bitHopper: Python Pool Hopper Proxy

[cirz8]

Ok, first time coding(not really, I'm a cut/paste master) python 
Seems to work, someone with knowledge please verify logic 

Code:

--- website.py.orig     2011-08-07 14:53:03.106954661 +0200
+++ website.py.new      2011-08-07 15:21:38.006454500 +0200
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class dynamicSite(resource.Resource):
                 application_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
           index = parser.read(os.path.join(application_path, index_name))
         except:
-          index = index_name
+          index = os.path.join(application_path, index_name)
         file = open(index, 'r')
         linestring = file.read()
         file.close

[ewibit]

cgminer has a really cool way to change pools while mining so I switched manually to bitclocker. It gives me few connection errors here an there but shares are submitted and I get new work.

ok now I have done it like you and manually switched in cgminer to pool and I have lower Reject ratio

Code:

Pool: http://pool.bitclockers.com:8332/
 Queued work requests: 220
 Share submissions: 212
 Accepted shares: 208
 Rejected shares: 4
 Reject ratio: 1.9
 Efficiency (accepted / queued): 95%
 Discarded work due to new blocks: 1
 Stale submissions discarded due to new blocks: 17
 Unable to get work from server occasions: 0
 Submitting work remotely delay occasions: 16

[MaGNeT]

There's not much to hop right now  

That gave me the time to put bitHopper on each of my 3 rigs.
Now I can experiment with it a bit more and would be a problem with one rig, the others are still hopping

[muyoso]

Regarding the bitclocker issues: I don't think they slow down or disturb hoppers connections. Their server is just totally overloaded or in any other way can't handle things.

is this the reason too that I have <= 3% rejected and bithopper always disconnects from bitclocker?

Yep, that is the reason it always disconnects from bitclockers. Right now they appear to be completely down to me.

Then why does cherrypicker hop them flawlessly with .4% stales?  Its obviously an issue with the way bithopper works.

[MaGNeT]

When bitHopper is mining on a pool and there is a problem, why does it hop to the backup pool while there's another pool available?
I'm using altslice.

[burp]

By the way: kiwipool has an API now https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/api

[MaGNeT]

Experimented a bit with "mine" and "mine_slush" setting for Slush pool:

setting: "mine"  -         7197    2011-08-07 13:55:57    0:28:23    756490    0.03079831    139980    99 confirmations left
setting: "mine"  -         7173    2011-08-06 17:54:24    0:36:02    973207    0.07741029    139872    confirmed
setting: "mine"  -         7172    2011-08-06 17:18:22    0:29:47    800452    0.07217588    139869    confirmed

setting "mine_slush" -   7193    2011-08-07 08:58:18    0:39:06    1027781    0.00533275    139950    69 confirmations left
setting "mine_slush" -   7189    2011-08-07 07:59:48    0:29:45    791033    0.00554819    139938    57 confirmations left
setting "mine_slush" -   7181    2011-08-07 03:21:55    0:32:52    856621    0.00898394    139919    38 confirmations left

If I see those scores after testing, why use "mine_slush"  

Detail: I always have 1 card @ 120Mhash/s pointed to the same worker @ Slush.

[MaGNeT]

By the way: kiwipool has an API now https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/api

Nice!
Now, how can we make it hop ready?

[creativex]

When bitHopper is mining on a pool and there is a problem, why does it hop to the backup pool while there's another pool available?
I'm using altslice.

If you have a slice assigned to a pool and the pool gets disabled your slicer gets "trapped" and switches to backup when all other slices are emptied. Switching the offending pool to disable or info briefly and then back on releases the trapped slices. We need a way to free those slices without user intervention when slices are assigned to a pool that goes down.

[MaGNeT]

When bitHopper is mining on a pool and there is a problem, why does it hop to the backup pool while there's another pool available?
I'm using altslice.

If you have a slice assigned to a pool and the pool gets disabled your slicer gets "trapped" and switches to backup when all other slices are emptied. Switching the offending pool to disable or info briefly and then back on releases the trapped slices. We need a way to free those slices without user intervention when slices are assigned to a pool that goes down.

Yeah, you're right. I don't like to babysit all the time 

[cirz8]

If you have a slice assigned to a pool and the pool gets disabled your slicer gets "trapped" and switches to backup when all other slices are emptied. Switching the offending pool to disable or info briefly and then back on releases the trapped slices. We need a way to free those slices without user intervention when slices are assigned to a pool that goes down.

Nice find.
Fix should be a priority

[EskimoBob]

If you have a slice assigned to a pool and the pool gets disabled your slicer gets "trapped" and switches to backup when all other slices are emptied. Switching the offending pool to disable or info briefly and then back on releases the trapped slices. We need a way to free those slices without user intervention when slices are assigned to a pool that goes down.

Nice find.
Fix should be a priority

Fixing the overactive and hyper switching is probably going to eliminate this problem too. I almost sure that 96% of those "SERVER DOWN! SWITCH NOW!" bitHopper panic attacks are false.  Did any of you test cirz8 simple fix (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=26866.msg437231#msg437231) ?
I am not a programmer but it looks logical to me  

[EskimoBob]

cgminer has a really cool way to change pools while mining so I switched manually to bitclocker. It gives me few connection errors here an there but shares are submitted and I get new work.

Code:

... 14:59:56] Accepted 479df52a GPU 0 thread 0 pool 8
[2011-08-07 15:00:02] Accepted 259ced85 GPU 0 thread 1 pool 8
[2011-08-07 15:00:10] Pool 8 communication failure, caching submissions
[2011-08-07 15:00:10] Stale share detected, discarding

BitHopper script is too hysterical about minor connection issues and switches pools way too often for no serious reason.

Yeah, that is the issue. As soon as bitHopper gets an empty/invalid getwork reply or hits a timeout it switches the pool. Not sure if this is the correct spot, but something like this might work:

Code:

iff --git a/work.py b/work.py
index 34330b2..9b23a6b 100644
--- a/work.py
+++ b/work.py
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ def jsonrpc_getwork(agent, server, data, j_id, request, bitHopper):
     work = None
     while work == None:
         i += 1
-        if data == [] and i > 1:
+        if data == [] and i > 4:
             server = bitHopper.get_new_server(server)
         try:
-            if i > 4:
+            if i > 8:
                 time.sleep(0.1)
             work = yield jsonrpc_call(agent, server,data,bitHopper)
         except Exception, e:

I patched my work.py and also changed  time.sleep(0.1) ->  time.sleep(0.2)  #not sure about that


BTW, BitMinersUnion.org is fucking with stats. (I did forget to dump those guys from my cfg file)  

[MaGNeT]

cgminer has a really cool way to change pools while mining so I switched manually to bitclocker. It gives me few connection errors here an there but shares are submitted and I get new work.

Code:

... 14:59:56] Accepted 479df52a GPU 0 thread 0 pool 8
[2011-08-07 15:00:02] Accepted 259ced85 GPU 0 thread 1 pool 8
[2011-08-07 15:00:10] Pool 8 communication failure, caching submissions
[2011-08-07 15:00:10] Stale share detected, discarding

BitHopper script is too hysterical about minor connection issues and switches pools way too often for no serious reason.

BTW, BitMinersUnion.org is fucking with stats. (I did forget to dump those guys from my cfg file)  

Yup, when I add up their Top 10 hashers they did at least 2,016,514 shares this round, while stats are saying 569,533  

[user7516]

Nice!
Now, how can we make it hop ready?

Tried to add this pool, but this:

Code:

[kiwipool]
name: KiwiPool.me
mine_address: pool2.kiwipool.me:8332
api_address: http://www.kiwipool.me/json/%(kiwipool_apikey)s
api_method: json
api_key: total_round_shares
url: https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/

[kiwipool]
#Russian pool
#https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/
role: mine
kiwipool_apikey: gxnkwrusjtzxerhgeqzqndjicoxcukps
user: user
pass: any

is not working

[creativex]

BTW, BitMinersUnion.org is fucking with stats. (I did forget to dump those guys from my cfg file)

Yeah they keep resetting to around 30%. Least they took the negative round estimates down.

[MaGNeT]

Nice!
Now, how can we make it hop ready?

Tried to add this pool, but this:

Code:

[kiwipool]
name: KiwiPool.me
mine_address: pool2.kiwipool.me:8332
api_address: http://www.kiwipool.me/json/%(kiwipool_apikey)s
api_method: json
api_key: total_round_shares
url: https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/

[kiwipool]
#Russian pool
#https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/
role: mine
kiwipool_apikey: gxnkwrusjtzxerhgeqzqndjicoxcukps
user: user
pass: any

is not working

Tried some things but I'm no expert 

[burp]

Nice!
Now, how can we make it hop ready?

Tried to add this pool, but this:

Code:

[kiwipool]
name: KiwiPool.me
mine_address: pool2.kiwipool.me:8332
api_address: http://www.kiwipool.me/json/%(kiwipool_apikey)s
api_method: json
api_key: total_round_shares
url: https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/

[kiwipool]
#Russian pool
#https://kiwipoolme1.appspot.com/
role: mine
kiwipool_apikey: gxnkwrusjtzxerhgeqzqndjicoxcukps
user: user
pass: any

is not working

Tried some things but I'm no expert  

Yeah there are some issues, and I could not figure out the specific source of them either .
Someone more familiar with bitHopper and twisted should look into this. In principle it _should_ work like that.

[joulesbeef]

not sure if i can test kiwi since their website only says

'CONTENT_LENGTH'

on bitminers union.. have you been to their website? OH god i dont even like thinking about it.. clicking the button and then watching a movie and comping back to see if it changed pages and then watching another movie and hope it finally changes pages

I think they are just having issues.,but I will info them for a while

so magnet.,. your mine slush test.. I'm guessing when it is set to mine you also set penalty is 4 times?

yeah and it drives me nuts when a pool have a problem and it goes to backup rather than to another pool that is under 43%

[MaGNeT]

not sure if i can test kiwi since their website only says

'CONTENT_LENGTH'

so magnet.,. your mine slush test.. I'm guessing when it is set to mine you also set penalty is 4 times?

Penalty isn't set, so it's 1.0 at the moment.


Today I'm hopping for exactly a week and I should have earned 11 Bitcoins, but I earned 12 and there are stil some not paid yet because the round hasn't finished (small pools).
It will take another week to be sure but I think it works