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

[BartmaX]

ok i see it's downloading blocks now is 240726. after that what i have to do?

did u make a bitcoin.conf in ./bitcoin

containing rpcuser and rpcpassword?

if so just start the p2pool again with the command u posted earlyer

yeah i done bitcoin.conf
after that i have to write this?:
python run_p2pool.py -a xxxx --give-author 0.5 xxxx xxxx
btw. fee for author is 0.5%, is there fee for me?

[LtPaxIV]

well u dont need to pay the autor a fee,

writing    --give-author 0

these days u dont see much p2pool nodes paying a fee to author,but thats up to u

are u planning to use the node only for urself or u want others connect to it also?

using it only for urself  u dont need set a fee.however if u want to set one write

-f 1    (means u get 1 %)

so it would be like this

python run_p2pool.py -a xxxx --give-author 0.5 -f 1 xxxx xxxx

[BartmaX]

well u dont need to pay the autor a fee,

writing    --give-author 0

these days u dont see much p2pool nodes paying a fee to author,but thats up to u

are u planning to use the node only for urself or u want others connect to it also?

using it only for urself  u dont need set a fee.however if u want to set one write

-f 1    (means u get 1 %)

so it would be like this

python run_p2pool.py -a xxxx --give-author 0.5 -f 1 xxxx xxxx

I want other miners which will connect to my p2pool. Thank You for help

[wknight]

Great post.. Just bumping up

[ceslick]

Noob question here...

If I set up merged mining, how will my miners get those coins if they only connecting using a BTC address as there username?

[jonnybravo0311]

Noob question here...

If I set up merged mining, how will my miners get those coins if they only connecting using a BTC address as there username?

You asked this in the p2pool thread, and my answer was based upon the assumption that you were the only one on your node.  If you're asking how to get the DVC, NMC, IXC, etc to other people who are mining on your node, then that's a manual process.  If you are merge mining coins and your node finds a BTC block, you will by default find blocks for each of the coins you're merged mining.  The coins are NOT distributed amongst all of the people mining on your node, but rather they are all deposited into the nodes' wallets you specified when starting p2pool.  Here's an example:

You have a BTC p2pool node that you started and it merge mines NMC.  You have 100 miners on your node.  Now, let's assume that one of those 100 miners finds a block.  That miner will be rewarded with the BTC block finder's reward (0.5% of the block's value).  Your node wallet will be awarded the block of NMC (currently 50).

If you want people to actually be given NMC, you'd have to setup a way to register those people, and their NMC wallet addresses.  Then, when your node finds the NMC, you'd have to distribute the block reward out to those registered miners using some kind of reward system (probably PPLNS).  All of this you'd have to code yourself.  Good luck

[ceslick]

Thanks,

Posted here before the other thread, other thread gets read more


At the moment it's just me in the pool..

[jonnybravo0311]

Thanks,

Posted here before the other thread, other thread gets read more


At the moment it's just me in the pool..

Ok, so if you're looking just to have your node merge mine and to reap the profits for yourself, then check out the instructions at the beginning of this thread. In the other thread you can see the exact values I use for my configuration files as well as the startup command I use for the p2pool node.  I can confirm that it works as my node found a BTC block, and I received block rewards for all of the merge-mined coins.

[squashpile]

I finally got it

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
- sudo aptitude update
- sudo aptitude install bitcoin

Trying this on Ubuntu 14.04 i386.

Cannot find this package anywhere. Anyone else have this issue? I have added repo and no luck.

Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
root@108:~/.bitcoin# sudo apt-get install bitcoind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bitcoind

https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin/+packages

[ceslick]

Hi,

Is my syntax correct here?

run_p2pool.py --give-author 0 -f 0.5 -a btcaddress btcuser password  --merged http://nmcuser:password@127.0.0.1:7333/ --merged http://devcoinuser:password@127.0.0.1:6333/ --merged http://ixcoinuser:password@127.0.0.1:8338/


I tried the syntax above, with correct users and passwords provide, and it would not start up. Moaned about the devcoin portion. Is it possible that special characters in the passwords could be causing issues?

I did see somewhere a different syntax for one of the merged coins, but can not find that site again..



Thanks

[zvs]

I finally got it

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
- sudo aptitude update
- sudo aptitude install bitcoin

Trying this on Ubuntu 14.04 i386.

Cannot find this package anywhere. Anyone else have this issue? I have added repo and no luck.

Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/stretch/bitcoin/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
root@108:~/.bitcoin# sudo apt-get install bitcoind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bitcoind

https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin/+packages

wget https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.1/bitcoin-0.9.1-linux.tar.gz
tar xvfz bit*gz
rm bit*gz
cd bit*linux
cd bin
cd 32

or compile it yourself

[zvs]

Hi,

Is my syntax correct here?

run_p2pool.py --give-author 0 -f 0.5 -a btcaddress btcuser password  --merged http://nmcuser:password@127.0.0.1:7333/ --merged http://devcoinuser:password@127.0.0.1:6333/ --merged http://ixcoinuser:password@127.0.0.1:8338/


I tried the syntax above, with correct users and passwords provide, and it would not start up. Moaned about the devcoin portion. Is it possible that special characters in the passwords could be causing issues?

I did see somewhere a different syntax for one of the merged coins, but can not find that site again..



Thanks

Yeah, I used to have passwords with !@#$%^&*() in them and it wouldn't work.  Just use letters and numbers..

[Webby0815]

Hi ,
i have 2 Questions ?!

1.Why have my Server incoming peers 0 ;-) ? must be setting Portforwarding ?
2.when take the money to the miner adresses , (2 days mining ,no bts on adress)


Greetings

[TheLotusPod]

Can i do merged mining with antminer s1's like this

 https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/10655-ann-blake-coin-photon-merged-mining-4-pools-running-all-mining-5-coins-at-the-same-time-welcome-to-the-future/?p=96422

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[cathoderay]

Copy/paste from mining support thread as no one seems to know there - hoping one of you guys can help:

Got a question, hope someone with a little more wallet compiling knowledge can help me out.

I have 4 wallet daemons compiled from source using the 4.8DB on Ubuntu 14.04 64bit. I want to add 2 more, but they use DB v5.1 & when I go to install it I have to remove the v4.8DB, so I abort the installation as I'm not sure if my other wallets will still function. So my questions are:

1) Is there a DB that is compatible with all wallets - if so, what one is it?

2) If I remove the v4.8DB for the v5.1DB - will my other wallets still work or will I have to re-compile them with v5.1DB? If so:

3) Will they compile/build with the newer DB?

I know that many miners have multiple wallet daemons on their system - so I'm sure there is a simple answer, but I just want to make sure before taking the plunge. Am I right in thinking I might have to re-download the blockchain for the wallets that I have changed DB versions on?

Thanks in advance 

[andmax]

I have been running my p2pool node successfully on my Ubuntu 14.04 computer, I just did some updates on the computer and restarted it now when I try to restart my p2pool server I get this error, Bitcoin is running and up to date. Can someone please point me in the right direction to get it back running again.

2014-06-03 11:58:59.174760 p2pool (version 13.4-24-gf0eeb48-dirty)
2014-06-03 11:58:59.174903
2014-06-03 11:58:59.174990 Testing bitcoind RPC connection to 'http://127.0.0.1:8332/' with username 'andmax'...
2014-06-03 11:58:59.176566 > Error while checking Bitcoin connection:
2014-06-03 11:58:59.176685 > Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-06-03 11:58:59.176738 > Failure: twisted.internet.error.ConnectionRefusedError: Connection was refused by other side: 111: Connection refused.

[cathoderay]

Copy/paste from mining support thread as no one seems to know there - hoping one of you guys can help:

Got a question, hope someone with a little more wallet compiling knowledge can help me out.

I have 4 wallet daemons compiled from source using the 4.8DB on Ubuntu 14.04 64bit. I want to add 2 more, but they use DB v5.1 & when I go to install it I have to remove the v4.8DB, so I abort the installation as I'm not sure if my other wallets will still function. So my questions are:

1) Is there a DB that is compatible with all wallets - if so, what one is it?

2) If I remove the v4.8DB for the v5.1DB - will my other wallets still work or will I have to re-compile them with v5.1DB? If so:

3) Will they compile/build with the newer DB?

I know that many miners have multiple wallet daemons on their system - so I'm sure there is a simple answer, but I just want to make sure before taking the plunge. Am I right in thinking I might have to re-download the blockchain for the wallets that I have changed DB versions on?

Thanks in advance 

Come on all you multi-wallet merge-miners - I know you're here somewhere........

[tageeboy]

Is there a list of all coins that can be "merged mined" somewhere? I keep finding different pools here and there that offer various combinations but would love to have an all inclusive list somewhere. Sorry in advance if this is an inappropriate question for the thread. I have looked in many places and not found an answer. Next step will be to set up my own node based on these steps. Great write up btw

[IYFTech]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=651819.0

[cryptoceelo]

big kudos to the OP of this post, i've not closed the page down in around 3weeks while we setup our farm so thanks!

Will be looking into the above guide to further increase our p2pool so thanks!!