p2pool - Decentralized, Absolutely DoS-Proof, Pool Hopping-Proof Pool [archival]

[gnar1ta$]

Executable.

Go to relevant directories and issue

Code:

$chmod +x bitcoind
$chmod +x namecoind

I knew that was coming as soon as I asked it, but I already tried it:

Code:

homesvt:~/bin$ ls
bitcoind
homesvt:~/bin$ chmod +x bitcoind
homesvt:~/bin$ bitcoind
bitcoind: command not found
homesvt:~/bin$ 
homesvt:~/bin$ ./bitcoind 
-bash: ./bitcoind: cannot execute binary file

EDIT: Got it working on one machine.  IDK how.  I'll let it load the block chains overnight and pick up from there.

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[ovidiusoft]

Code:

homesvt:~/bin$ bitcoind
bitcoind: command not found
homesvt:~/bin$ 
homesvt:~/bin$ ./bitcoind 
-bash: ./bitcoind: cannot execute binary file

EDIT: Got it working on one machine.  IDK how.  I'll let it load the block chains overnight and pick up from there.

Code:

$ echo $PATH 

if /home/username/bin is no there, add it:

Code:

$ PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH

You should add this to your login scripts too (.bashrc, .profile or .bash_profile).

For the second error, I think you're trying to run a 64 binary on 32 bits? When in doubt, use 32 bits binaries.

[thirdlight]

2 blocks in 11 minutes!

[Turbor]

Tried it out and everything seemd to work fine but for some reason my network latency got up to 4k ms...   Not funny for the other miners in the same network.

Edit: Everything works well now, downloading the blockchain for the other machine now 

[gnar1ta$]

For the second error, I think you're trying to run a 64 binary on 32 bits? When in doubt, use 32 bits binaries.

Thanks, I forget the other machine is 32 bit, blockchains downloading.  The other machine had full blockchains downloaded.  I launched p2pool, got a connection error, and it looks like bitcoind crashed.  Now I get this:

Code:

$ bitcoin server starting


************************
EXCEPTION: 11DbException       
Db::open: Invalid argument       
bitcoin in AppInit()       

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'DbException'
  what():  Db::open: Invalid argument

[gmaxwell]

Thanks, I forget the other machine is 32 bit, blockchains downloading.  The other machine had full blockchains downloaded.  I launched p2pool, got a connection error, and it looks like bitcoind crashed.  Now I get this:

Code:

$ bitcoin server starting
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Did you copy any database files between machines?

[gnar1ta$]

No I didn't copy any files.  p2pool gave me a connection error, and when I checked bitcoind was no longer running.  My rigs don't have a lot of memory or storage.  If I run bitcoind, namecoind, and p2pool on another machine, I will have to forward 9333, 8333, and 8334 and then can connect multiple miners to that IP correct?

[forrestv]

No I didn't copy any files.  p2pool gave me a connection error, and when I checked bitcoind was no longer running.  My rigs don't have a lot of memory or storage.  If I run bitcoind, namecoind, and p2pool on another machine, I will have to forward 9333, 8333, and 8334 and then can connect multiple miners to that IP correct?

Yes, connect them to port 9332.

[tiberiandusk]

I just switched 3 miners over. Going to see how this works.

[c_k]

I've moved over 3GH/s - imo: this is the future of mining, centralization in the form of pools as they are today is not what bitcoin is supposed to be about

Some say p2pool is similar to the way satoshi had envisioned mining to be

[Mike Hearn]

I don't think there's any point in having existing pools mine on the p2pool. The point (one of the points) of p2pool is to dilute the vote. If you get 100 GH from a bunch of RPC miners that just mine on whatever some random guy provides, you don't change the security of the network, you just unbalance p2pool.

Really, running your own Bitcoin node (and Namecoin if you care about that), and keeping it up to date, is fundamental to what mining should be. Remember you are voting with your hash power.

[finway]

Seems p2pool is taking off right now.
Congrats!

[Schleicher]

Some noob questions about running p2pool under Windows 7:

Code:

17:06:46.878000 p2pool (version unknown)

Is this a side effect of using py2exe?

Code:

19:03:31.197000 Pool: 75939MH/s in 17322 shares (17327/17327 verified)

17322 shares, but 17327 verified?

Code:

Peers: 10

I understand that this number should be higher if I have forwarded the port 9333 in my router, right?

[forrestv]

Some noob questions about running p2pool under Windows 7:

Code:

17:06:46.878000 p2pool (version unknown)

Is this a side effect of using py2exe?

Code:

19:03:31.197000 Pool: 75939MH/s in 17322 shares (17327/17327 verified)

17322 shares, but 17327 verified?

Code:

Peers: 10

I understand that this number should be higher if I have forwarded the port 9333 in my router, right?

The "version unknown" is fine. It detects the version by looking at the name of the folder that it's in.. Did you rename it? It doesn't matter much anyway. Newer versions are going to have the version embedded in the executable.

Not having all shares verified is normal when you haven't been using p2pool for long. It doesn't matter and is only because a particular share requires the previous day of shares in order to be verified, so they can't all immediately be verified.

Yes, the client is limited to 10 outgoing connections, but if you forward the port, you can get more incoming ones.

[Gabi]

Hi, i'll probably try P2P Pool tomorrow.

What would be nice is the p2p pool client merged in the official client, so i just start it and then mine...

[Turbor]

What would be nice is the p2p pool client merged in the official client, so i just start it and then mine...

+1

[Rassah]

Hi. Noob question:
I was mining with P2Pool for a bit over a day, and let it running while going away for he weekend. When I came home, I saw my Bitcoin client has crashed (using just bitcoind from now on). I restarted the bitcoin client, but the balance is still 0.

Have there been no payouts between now and Saturday morning?
Do the payouts take some time to be processed, or are they instant?
And since I restarted p2pool, does that mean that if I haven't gotten paid for the old shares, they are gone now, or can I still expect to get paid for them later?

[Brunic]

So, I've read the documentation available about p2pool (wiki, readme, etc). I'm asking just to be sure that I understand correctly how this works.

So, you need to have a bitcoind running somewhere. So, if I'm on one computer, I start bitcoind with p2pool, and the software is going to work like I'm solo mining, but with p2pool activated. I suppose that the Bitcoins that I received are going to be deposited into the wallet.dat associated with the bitcoind I used on that computer.

What if I have 12 different computers? Is it possible to only have one bitcoind somewhere on the network, where p2pool connect to and where Bitcoins are deposited? The documentation seems written for miners who only have one rig. What in the case I have many rigs, and I want all the Bitcoins mined to be in the same wallet somewhere?

[DeathAndTaxes]

So, I've read the documentation available about p2pool (wiki, readme, etc). I'm asking just to be sure that I understand correctly how this works.

So, you need to have a bitcoind running somewhere. So, if I'm on one computer, I start bitcoind with p2pool, and the software is going to work like I'm solo mining, but with p2pool activated. I suppose that the Bitcoins that I received are going to be deposited into the wallet.dat associated with the bitcoind I used on that computer.

What if I have 12 different computers? Is it possible to only have one bitcoind somewhere on the network, where p2pool connect to and where Bitcoins are deposited? The documentation seems written for miners who only have one rig. What in the case I have many rigs, and I want all the Bitcoins mined to be in the same wallet somewhere?

Good question.  My assumption is that you only need a single bitcoind and p2pool running and then point all the miners on the 11 other rigs at the ip address of the machine running bitcoind/p2pool.  It would be good to get a confirmation of that though.

[Therilith]

So, I've read the documentation available about p2pool (wiki, readme, etc). I'm asking just to be sure that I understand correctly how this works.

So, you need to have a bitcoind running somewhere. So, if I'm on one computer, I start bitcoind with p2pool, and the software is going to work like I'm solo mining, but with p2pool activated. I suppose that the Bitcoins that I received are going to be deposited into the wallet.dat associated with the bitcoind I used on that computer.

What if I have 12 different computers? Is it possible to only have one bitcoind somewhere on the network, where p2pool connect to and where Bitcoins are deposited? The documentation seems written for miners who only have one rig. What in the case I have many rigs, and I want all the Bitcoins mined to be in the same wallet somewhere?

Not sure if you can point all of them to the same p2pool or bitcoind.exe, but you can manually set the payout address when starting run_p2pool.exe.

I'm using the same address for all my mining boxes.
run_p2pool.exe user password -a 1HLXuWY1JC6j6RD2c6BUFCGyeqFrTZ9qAG