[ANNOUNCE] ecoinpool - A brand new pool mining software written in Erlang

[Pontius]

A few weeks ago I installed 'ecoinpool' on a RHEL 5.7 box (running on VMWare).

Take the latest Erlang and build it as recommended by p2k; then build CouchDB using this http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_RHEL5 (section "Building CouchDB from source "); then you can follow p2ks guide again.

HTH

[rjk]

A few weeks ago I installed 'ecoinpool' on a RHEL 5.7 box (running on VMWare).

Take the latest Erlang and build it as recommended by p2k; then build CouchDB using this http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_RHEL5 (section "Building CouchDB from source "); then you can follow p2ks guide again.

HTH

Yes I was finally able to build CouchDB after some wrangling with SpiderMonkey, but the eventual install of ecoinpool was spewing errors of all kinds, and acting a bit funny. Likely something that I missed in the configuration. I've given it up for now.

[Pontius]

Yes I was finally able to build CouchDB after some wrangling with SpiderMonkey, but the eventual install of ecoinpool was spewing errors of all kinds, and acting a bit funny. Likely something that I missed in the configuration. I've given it up for now.

JS support is kind of tricky. Did you try with Xulrunner 1.9.x instead?
And don't forget to adjust your LD_LIBRARY_PATH - point it to the correct js install - before starting 'ecoinpool'.

[Pontius]

Yes, until this project matures a bit more (i.e. beta 0.4 is reached) it will remain a solo project.

p2k: This project looks kind of stalled, last commit on GitHub 2 months old. Any near future update/development plans?

[Graet]

Yes, until this project matures a bit more (i.e. beta 0.4 is reached) it will remain a solo project.

p2k: This project looks kind of stalled, last commit on GitHub 2 months old. Any near future update/development plans?

I keep in contact with him, he's currently working on a large (paid) project and is very busy but does plan to be back asap

[roomservice]

Yes, until this project matures a bit more (i.e. beta 0.4 is reached) it will remain a solo project.

p2k: This project looks kind of stalled, last commit on GitHub 2 months old. Any near future update/development plans?

I keep in contact with him, he's currently working on a large (paid) project and is very busy but does plan to be back asap

looking forward

[rjk]

Wow. What a difference it makes to use the distro that the readme was written for. I blew away my CentOS 6.2 install and decided to have one last try with a minimal netinstall Debian stable. It was positively pleasant to set up, with only one or 2 places where I had to do some manual stuff. (Is wx actually needed? I was able to build couchdb without it, but ./configure kept complaining that it was missing.) It is now running with no errors as of yet, and I am going to have a poke at it to see if it works.

[rjk]

OK I think it works, but I'm a little confused by this display output (below) - it seems to increment the aux block numbers, but not the main chain?

[jjshabadoo]

Did anyone find out if this has to be run on a linux server? I already have a windows server set up for my business and I use a fraction of its resources currently. I'd love to get a small pool going and see if i could build it up from there.

Anyone notice any advantages to this software as far as pure mining performance? Or is the concept simply its usability?

[wknight]

I dont know anyone that has installed this on windows. All directions are around ubuntu and suggest using just that otherwise you will need to customize your install.

[DavinciJ15]

I got this thing working and I am a windows guy!

Anyhow I'm able to mine and see the shares there are a few popup dialogs stating a database is missing but other than that it's working flawlessly.

However...

I would like to use it with my pushpool tables in mySQL so I don't need to change my front end.  I tried using the ecoinpool mysql replicator however it does nothing except crash the ecoinpool and the replicator.

It looks like its doing the job because I see this...

Code:

mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1=158">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_couch_id_q USING @1">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1=158">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_data_q USING @1">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1='1-332de4a9e1f0b1da7bf0ed87c7734c17'">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @2=158">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_upd_rev_q USING @1,@2">> (id <0.79.0>)
mycouch_replicator:251: MyId 719: Inserting.
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1=719">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_couch_id_q USING @1">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1=719">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_data_q USING @1">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1='1-2b62e4011883a47e29bdd301838c300e'">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @2=719">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_upd_rev_q USING @1,@2">> (id <0.79.0>)
mycouch_replicator:251: MyId 517: Inserting.
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1=517">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"EXECUTE pool_worker_couch_id_q USING @1">> (id <0.79.0>)
mysql_conn:462: fetch <<"SET @1=517">> (id <0.79.0>)

But then it crashes and I see this...

Code:

=ERROR REPORT==== 15-Jul-2012::06:29:31 ===
** Generic server <0.95.0> terminating 
** Last message in was {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.0.123772>,process,<0.22377.0>,normal}
** When Server state == {state,<<"btc_nmc_test_shares">>,
                         "btc_nmc_test_shares.state",
                         {db_state,
                          {db,
                           {server,"localhost",5984,[],
                            [{basic_auth,{"ecoinpool","abc"}}]},
                           "ecoinpool",
                           [{basic_auth,{"ecoinpool","abc"}}]},
                          #Ref<0.0.0.235>,<0.106.0>,1146},
                         {db_state,
                          {db,
                           {server,"localhost",5984,[],
                            [{basic_auth,{"ecoinpool","abc"}}]},
                           "btc-test",
                           [{basic_auth,{"ecoinpool","abc"}}]},
                          #Ref<0.0.0.123773>,<0.22379.0>,0},
                         undefined,0,53280,ecoinpool_mysql_replicator,
                         "shares",
                         {interval,#Ref<0.0.0.260>},
                         [],[],[],
                         #Fun<ecoinpool_mysql_share_deployer.3.49379825>,
                         <<"INSERT INTO `shares` (`rem_host`, `username`, `our_result`, `upstream_result`, `reason`, `solution`) VALUES\n">>,
                         [3,4,5,8,9,11]}
** Reason for termination == 
** {conn_failed,{error,econnrefused}}

working on this for hours any help will get some bitcoins. I'm going to bed now it's 3 am.

[DavinciJ15]

100 BTC bounty if someone can get this working with MySQL or get me a new pool mining software that works.

[rjk]

100 BTC bounty if someone can get this working with MySQL or get me a new pool mining software that works.

Hit up IRC and talk to Graet and his cronies and see if they can help. Ozcoin runs ecoinpool, so they ought to know.

[tvasconcelos]

Hi, would like to setup a small pool for private usage. Do i have to have my own machine or can i set this up on a remote server? i mean, a hosting service can do the trick??

If i have an account with a hosting service. have some space and an address. Can i have this running so that i can point my miners there?? How can i setup this? Have to set it up on a linux machine and copy the aal thing online?? sorry for the noob question, but i'd like to learn some more about this.

[sippsnapp]

Also going to give ecoinpool a try - a wonder i came that far but its still not working.

I installed couchdb (never worked with it before) from git https://github.com/apache/couchdb

I did all steps in the README.unix tutorial including:

Change the ownership of the CouchDB directories by running:

    chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/etc/couchdb
    chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb
    chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/log/couchdb
    chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/run/couchdb

Change the permission of the CouchDB directories by running:

    chmod 0770 /usr/local/etc/couchdb
    chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb
    chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/log/couchdb
    chmod 0770 /usr/local/var/run/couchdb

I have changed the couchdb password and used  -> user:couchdb pass:mycouchdbpass

Code:

root@j064:~/ecoinpool# ./test_launch.sh
==> ecoinpool (compile)
==> ebitcoin (compile)
==> rel (compile)
==> ecoinpool (compile)
Erlang R15B01 (erts-5.9.1) [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:true]

Eshell V5.9.1  (abort with ^G)
(ecoinpool_test@j064)1> [12:29:23.245][ebitcoin/fatal] config_db - couchbeam:open_or_create_db/3 returned an error:
{ok,"401",
    [{"Server","CouchDB/1.2.0 (Erlang OTP/R15B01)"},
     {"Date","Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:29:23 GMT"},
     {"Content-Type","application/json"},
     {"Content-Length","67"},
     {"Cache-Control","must-revalidate"}],
    <<"{\"error\":\"unauthorized\",\"reason\":\"Name or password is incorrect.\"}\n">>}
{"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,{shutdown,{ebitcoin_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}},[{ecoinpool_test_launch,start,0,[{file,"src/ecoinpool_test_launch.erl"},{line,34}]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]}}

Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
init terminating in do_boot ()
root@j064:~/ecoinpool#

Im really not a linux super geek and pretty happy i got that far, would be very happy about a little support.
Not much, but ill give 1 BTC to the person who gets this working (posts the right solution here).

EDIT: i have also edited the local.ini to bind the couchdb to 0.0.0.0.

[sippsnapp]

I still face this problem, would be nice if anybody knows whats wrong with my config.
RGDS

EDIT: Well, i posted this on stackoverflow.com http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12218312/ecoinpool-setup-error-with-couchdb

[maaku]

Also going to give ecoinpool a try - a wonder i came that far but its still not working.

Code:

root@j064:~/ecoinpool# ./test_launch.sh
==> ecoinpool (compile)
==> ebitcoin (compile)
==> rel (compile)
==> ecoinpool (compile)
Erlang R15B01 (erts-5.9.1) [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:true]

Eshell V5.9.1  (abort with ^G)
(ecoinpool_test@j064)1> [12:29:23.245][ebitcoin/fatal] config_db - couchbeam:open_or_create_db/3 returned an error:
{ok,"401",
    [{"Server","CouchDB/1.2.0 (Erlang OTP/R15B01)"},
     {"Date","Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:29:23 GMT"},
     {"Content-Type","application/json"},
     {"Content-Length","67"},
     {"Cache-Control","must-revalidate"}],
    <<"{\"error\":\"unauthorized\",\"reason\":\"Name or password is incorrect.\"}\n">>}
{"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,{shutdown,{ebitcoin_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}},[{ecoinpool_test_launch,start,0,[{file,"src/ecoinpool_test_launch.erl"},{line,34}]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]}}

Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
init terminating in do_boot ()
root@j064:~/ecoinpool#

Im really not a linux super geek and pretty happy i got that far, would be very happy about a little support.
Not much, but ill give 1 BTC to the person who gets this working (posts the right solution here).

EDIT: i have also edited the local.ini to bind the couchdb to 0.0.0.0.

In case anyone else encounters this same problem, it appears to be a case of source code atrophy. The most recent builds of ecoinpool's dependencies no longer work together as expected. Pegging the dependencies to versions around the same time as p2k's last commit solved it for me:

Code: (rebar.config)

{sub_dirs, ["apps/ecoinpool", "apps/ebitcoin", "rel"]}.

{deps, [
    {protobuffs, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/erlang_protobuffs.git", "e0f5f6ea4c3dcb4e7b824496d2b48333fbd5a8c8"}},
    {ejson, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/benoitc/ejson.git", "820ff1725008e664293b88e13c16193857afc072"}},
    {oauth, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/refuge/erlang-oauth.git", "f332b77371d334d0faa13e106d0c36f948b325b6"}},
    {ibrowse, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/cmullaparthi/ibrowse.git", "eb8b62cf84ccae141700c8fd251277df8be27f28"}},
    {mochiweb, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/mochi/mochiweb.git", "b7f3693a9008de6d31a67174f7184fe24093a1b4"}},
    {couchbeam, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/benoitc/couchbeam.git", "7148bbdb19aca91b7b74e5392a23c94d33ca4e27"}},
    {log4erl, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/SemanticSugar/log4erl.git", "ec580f75ef9e28dfcfac92dc0d42c435520bd3d7"}},
    {mysql, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/elbrujohalcon/erlang-mysql-driver.git", "1dd4e22a80546fa1bda81607d6397a549fd791ae"}},
    {epgsql, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/wg/epgsql.git", "fc434772276475ac4e5b0bed6b18ed4732502156"}}
]}.

@sippsnapp, does that offer for 1BTC still hold? 17SRxATG3LZrD7WWTCr5EfCapprShVEtP

[Mobius]

Thanks for the fix, it will work with prev version of bitcoind v0.6.3
how do we fix it for version v0.7.0?

I'm sending you a btc for finding the atrophy as a thanks.

[sippsnapp]

@sippsnapp, does that offer for 1BTC still hold? 17SRxATG3LZrD7WWTCr5EfCapprShVEtP

HAHA, well, you got my by the balls  

Status: 0/unconfirmed, broadcast through 7 nodes
Date: 9/18/2012 18:12
To: maaku 17SRxATG3LZrD7WWTCr5EfCapprShVEtP
Debit: -1.00 BTC
Net amount: -1.00 BTC
Transaction ID: 243a1d64540a04e290a2a1278c9f52985f6e43e613e20b35d569bcbc8161bfb8

SENT!

PS: Hopefully other guys who use this solution see it the same way... well done!

EDIT: Of course, i did not tested it but i beliefe its reasonable....

[maaku]

thx

Thanks for the fix, it will work with prev version of bitcoind v0.6.3
how do we fix it for version v0.7.0?

The system I was working on still has v0.6.3. What changed with v0.7.0? Does it throw a new error?