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

[roy7]

Needs the patch I posted above for the miner_last_difficulties.

@roy7: thanks a lot for the guide, I'll try this asap.

You added average time to find a share for each miner! I love that. I might need to move to your front end instead of the default extended.

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[mmouse]

You added average time to find a share for each miner!

Did a pull request at donSchoe/p2pool-vtc for it. I thought VTC could use a bit of an advantage with a nice & shiny p2pool 
Thanks again for the guide...

I might need to move to your front end instead of the default extended.

I found this frontend when searching for something more pretty than the original p2pool stats... I could push it to some repo also, but it needs a bit more cleanup. There is still a bug with non-active miners not being deleted from the list.

[zvs]

re: creating p2pools for alt currencies

normally I just set up a solo pool, but DOGE already had too much hashrate, so I used some p2pool network that I think had the identifier/prefixes set by rav3n?

i modify the 'punishing share' crap in my local copy so it doesn't automatically screw people over, but i suspect nobody else does this.  if a share is found locally during this non-punish time, then all the other clients will build off of this new share, as it'll be the longest chain (and it'll be based on a valid block and thus be a valid share... err.. unless some other block is found before another p2pool share)

95% of my orphans are caused by valid shares being orphaned due to new blocks being found, i suspect at least 10-15% of the total orphan/doa rate of the pool as a whole is caused by this

pls modify this for any future altcoin that has block times of 60-120s or less

ed: actually I just went ahead and made it a solo pool,  i think the lotto is more fun then getting valid shares orphaned over and over

[smoothrunnings]

Does P2Pool support Max-coin?

I am not sure what you use to mine it, if it's GPU or ASIC?

[roy7]

i modify the 'punishing share' crap in my local copy so it doesn't automatically screw people over, but i suspect nobody else does this.

What specifically do you change and why?

[Hunterbunter]

How does one get a public node on to the p2pool list? http://p2pool-nodes.info/

[rav3n_pl]

re: creating p2pools for alt currencies
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Ure right, removed it on my fork
https://github.com/Rav3nPL/p2pool-rav/commit/a19b69536f0e79869a863b6603459e1055441a1a
Will restart all my nodes one by one to make it happen.

[jedimstr]

How does one get a public node on to the p2pool list? http://p2pool-nodes.info/

Just keep your pool with open ports on 9333 and 9332 and make sure it gets both inbound and outbound connections.  Eventually it'll hit the list.  It may just take a day or so. Maybe two.

Mine is the one that says it's in Nutley NJ (it's actually not, but close enough).

[Mr. Jinx]

I'm running p2pool for a while now, but is there a known problem with memory usage?
My pool is running for days with the same hashrate, and max 20 peer connections.
The memory stays at 500MB, but suddenly it consumes more and more (4GB+) without more peers/hash/users.

Version: 13.4-16-g5ee3172-dirty running on Ubuntu in litecoin mode.

[Tegija]

How does one get a public node on to the p2pool list? http://p2pool-nodes.info/

Just keep your pool with open ports on 9333 and 9332 and make sure it gets both inbound and outbound connections.  Eventually it'll hit the list.  It may just take a day or so. Maybe two.

Mine is the one that says it's in Nutley NJ (it's actually not, but close enough).

my node is running already since some weeks and it is still not listed. so no automatic listings.

and same with listings in p2pools.org.

it would be nice to know how the nodes get listed on those sites.

[bitpop]

How does one get a public node on to the p2pool list? http://p2pool-nodes.info/

Just keep your pool with open ports on 9333 and 9332 and make sure it gets both inbound and outbound connections.  Eventually it'll hit the list.  It may just take a day or so. Maybe two.

Mine is the one that says it's in Nutley NJ (it's actually not, but close enough).

my node is running already since some weeks and it is still not listed. so no automatic listings.

It doesn't really matter

[roy7]

my node is running already since some weeks and it is still not listed. so no automatic listings.

and same with listings in p2pools.org.

it would be nice to know how the nodes get listed on those sites.

I believe the scanner is based on all of the addresses in data/coinname/addrs. You might try setting up a direct connection to the scanner's node with -n so it sees you for sure.

[jedimstr]

I know this has been mentioned in passing or requested here a few times, but I didn't see any direct request for this feature on GitHub's issues list.
So I threw one over the fence..

Feature Request - status of Merged Mining connections #177

Right now the only feedback we get is a single line in the running stdio display that shows "Got new merged mining work!". This doesn't tell us anything other than maybe at least one of the merged mining connections is working. So if we have Namecoin, Devcoin, IXCoin and IOCoin, how do we know one or more of those aren't working correctly other than hitting a block and seeing reward in the wallet? This can take a long time and won't help us diagnose any issues with connecting to any of the alt chains.

It would be great to have in the running log display, API, or web display some continuous data on whether any/all the merged mining connections are working and identify each connection, i.e. Namecoin, Devcoin, IXCoin, etc.

[PatMan]

I know this has been mentioned in passing or requested here a few times, but I didn't see any direct request for this feature on GitHub's issues list.
So I threw one over the fence..

Feature Request - status of Merged Mining connections #177

Right now the only feedback we get is a single line in the running stdio display that shows "Got new merged mining work!". This doesn't tell us anything other than maybe at least one of the merged mining connections is working. So if we have Namecoin, Devcoin, IXCoin and IOCoin, how do we know one or more of those aren't working correctly other than hitting a block and seeing reward in the wallet? This can take a long time and won't help us diagnose any issues with connecting to any of the alt chains.

It would be great to have in the running log display, API, or web display some continuous data on whether any/all the merged mining connections are working and identify each connection, i.e. Namecoin, Devcoin, IXCoin, etc.

That's a good idea - seconded. This year would be nice  

[Mr. Jinx]

I'm running p2pool for a while now, but is there a known problem with memory usage?
My pool is running for days with the same hashrate, and max 20 peer connections.
The memory stays at 500MB, but suddenly it consumes more and more (4GB+) without more peers/hash/users.

Version: 13.4-16-g5ee3172-dirty running on Ubuntu in litecoin mode.

Anyone?

[bdc2343]

I need help:

I've been mining on p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9566 all day and have not receive 1 coin.  How do i know what is coming to me from all my mining?  My receive address is KSUaEY417YSnv7PCzH7yTBcbwGa15AJP16

Thanks
bdc2343

Is there a way i can check the block-chain on my own and verify i have coins coming or if they are getting stolen?

[lenny_]

I need help:

I've been mining on p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9566 all day and have not receive 1 coin.  How do i know what is coming to me from all my mining?  My receive address is KSUaEY417YSnv7PCzH7yTBcbwGa15AJP16

Thanks
bdc2343

Is there a way i can check the block-chain on my own and verify i have coins coming or if they are getting stolen?

You did not mined all day long. Look at graph on node's website: http://p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9566/static/graphs.html?Day
You've been mining at ~410 Kh/s for 4 hours, then later same day at ~200 Kh/s for another 4 hours, and mining right now.   You need to be mining steadily for 24 hours minimum, before you can say anything like "my coins are getting stolen" (sick ).

[raskul]

i just joined, i'm thinking that i'll ramp up my miners and just then switch them off.
then i'll complain that I think all my coins have been stolen.

 

[cr1776]

I need help:

I've been mining on p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9566 all day and have not receive 1 coin.  How do i know what is coming to me from all my mining?  My receive address is KSUaEY417YSnv7PCzH7yTBcbwGa15AJP16

Thanks
bdc2343

Is there a way i can check the block-chain on my own and verify i have coins coming or if they are getting stolen?

If you look at these URLs and look for your address, you'll see your hash rate and coins to be paid when another block is found:

http://p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9566/static/
http://p2pool-us.gotgeeks.com:9566/static/graphs.html?Day

Once there is a payout, you should be able to use the "MEOW" block explorer (if there is one) to determine the number of coins credited.

[bdc2343]

So is it common for the p2p sites to only distribute coins once a day?   I just want to know (like you said 24 hours) how long i have to mine in order to receive coins?  How would i know this kind of info b4 i start mining on a p2p site?

Thanks for your answers (of course, I'm a newbie).  :-)

bdc2343