things from cryptonote, we have a lot of different points. And, since you are going to be in bbr betwork you can't change donations address - this addresses is a part of global network rules. I reverted and made only changes to ports, name, nothing at all with block structures
maybe I goofed up the genesis block?
Yeah, if you going to launch your own network, based on bbr code, you have to regenerate genesis block, remove all checkpoins, change name, change donations addresses (or not ) and change address string prefix. I am not doing this for a new network, just want to get cryptonote tech into my NXTprivacy architecture. I did all that you say, but didnt remove the checkpoints. Is it safe to just remove the checkpoints? I want to make you the donation address instead of cryptonote! Will the same address work? it seems same passphrase makes different addresses each time James P.S. I think I know what I did wrong, I used the cryptonote method for genesis calc, but yours has much longer strings. I will try again |
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I reverted and made only changes to ports, name, nothing at all with block structures
maybe I goofed up the genesis block?
Yeah, if you going to launch your own network, based on bbr code, you have to regenerate genesis block, remove all checkpoins, change name, change donations addresses (or not ) and change address string prefix. |
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For this i get this error output . Donīt know if this related with slow connection.
Please, all who have had timeout issue on fetching scratchpad - pull and rebuild new cpuminer, attempt to fix.It is working , but it submits bad hashes for some reason. are you getting something like: EXPECTED HASH: <0d6f94ae7e565c6d90ee0087d2feaad4617cd3038c4f8853f26756a6b6d535f3>, FETCHED HASH: <04b76e2ca443ae88039e4dfa869bff73b22dd210e203d18d4c81d90f51661cbd> This is checkpoins fail message. Where did you get this ? it is in my experimental version. BBR source base is much better than other cryptonote baseline, but if I make any changes to config it seems that it gets hash mismatches somehow. Unless there is a way to be able to fix this I will have to use the cryptonote baseline James If you broke id-hash you better to make step back and find where did you broke this. BBR have different block header structure. And also other different tx extra structure, keep it in mind. |
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For this i get this error output . Donīt know if this related with slow connection.
Please, all who have had timeout issue on fetching scratchpad - pull and rebuild new cpuminer, attempt to fix.It is working , but it submits bad hashes for some reason. are you getting something like: EXPECTED HASH: <0d6f94ae7e565c6d90ee0087d2feaad4617cd3038c4f8853f26756a6b6d535f3>, FETCHED HASH: <04b76e2ca443ae88039e4dfa869bff73b22dd210e203d18d4c81d90f51661cbd> This is checkpoins fail message. Where did you get this ? |
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Seems like I've got around 4000bbr I am unable to spend...
Don't panic, i'll help you to fix it. |
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