Antminer S1 SoloMining Setup/Easy Solo/Own Pool Setup!

[MrMushroom]

if i have multiple antminers, would i enter the same local bitcoin address for all the user name's or can i have different bitcoin addresses as well?

You can have a different or the same Bitcoin address for Each Ant if you want as long as its a local wallet (Not an Exchange address) you shouldn't have an issue getting payments.

[loszhor]

Thanks for this thread, works great but I am getting a lot of dead shares. I have two questions:

1. Do you know how to add coins to the networks.py that don't come with the p2pool originally?

2. I keep getting this error about a 'bad peer" being connected to itself. I thought it was the fact that I am using 127.0.0.1 in the config file but that wasn't it.

[MrMushroom]

Thanks for this thread, works great but I am getting a lot of dead shares. I have two questions:

If its dead share's as you just start mining this is normal as p2pool adjusts share difficulty against hashrate.
You can try:

Code:

+1 to 1000

After your coin address but it only seems to work for certain coins.

1. Do you know how to add coins to the networks.py that don't come with the p2pool originally?

It involves going through the coin source code of the one you want to add and adding the correct info manually.
Or just contact the Coin Developer and ask for the p2pool info that has to be added for p2pool mining to work.

2. I keep getting this error about a 'bad peer" being connected to itself. I thought it was the fact that I am using 127.0.0.1 in the config file but that wasn't it.

This is a new one.
Is this a random error or a constant one?

[loszhor]

Constant, it doesn't seem to be affecting anything but it's annoying.

I do see the hash rash increasing over time and I' just read up on fine tuning the p2pool setting so I'll try that next.

[loszhor]

Just to let you all know that I've been tweaking the p2pool settings using the tutorials that up (such as: http://www.guugll.eu/guide-mining-efficiently-p2pool/) and to get your dead/orphan shares to go down and obtain better overall performance it's a matter of getting your miners to take "smaller bites" instead of the bigger ones they normally do. So far just setting the max connections to the suggested 20 in the .conf file made my dead and orphans shares drop like a rock. I'm using an S1 over WiFi so it was suggested to do something as such but it will be different depending on how your miner is set up. I'll still need to do more fiddling to get better performance but at least it a start.

EDIT: Lowering my block value has also done wonders for my share rate. So I guess we got our answer about the dead/orphans. Now if I can just get my stales to go down. Any ideas?

[KeiBui]

Dear
I've tried to setup litecoin pool but there is mistake like that

f:\BitDig\Python\Lib\site-packages>run_p2pool.py --net "litecoin" --give-author
0.0 --no-bugreport --disable-upnp -a LNWPn9sDAkSoofaZSFQHj8Y6dSeC1ecjqR
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\BitDig\Python\Lib\site-packages\run_p2pool.py", line 3, in <module>
    from p2pool import main
  File "F:\BitDig\Python\Lib\site-packages\p2pool\main.py", line 25, in <module>

    from . import networks, web, work
  File "F:\BitDig\Python\Lib\site-packages\p2pool\networks.py", line 48
    litecoin=math.Object(
SyntaxError: keyword argument repeated



Whats my problem?

[KeiBui]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

ock: 6.7 hours
2014-07-04 12:12:10.854000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 27.127695 Total block value: 50.000000 LTC including 0 transactions
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000 P2Pool: 17317 shares in chain (9029 verified/17321 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000  Pool: 2690MH/s Stale rate: 14.3% Expected time to bl
ock: 6.7 hours

My miner status is alive and found 3-15 blooks just for 30mins?

i config it to mine at port 9327

litecoin.conf is

server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=Kun
rpcpassword=fire
rpcallowip=10.1.211.51
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=10332
port=10333
gen=0

[MrMushroom]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

You are using Scrypt miners to mine Litecoin correct?
You also did the extra step for Scrypt coins?


I cannot double check p2pool configs at the moment hardware fault with the box I was using for testing.
That and I have to revise the guide due to some changes in p2pool.
I'll update when I can.

[shahadil]

i used this guide and solo mined for a few days. after that i installed the p2pool version 13.4 and was mining bitcoins on p2pool with every one else and not solo mining. however, when i now want to solo mine and run the bat file, it connects to the bitcoin p2pool and is not solo mining any more. can anyone help me with this. i cant figure out why this is happening.
thanks.

[loszhor]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

ock: 6.7 hours
2014-07-04 12:12:10.854000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 27.127695 Total block value: 50.000000 LTC including 0 transactions
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000 P2Pool: 17317 shares in chain (9029 verified/17321 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-04 12:12:11.104000  Pool: 2690MH/s Stale rate: 14.3% Expected time to bl
ock: 6.7 hours

My miner status is alive and found 3-15 blooks just for 30mins?

i config it to mine at port 9327

litecoin.conf is

server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=Kun
rpcpassword=fire
rpcallowip=10.1.211.51
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=10332
port=10333
gen=0

If you conf file is as you say you need to limit connections and workload so it can handle the work. Just running P2Pool as is isn't enough. Make sure to read through the tutorial in the link a few posts up I listed for more information.

For now try adding:

maxconnections=10
blockmaxsize=250000

[loszhor]

i used this guide and solo mined for a few days. after that i installed the p2pool version 13.4 and was mining bitcoins on p2pool with every one else and not solo mining. however, when i now want to solo mine and run the bat file, it connects to the bitcoin p2pool and is not solo mining any more. can anyone help me with this. i cant figure out why this is happening.
thanks.

We need more information. Tell us how your files are set up now so we can look them over.

[runbit]

Hi All!

I followed this guide in every little detail and got it working mining bitcoin... however, after the first 48 hours I got 2 small deposits from p2pool mining .0023BTC and .0025BTC testing this setup with 2 Antminer S1's.. this leads me to believe I am mining in the pool and NOT solo mining. I haven't found any blocks to confirm/deny I am indeed solo mining, but it doesn't seem like I should be getting small pool mining deposits if I am..

After some research.. I tried some changes which I think makes sense and I think I'm solo mining, but I cannot confirm since I still haven't found any blocks. can anyone elaborate or chime in on my settings everything appears to be running fine...I haven't gotten any small deposits after my new changes...Thanks!

Here's my setup...

my p2pool.bat (i added --disable-advertise --outgoing-conns 0 apart from the original guide):

Code:

python run_p2pool.py --net "bitcoin" --give-author 0.0 --no-bugreport --disable-upnp --disable-advertise --outgoing-conns 0

my bitcoin.conf  (added maxconnections=12 apart from the original guide)

Code:

server=1
rpcuser=aaa
rpcpassword=bbb
rpcallowip=192.168.1.*
rpcport=17444
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1

maxconnections=12

p2pools bitcoin.py in networks: (I changed P2P_PORT = 9333 to 11333 apart from the original guide)

Code:

PARENT = networks.nets['bitcoin']
SHARE_PERIOD = 30 # 30
CHAIN_LENGTH = 24*60*60//10 # shares
REAL_CHAIN_LENGTH = 24*60*60//10 # shares
TARGET_LOOKBEHIND = 200 # shares
SPREAD = 3 # 3 blocks
IDENTIFIER = 'fc70035c7a81bc6f'.decode('hex')
PREFIX = '2472ef181efcd37b'.decode('hex')
P2P_PORT = 11333 #was 9333
MIN_TARGET = 0 
MAX_TARGET = 2**256//2**32 - 1 
PERSIST = False
WORKER_PORT = 9332
BOOTSTRAP_ADDRS = ''.split(' ')
ANNOUNCE_CHANNEL = '#p2pool'
VERSION_CHECK = lambda v: 50700 <= v < 60000 or 60010 <= v < 60100 or 60400 <= v
VERSION_WARNING = lambda v: 'Upgrade Bitcoin to >=0.8.5!' if v < 80500 else None

my p2pool console (up and running at 100.6% efficiency):

Code:

2014-07-06 12:35:22.657000 GOT SHARE! ant2 ad91977b prev af13ef76 age 1.45s
2014-07-06 12:35:22.710000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 64.000000 Share difficulty: 2681.672153 Total block value: 25.022961 BTC including 210 transactions
2014-07-06 12:35:22.737000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 64.000000 Share difficulty: 2681.672153 Total block value: 25.022961 BTC including 210 transactions
2014-07-06 12:35:25.491000 P2Pool: 17510 shares in chain (17514 verified/17514 total) Peers: 0 (0 incoming)
2014-07-06 12:35:25.492000  Local: 392GH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~1.4% (0-3%) Expected time to share: 30.0 seconds
2014-07-06 12:35:25.493000  Shares: 5590 (0 orphan, 57 dead) Stale rate: ~1.0% (0-2%) Efficiency: ~100.6% (100-101%) Current payout: 25.0230 BTC
2014-07-06 12:35:25.494000  Pool: 391GH/s Stale rate: 1.6%

[loszhor]

Hi All!

I followed this guide in every little detail and got it working mining bitcoin... however, after the first 48 hours I got 2 small deposits from p2pool mining .0023BTC and .0025BTC testing this setup with 2 Antminer S1's.. this leads me to believe I am mining in the pool and NOT solo mining. I haven't found any blocks to confirm/deny I am indeed solo mining, but it doesn't seem like I should be getting small pool mining deposits if I am..

After some research.. I tried some changes which I think makes sense and I think I'm solo mining, but I cannot confirm since I still haven't found any blocks. can anyone elaborate or chime in on my settings everything appears to be running fine...I haven't gotten any small deposits after my new changes...Thanks!

Here's my setup...

my p2pool.bat (i added --disable-advertise --outgoing-conns 0 apart from the original guide):

Code:

python run_p2pool.py --net "bitcoin" --give-author 0.0 --no-bugreport --disable-upnp --disable-advertise --outgoing-conns 0

my bitcoin.conf  (added maxconnections=12 apart from the original guide)

Code:

server=1
rpcuser=aaa
rpcpassword=bbb
rpcallowip=192.168.1.*
rpcport=17444
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1

maxconnections=12

p2pools bitcoin.py in networks: (I changed P2P_PORT = 9333 to 11333 apart from the original guide)

Code:

PARENT = networks.nets['bitcoin']
SHARE_PERIOD = 30 # 30
CHAIN_LENGTH = 24*60*60//10 # shares
REAL_CHAIN_LENGTH = 24*60*60//10 # shares
TARGET_LOOKBEHIND = 200 # shares
SPREAD = 3 # 3 blocks
IDENTIFIER = 'fc70035c7a81bc6f'.decode('hex')
PREFIX = '2472ef181efcd37b'.decode('hex')
P2P_PORT = 11333 #was 9333
MIN_TARGET = 0 
MAX_TARGET = 2**256//2**32 - 1 
PERSIST = False
WORKER_PORT = 9332
BOOTSTRAP_ADDRS = ''.split(' ')
ANNOUNCE_CHANNEL = '#p2pool'
VERSION_CHECK = lambda v: 50700 <= v < 60000 or 60010 <= v < 60100 or 60400 <= v
VERSION_WARNING = lambda v: 'Upgrade Bitcoin to >=0.8.5!' if v < 80500 else None

my p2pool console (up and running at 100.6% efficiency):

Code:

2014-07-06 12:35:22.657000 GOT SHARE! ant2 ad91977b prev af13ef76 age 1.45s
2014-07-06 12:35:22.710000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 64.000000 Share difficulty: 2681.672153 Total block value: 25.022961 BTC including 210 transactions
2014-07-06 12:35:22.737000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 64.000000 Share difficulty: 2681.672153 Total block value: 25.022961 BTC including 210 transactions
2014-07-06 12:35:25.491000 P2Pool: 17510 shares in chain (17514 verified/17514 total) Peers: 0 (0 incoming)
2014-07-06 12:35:25.492000  Local: 392GH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~1.4% (0-3%) Expected time to share: 30.0 seconds
2014-07-06 12:35:25.493000  Shares: 5590 (0 orphan, 57 dead) Stale rate: ~1.0% (0-2%) Efficiency: ~100.6% (100-101%) Current payout: 25.0230 BTC
2014-07-06 12:35:25.494000  Pool: 391GH/s Stale rate: 1.6%

Did the BTC you receive come from "mined" or an address? If it came from an address then it would be from something from before you had already coming in. But if you are mining via BTC then you definitely will not get any blocks to test this out with only 400 GHs. I suggest an easier coin like ASIC or Tigercoin but from I see everything looks in order.

[runbit]

Did the BTC you receive come from "mined" or an address? If it came from an address then it would be from something from before you had already coming in. But if you are mining via BTC then you definitely will not get any blocks to test this out with only 400 GHs. I suggest an easier coin like ASIC or Tigercoin but from I see everything looks in order.

My set up with the original settings in the guide did show up as "mined" in my recent transactions. I have since tested my new settings with ASIC and was able to successfully get blocks so all does appear to be in order now. Thanks!

Hope this helps someone else who would like to solo mine SHA256 with an Antminer S1. I AM able to successfully solo mine blocks with the p2pool settings in my last post. If I try to solo mine directly to the QT wallet with the S1, I get all rejects on my blocks. Happy Mining!!

[KeiBui]

Thank guys

[KeiBui]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

You are using Scrypt miners to mine Litecoin correct?
You also did the extra step for Scrypt coins?


I cannot double check p2pool configs at the moment hardware fault with the box I was using for testing.
That and I have to revise the guide due to some changes in p2pool.
I'll update when I can.

Yeah i've installed mingw and created litecoin_scrypt, and i use maxconnection and blockmaxsize already. My S1 still doesnt mine at all.


2014-07-08 14:54:52.692000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:55.534000 P2Pool: 17307 shares in chain (8661 verified/17342 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:55.536000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:55.537000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:55.538000  Pool: 2514MH/s Stale rate: 14.0% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:54:55.748000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:58.544000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:58.546000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:58.547000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:58.549000  Pool: 2489MH/s Stale rate: 14.3% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:55:13.591000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:55:14.324000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva

[loszhor]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

You are using Scrypt miners to mine Litecoin correct?
You also did the extra step for Scrypt coins?


I cannot double check p2pool configs at the moment hardware fault with the box I was using for testing.
That and I have to revise the guide due to some changes in p2pool.
I'll update when I can.

Yeah i've installed mingw and created litecoin_scrypt, and i use maxconnection and blockmaxsize already. My S1 still doesnt mine at all.


2014-07-08 14:54:52.692000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:55.534000 P2Pool: 17307 shares in chain (8661 verified/17342 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:55.536000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:55.537000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:55.538000  Pool: 2514MH/s Stale rate: 14.0% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:54:55.748000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:58.544000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:58.546000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:58.547000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:58.549000  Pool: 2489MH/s Stale rate: 14.3% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:55:13.591000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:55:14.324000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva

Oh wait, you using an S1 to mine LTC? S1's are SHA256 and LTC is scrypt so it can't mine it at all. Go into the bitcoin/networks.py and looks at the "POW_FUNC" setting. If it says "data.hash256" then a S1 can mine it. So look for POW_FUNC=data.hash256, for S1 compatible coins.

[KeiBui]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

You are using Scrypt miners to mine Litecoin correct?
You also did the extra step for Scrypt coins?


I cannot double check p2pool configs at the moment hardware fault with the box I was using for testing.
That and I have to revise the guide due to some changes in p2pool.
I'll update when I can.

Yeah i've installed mingw and created litecoin_scrypt, and i use maxconnection and blockmaxsize already. My S1 still doesnt mine at all.


2014-07-08 14:54:52.692000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:55.534000 P2Pool: 17307 shares in chain (8661 verified/17342 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:55.536000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:55.537000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:55.538000  Pool: 2514MH/s Stale rate: 14.0% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:54:55.748000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:58.544000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:58.546000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:58.547000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:58.549000  Pool: 2489MH/s Stale rate: 14.3% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:55:13.591000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:55:14.324000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva

Oh wait, you using an S1 to mine LTC? S1's are SHA256 and LTC is scrypt so it can't mine it at all. Go into the bitcoin/networks.py and looks at the "POW_FUNC" setting. If it says "data.hash256" then a S1 can mine it. So look for POW_FUNC=data.hash256, for S1 compatible coins.

Look like it cant mine LTC tks

[loszhor]

I setup the Litecoin P2Pool but there is some mistake

You are using Scrypt miners to mine Litecoin correct?
You also did the extra step for Scrypt coins?


I cannot double check p2pool configs at the moment hardware fault with the box I was using for testing.
That and I have to revise the guide due to some changes in p2pool.
I'll update when I can.

Yeah i've installed mingw and created litecoin_scrypt, and i use maxconnection and blockmaxsize already. My S1 still doesnt mine at all.


2014-07-08 14:54:52.692000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:55.534000 P2Pool: 17307 shares in chain (8661 verified/17342 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:55.536000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:55.537000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:55.538000  Pool: 2514MH/s Stale rate: 14.0% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:54:55.748000 New work for worker! Difficulty: 0.232827 Share diffi
culty: 29.852189 Total block value: 50.001000 LTC including 2 transactions
2014-07-08 14:54:58.544000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:54:58.546000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva
l: Expected time to share:
2014-07-08 14:54:58.547000  Shares: 0 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: Efficie
ncy: Current payout: 0.0000 LTC
2014-07-08 14:54:58.549000  Pool: 2489MH/s Stale rate: 14.3% Expected time to bl
ock: 7.9 hours
2014-07-08 14:55:13.591000 P2Pool: 17308 shares in chain (8662 verified/17343 to
tal) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)
2014-07-08 14:55:14.324000  Local: 0H/s in last 0.0 seconds Local dead on arriva

Oh wait, you using an S1 to mine LTC? S1's are SHA256 and LTC is scrypt so it can't mine it at all. Go into the bitcoin/networks.py and looks at the "POW_FUNC" setting. If it says "data.hash256" then a S1 can mine it. So look for POW_FUNC=data.hash256, for S1 compatible coins.

Look like it cant mine LTC tks

Indeed, but your set up appears to be in complete order. Let us know if you have anymore trouble.

[shahadil]

i did a complete deletion and installed it again. now i am facing a peculiar problem. the difficulty is at 29.999571 and the share difficulty is also the same. whether i point 50 gh/s  at the pool or 1th/s, the diffiuclty is remaining the same. as a result i am getting a lot of dead shares.