[1500 TH] p2pool: Decentralized, DoS-resistant, Hop-Proof pool

[btharper]

but all other pools are working with bfl singles?

P2Pool generates a sharechain block every 10 seconds (on average) where the bitcoin blockchain only makes one block every 10 minutes (again, average).

The BFL single takes ~5 seconds to report back the work it computes.
On the full blockchain, or on work from pools this isn't a big deal since a share from five seconds ago is likely to be valid.
On P2Pool because of the lower block generation time a share from 5 seconds ago may or may not be valid, hence the high rejection rate (usually DOA iirc).

So to fix the problem BFL has to reprogram the singles to report back faster like GPUs or other FPGA units do, or P2Pool has to hardfork and use a longer time between blocks. Neither are particularly useful suggestions as changing P2pool for one manufacturer's mistakes is a lot of work for no reason, and a bad precedent; while getting BFL to update their firmware for an obsolete product is a waste of resources.

[K1773R]

@forrestv:
could you implement a way to print more details for such messages:

Code:

Merged block submittal result: True

something like this:

Merged block submittal for pool <POOLURL> result: True

[aTg]

Pool rate: 330GH/s (21% stale) Share difficulty: 577
Node uptime: 0.376 days Peers: 6 out, 1 in
Local rate: 39.1GH/s (62% DOA) Expected time to share: 0.0177 hours
Shares: 501 total (76 orphaned, 157 dead) Efficiency: 67.76%

I'm on version 9.3, which is going on?

[Rogue Star]

Pool rate: 330GH/s (21% stale) Share difficulty: 577
Node uptime: 0.376 days Peers: 6 out, 1 in
Local rate: 39.1GH/s (62% DOA) Expected time to share: 0.0177 hours
Shares: 501 total (76 orphaned, 157 dead) Efficiency: 67.76%

I'm on version 9.3, which is going on?

Have you tried restarting your miner(s)? I find it helps to restart after an upgrade.

[rav3n_pl]

Pool rate: 330GH/s (21% stale) Share difficulty: 577
Node uptime: 0.376 days Peers: 6 out, 1 in
Local rate: 39.1GH/s (62% DOA) Expected time to share: 0.0177 hours
Shares: 501 total (76 orphaned, 157 dead) Efficiency: 67.76%

I'm on version 9.3, which is going on?

Huge DOA rate indicates bad miner config or some issues/lags on connection.
See graphs on your node, maybe you see something.

[Aseras]

9.2 still gives me 100% orphan rate.  9.3 appears to be working ok, although 2 stales/doa right off the bat.

[aTg]

Not solved by restarting the workers, only reaches the pool little more than 50% of my power. And if in the version 9.3.

[Aseras]

Not solved by restarting the workers, only reaches the pool little more than 50% of my power. And if in the version 9.3.

Check bitcoind/qt process usage. If its over 40% drop the process priority to below normal.

[btctalk]

on my setup everything seems to be going fine on the miner's end but local hash rate shows weird behaviour like sometimes its 0 and sometimes it's twice what it supposed to be...

Code:

Version: 9.3
Pool rate: 359GH/s (20% stale) Share difficulty: 643
Node uptime: 0.037 days Peers: 6 out, 0 in
Local rate: 21.5MH/s (0.0% DOA) Expected time to share: 35.7 hours
Shares: 0 total (0 orphaned, 0 dead) Efficiency: ???

I think it could be related to this, i get this once in a while in the output:

Code:

2012-12-04 13:39:12.779581 P2Pool: 17318 shares in chain (8906 verified/17322 total) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2012-12-04 13:39:12.779671  Local: 14316kH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~0.0% (0-66%) Expected time to share: 2.2 days
2012-12-04 13:39:12.779709  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: ??? Efficiency: ??? Current payout: 0.0000 BTC
2012-12-04 13:39:12.779749  Pool: 351GH/s Stale rate: 19.5% Expected time to block: 11.7 hours
2012-12-04 13:39:26.673891 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.999985 Share difficulty: 644.631003 Total block value: 25.409100 BTC including 508 transactions
2012-12-04 13:39:27.805831 P2Pool: 17319 shares in chain (8907 verified/17323 total) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2012-12-04 13:39:27.805917  Local: 14316kH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~0.0% (0-66%) Expected time to share: 2.2 days
2012-12-04 13:39:27.805954  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: ??? Efficiency: ??? Current payout: 0.0000 BTC
2012-12-04 13:39:27.806018  Pool: 351GH/s Stale rate: 19.6% Expected time to block: 11.7 hours
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809477 > Traceback (most recent call last):
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809570 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 371, in _runCallbacks
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809611 >     self.result = callback(self.result, *args, **kw)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809648 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 879, in gotResult
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809685 >     _inlineCallbacks(r, g, deferred)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809720 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 821, in _inlineCallbacks
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809758 >     result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809794 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 338, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809833 >     return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809868 > --- <exception caught here> ---
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809902 >   File "/home/shayan/Downloads/p2pool/p2pool/util/deferral.py", line 41, in f
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809938 >     result = yield func(*args, **kwargs)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809973 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 821, in _inlineCallbacks
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810036 >     result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810073 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 338, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810109 >     return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810145 >   File "/home/shayan/Downloads/p2pool/p2pool/util/jsonrpc.py", line 71, in callRemote
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810218 >     raise Error_for_code(resp['error']['code'])(resp['error']['message'], resp['error'].get('data', None))
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810259 > p2pool.util.jsonrpc.NarrowError: -32601 Method not found
2012-12-04 13:39:37.247657 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.999985 Share difficulty: 650.315749 Total block value: 25.411100 BTC including 510 transactions

could it be because I'm using merged minings with litecoin? litecoin pool is working fine, there's no problem with anything. just thought it could be related (no idea how )

[Red Emerald]

on my setup everything seems to be going fine on the miner's end but local hash rate shows weird behaviour like sometimes its 0 and sometimes it's twice what it supposed to be...

Code:

Version: 9.3
Pool rate: 359GH/s (20% stale) Share difficulty: 643
Node uptime: 0.037 days Peers: 6 out, 0 in
Local rate: 21.5MH/s (0.0% DOA) Expected time to share: 35.7 hours
Shares: 0 total (0 orphaned, 0 dead) Efficiency: ???

I think it could be related to this, i get this once in a while in the output:

Code:

2012-12-04 13:39:12.779581 P2Pool: 17318 shares in chain (8906 verified/17322 total) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2012-12-04 13:39:12.779671  Local: 14316kH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~0.0% (0-66%) Expected time to share: 2.2 days
2012-12-04 13:39:12.779709  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: ??? Efficiency: ??? Current payout: 0.0000 BTC
2012-12-04 13:39:12.779749  Pool: 351GH/s Stale rate: 19.5% Expected time to block: 11.7 hours
2012-12-04 13:39:26.673891 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.999985 Share difficulty: 644.631003 Total block value: 25.409100 BTC including 508 transactions
2012-12-04 13:39:27.805831 P2Pool: 17319 shares in chain (8907 verified/17323 total) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2012-12-04 13:39:27.805917  Local: 14316kH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~0.0% (0-66%) Expected time to share: 2.2 days
2012-12-04 13:39:27.805954  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: ??? Efficiency: ??? Current payout: 0.0000 BTC
2012-12-04 13:39:27.806018  Pool: 351GH/s Stale rate: 19.6% Expected time to block: 11.7 hours
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809477 > Traceback (most recent call last):
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809570 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 371, in _runCallbacks
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809611 >     self.result = callback(self.result, *args, **kw)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809648 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 879, in gotResult
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809685 >     _inlineCallbacks(r, g, deferred)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809720 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 821, in _inlineCallbacks
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809758 >     result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809794 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 338, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809833 >     return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809868 > --- <exception caught here> ---
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809902 >   File "/home/shayan/Downloads/p2pool/p2pool/util/deferral.py", line 41, in f
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809938 >     result = yield func(*args, **kwargs)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.809973 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 821, in _inlineCallbacks
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810036 >     result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810073 >   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 338, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810109 >     return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810145 >   File "/home/shayan/Downloads/p2pool/p2pool/util/jsonrpc.py", line 71, in callRemote
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810218 >     raise Error_for_code(resp['error']['code'])(resp['error']['message'], resp['error'].get('data', None))
2012-12-04 13:39:28.810259 > p2pool.util.jsonrpc.NarrowError: -32601 Method not found
2012-12-04 13:39:37.247657 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.999985 Share difficulty: 650.315749 Total block value: 25.411100 BTC including 510 transactions

could it be because I'm using merged minings with litecoin? litecoin pool is working fine, there's no problem with anything. just thought it could be related (no idea how )

You can't merge mine bitcoin and litecoin.  That doesn't work.

[btctalk]

You can't merge mine bitcoin and litecoin.  That doesn't work.

So how is it possible to have a mining pool that supports LTC and BTC mining? it should be, on different ports

[Aseras]

you can "merge mine" bitcoins and tell it to submit to litecoin but litecoin will reject every block, probably one every few seconds, you are probably hammering the crap out of your computer trying that.

You have to mine one of the other, they are incompatible.

you run separate instances on different ports, and you can only mine on one or the other with the same worker.

You can have the same gpu or whatever split and mine half on litecoin and half btc, but since btc needs high hashrate and low mem speed, and litecoin needs low rate and high mem speed it's not really feasible.

[Red Emerald]

You can't merge mine bitcoin and litecoin.  That doesn't work.

So how is it possible to have a mining pool that supports LTC and BTC mining? it should be, on different ports

Run p2pool twice with different settings.

You will have one pool for BTC and one pool for LTC.  Not one pool with ports for both.

[btctalk]

You can't merge mine bitcoin and litecoin.  That doesn't work.

So how is it possible to have a mining pool that supports LTC and BTC mining? it should be, on different ports

Run p2pool twice with different settings.

You will have one pool for BTC and one pool for LTC.  Not one pool with ports for both.

Thanks, yeah I end up doing so, I was just waiting for some results to see if it's working alright or not
but still I'm getting the ups and downs in local BTC Hash rate...

[mdude77]

You can't merge mine bitcoin and litecoin.  That doesn't work.

So how is it possible to have a mining pool that supports LTC and BTC mining? it should be, on different ports

Run p2pool twice with different settings.

You will have one pool for BTC and one pool for LTC.  Not one pool with ports for both.

Thanks, yeah I end up doing so, I was just waiting for some results to see if it's working alright or not
but still I'm getting the ups and downs in local BTC Hash rate...

For some reasons there are always ups and downs in the hash rate.  If you look at the global rate, it seems to follow a sine curve.  I've seen it locally on p2pool, and on every pool I've used.  Maybe some day I'll understand why.

M

[Aseras]

use the webpage

127.0.0.1:9332  and go to graphs. it should even out over time.

[btctalk]

thanks all

[BkkCoins]

I'm just trying out p2pool for first time.

I'm getting a lot of these:

Traceback (most recent call last):
Failure: twisted.python.failure.DefaultException: sharereply result: too long

Is that normal or is something wrong?

In cgminer it always say the pool is dead. But I'm entering apparently correct values.

netstat -lntp shows it's listening on 0.0.0.0 not 127.0.0.1

[tiberiandusk]

I'm just trying out p2pool for first time.

I'm getting a lot of these:

Traceback (most recent call last):
Failure: twisted.python.failure.DefaultException: sharereply result: too long

Is that normal or is something wrong?

In cgminer it always say the pool is dead. But I'm entering apparently correct values.

netstat -lntp shows it's listening on 0.0.0.0 not 127.0.0.1

9.3 fixed this problem. Scroll up.

[BkkCoins]

I'm just trying out p2pool for first time.

I'm getting a lot of these:

Traceback (most recent call last):
Failure: twisted.python.failure.DefaultException: sharereply result: too long

Is that normal or is something wrong?

In cgminer it always say the pool is dead. But I'm entering apparently correct values.

netstat -lntp shows it's listening on 0.0.0.0 not 127.0.0.1

9.3 fixed this problem. Scroll up.

Ah. Ok. I didn't read back much. I'll d/l and try 9.3 then. Thx.

edit: Done. That error is gone. But the pool still shows as Dead in cgminer.

Using,
host: http://127.0.0.1:9332
user: 15...address
pwd: xxx

It should work as the stats/graph interface shows up on 127.0.0.1:9332

edit2:
Or does it just always take a while after starting p2pool for it to be alive? I see it now shows up as alive in cgminer after about 10 minutes or so.

Now I'm getting this:

Code:

[2012-12-05 12:54:22] Rejected e26cbf8f.5ca9c8b1 GPU 0 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:54:29] Accepted 70721a13.01ba3366 GPU 1 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:54:34] LONGPOLL from pool 3 requested work restart
 [2012-12-05 12:54:40] Accepted 5634174c.7bfe87fc GPU 0 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:54:42] Accepted 80dff53a.bf5d8415 GPU 0 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:54:46] LONGPOLL from pool 3 requested work restart
 [2012-12-05 12:54:51] Accepted b2d828ba.45538286 GPU 1 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:54:54] LONGPOLL from pool 3 requested work restart
 [2012-12-05 12:54:57] Accepted efb1033b.86eb6754 GPU 0 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:54:59] Accepted ec5af0bc.ca0a720d GPU 1 pool 3
 [2012-12-05 12:55:05] LONGPOLL from pool 3 requested work restart
 [2012-12-05 12:55:05] Accepted bb40cf3f.b7e293bc GPU 2 pool 3

Normal for so many LP restarts? I'm probably getting quite high latencies due to my location. Maybe it's not worth me using p2pool with high latency? Just wondering.