A Complete Guide to P2Pool - Merged Mining (BTC/NMC/DVC/IXC/I0C) plus LTC, Linux

[newbuntu]

again u need to put a config file in ur appdata folder.for example if u mining bitcoin the name of the file should be  bitcoin.conf
just make a textfile and and change the .txt to .conf
as rpcuser / password u can set anything u want to

rpc refers to json-rpc commands ,u need to set it so the client can accept commands.

https://litecoin.info/Litecoin.conf

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/5267/what-is-rpcuser

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=17644.0

Thank you LtPaxIV, that's very helpful information - exactly what I need.
I do have a bitcoin.conf file, but it doesn't have much in it.
I'll get reading on those links you provided, I should be able to learn quite a bit from them.
Do you have a tip address?
Thanks again.

[LtPaxIV]

u can find my address when u click my profile.
if u got any more questions just ask.i have been through all this stuff also

[newbuntu]

Regarding addnode - I see it mentioned in a lot of tuts to addnode=some.ip.addr.ess, but their is no mention as to the reason, or why certain nodes are selected for inclusion.
Is this necessary?
Does it help my node? / p2pool? / miners? / other nodes?
Why manually add nodes? doesn't p2pool connect to other nodes on it's own?
Thank you.
EDIT: I found everything I needed on this page: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Bitcoin.conf_Configuration_File
Thanks LtPaxIV

[HotSwap]

Has anyone gotten LTC p2pool setup with Dogecoin AUX?

[newbuntu]

I setup my first attempt at merged mining with btc and nmc.

I kept getting this error:
"Error while calling merged getauxblock on http://127.0.0.1:7333/:
Traceback (most recent call last):
Failure: twisted.internet.defer.TimeoutError: Getting http://127.0.0.1:7333/ took longer than 5 seconds."

It took me a while to figured out that I was using the wrong port number in the rpcport entry in the namecoin.conf file, so if anyone else has this same issue, they can check that they're using rpcport=7333 and not 7332.

Q: For the namecoin rpcuser , do I use my namecoin public wallet address for the rpcuser? I assume that I do as this seems to be the only place to identify where to send mining payouts.

Cheers.

[Legov]

Q: For the namecoin rpcuser , do I use my namecoin public wallet address for the rpcuser? I assume that I do as this seems to be the only place to identify where to send mining payouts.

Cheers.

Merged mining is a kind of remote solo mining on your namecoind. Rpcuser and rpcpassword are both free choseable.
Mining payouts are going to the first NMC address in your namecoind (= wallet).
I don´t know how to configure another NMC address to send payouts to.
Is there anyone who knows more?

[newbuntu]

Q: For the namecoin rpcuser , do I use my namecoin public wallet address for the rpcuser? I assume that I do as this seems to be the only place to identify where to send mining payouts.

Cheers.

Merged mining is a kind of remote solo mining on your namecoind. Rpcuser and rpcpassword are both free choseable.
Mining payouts are going to the first NMC address in your namecoind (= wallet).
I don´t know how to configure another NMC address to send payouts to.
Is there anyone who knows more?

Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for.
If they automatically go to the 1st address in the wallet then that's what I needed to understand.
Cheers.

[xxTeDYxx]

What I need to do to make it work with PLNcoin? (Scrypt)

2014-10-21 16:44:44.104832 Testing bitcoind RPC connection to 'http://5.39.87.211:8888/' with username 'plncoinrpc'...
2014-10-21 16:44:44.113625 >     Check failed! Make sure that you're connected to the right bitcoind with --bitcoind-rpc-port!

[FlensGold]

I am just testing this for the first time and my pool is working so far.
Unfortunately the bitcoind is terminating after a while. How can I manage that it will start again once it terminates to prevent downtimes?
Since I am more a Linux beginner a more detailed hint would be appreciated ;-)

Edit:
Seems it was a RAM problem, 4GB of RAM is not enough for bitcoind.

[jcumins]

Does anyone know where the distro for Debian 7.7 for the pypy utility that can run python scripts.

I am very interested in getting my node to its max performance.  I have a dul xeon 4 core processor pc with 24 gb ram So i have what it takes to run pypy

Thanks

[tomsanders]

just setting up a P2Pool and getting this error when trying to find what block the installation is at

user@ubuntu:~$ bitcoin-cli getblockcount
error: {"code":-28,"message":"Loading block index..."}



Also does anyone know how long it should take to download all the blocks on a fresh install?


Any ideas?>

Thanks

[kano]

just setting up a P2Pool and getting this error when trying to find what block the installation is at

user@ubuntu:~$ bitcoin-cli getblockcount
error: {"code":-28,"message":"Loading block index..."}



Also does anyone know how long it should take to download all the blocks on a fresh install?


Any ideas?>

Thanks

When you first start bitcoind it can take a long time (days?) to download the blockchain.
You can bootstrap it, but you need to be careful that you get the correct data.

[tomsanders]

just setting up a P2Pool and getting this error when trying to find what block the installation is at

user@ubuntu:~$ bitcoin-cli getblockcount
error: {"code":-28,"message":"Loading block index..."}



Also does anyone know how long it should take to download all the blocks on a fresh install?


Any ideas?>

Thanks

When you first start bitcoind it can take a long time (days?) to download the blockchain.
You can bootstrap it, but you need to be careful that you get the correct data.

Would this effect the installation of p2pool if it wasn't fully downloaded?

[kano]

just setting up a P2Pool and getting this error when trying to find what block the installation is at

user@ubuntu:~$ bitcoin-cli getblockcount
error: {"code":-28,"message":"Loading block index..."}



Also does anyone know how long it should take to download all the blocks on a fresh install?


Any ideas?>

Thanks

When you first start bitcoind it can take a long time (days?) to download the blockchain.
You can bootstrap it, but you need to be careful that you get the correct data.

Would this effect the installation of p2pool if it wasn't fully downloaded?

You can't mine until you have caught up to the rest of the bitcoin network, otherwise you would be working on mining blocks that would always be stale if you ever found a block.
It would also mean the shares you submit to the p2pool share-chain would be rejected, they wouldn't match what everyone else is doing.
Once it's caught up, then it's OK to mine.

[jonnybravo0311]

just setting up a P2Pool and getting this error when trying to find what block the installation is at

user@ubuntu:~$ bitcoin-cli getblockcount
error: {"code":-28,"message":"Loading block index..."}



Also does anyone know how long it should take to download all the blocks on a fresh install?


Any ideas?>

Thanks

When you first start bitcoind it can take a long time (days?) to download the blockchain.
You can bootstrap it, but you need to be careful that you get the correct data.

Would this effect the installation of p2pool if it wasn't fully downloaded?

It won't have any effect on the installation.  It will, however, have plenty of effect on the operation.  As kano points out, you cannot mine until all of the coin daemons are fully synched to their respective blockchains.  Depending on your hardware and your bandwidth, this process could take quite some time (days).

[tomsanders]

I am having issues, I have gone through the installation as per the p2pool guide, leave the machine to download the block chain..... come back... Type the bitcoincli- getblockcount ..... Bitcoin has shut itself down so I have to run bitcoind ... It keeps doing this? Any ideas?

[FallingKnife]

Hey guys & gals. As you set up your merge mining on p2pool, remember that Unobtanium (Uno)  is now available for merge mining. Hash is still low, as mm just began last month.

Uno was launched in 2013, has a solid community, is actively traded on cryptsy/bittrex with a narrow spread an ready buyers. It is a fair launch coin, rare (only 195k today, and 250k ever). Uno will be mineable for 300 years.  So please consider adding Uno as a way to improve your overall mining return. http://unobtanium.uno for more info.

Thanks, and good luck with your p2pool project. 

[kano]

It's doing that badly hey?

[CohibAA]

Has anyone gotten LTC p2pool setup with Dogecoin AUX?

I am running a merge mining ltc node since the dogecoin fork to auxpow.  This node setup guide may help if you are trying to set one up.

[CohibAA]

I am having issues, I have gone through the installation as per the p2pool guide, leave the machine to download the block chain..... come back... Type the bitcoincli- getblockcount ..... Bitcoin has shut itself down so I have to run bitcoind ... It keeps doing this? Any ideas?

First, I assume you are actually typing "bitcoin-cli getblockcount" right?

More info please.  What OS?  How much memory?