[1500 TH] p2pool: Decentralized, DoS-resistant, Hop-Proof pool - page 108.

windpath

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Quote from: notbatman on January 11, 2016, 09:10:32 AM

OK, you want conspiracy theory?

I'm going to venture a guess that it's these hundreds of v14 p2pool clients that keep connecting to my node that are responsible for the python exploit that's causing the bitcoind memory leak. I'm also going to guess that sandboxing the compiled version of p2pool mitigated the problem and they hit me with an EMP targeted at the resonance frequency of the inductors in my PSUs shutting down both my mining computers as show of force that they can shut me down any time they want.

Just wrap them in tinfoil, then you'll be protected... Wink

notbatman

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OK, you want conspiracy theory?

I'm going to venture a guess that it's these hundreds of v14 p2pool clients that keep connecting to my node that are responsible for the python exploit that's causing the bitcoind memory leak. I'm also going to guess that sandboxing the compiled version of p2pool mitigated the problem and they hit me with an EMP targeted at the resonance frequency of the inductors in my PSUs shutting down both my mining computers as show of force that they can shut me down any time they want.

nicklello

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Quote from: idonothave on January 11, 2016, 07:34:11 AM

hypotethical question
if kano used his pool to mine with p2pool as a node, would it be more efficient mining fot his pool or not?

Interesting idea... however I suspect Kano wouldn't want to risk the stability of his pool software (I'm assuming you mean altering/extending ckpool so shares are distributed with/like p2pool).

I'd prefer to ask: What would need to be different within bitcoin to make solo mining feasible again ?

I suspect Smaller (not Larger) blocks would be the solution as it would give the 'small' guy (< 1Th/s) a better chance of an income......

nicklello

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Quote from: -ck on January 11, 2016, 06:21:01 AM

Quote from: nicklello on January 11, 2016, 05:57:04 AM

It's not meant to be a conspiracy theory... just trying to figure why all of the pools I'm involved in are suddenly getting such bad luck/long rounds...

Same thing - bad luck. Look around and you'll see not all pools are having bad luck. Overall luck is "average" across all the pools. Some are having a streak of good luck.

I guess I've just selected a bad set of pools to look at then.

idonothave

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hypotethical question
if kano used his pool to mine with p2pool as a node, would it be more efficient mining fot his pool or not?

-ck

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Ruu \o/

Quote from: nicklello on January 11, 2016, 05:57:04 AM

It's not meant to be a conspiracy theory... just trying to figure why all of the pools I'm involved in are suddenly getting such bad luck/long rounds...

Same thing - bad luck. Look around and you'll see not all pools are having bad luck. Overall luck is "average" across all the pools. Some are having a streak of good luck.

nicklello

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Quote from: -ck on January 11, 2016, 05:53:07 AM

Quote from: nicklello on January 11, 2016, 05:06:53 AM

I'm wondering if someone has just started a new (large) mining op.... several pools (ie: not just p2pool) have sudden bad luck; slush for example has gone from 3-5 hours per round to over 15 hours for the current round.

Last new block on p2pool was about 4 days ago ?

Nothing quite like a conspiracy theory... they come up every time luck doesn't look so good. Nope, it's just that p2pool's hashrate is insignificant.

It's not meant to be a conspiracy theory... just trying to figure why all of the pools I'm involved in are suddenly getting such bad luck/long rounds...

notbatman

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Quote from: nicklello on January 11, 2016, 05:06:53 AM

I'm wondering if someone has just started a new (large) mining op.... several pools (ie: not just p2pool) have sudden bad luck; slush for example has gone from 3-5 hours per round to over 15 hours for the current round.

Last new block on p2pool was about 4 days ago ?

The luck of one pool has absolutely no effect on the luck of other pools. Rapidly rising difficulty is to blame here.

-ck

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Ruu \o/

Quote from: nicklello on January 11, 2016, 05:06:53 AM

I'm wondering if someone has just started a new (large) mining op.... several pools (ie: not just p2pool) have sudden bad luck; slush for example has gone from 3-5 hours per round to over 15 hours for the current round.

Last new block on p2pool was about 4 days ago ?

Nothing quite like a conspiracy theory... they come up every time luck doesn't look so good. Nope, it's just that p2pool's hashrate is insignificant.

notbatman

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Quote from: Meuh6879 on January 10, 2016, 06:15:37 PM

Quote from: AndreyNag on January 10, 2016, 05:11:39 PM

Else p2pool will die in some month.

P2Pool is here since 2011 ... little boy !

I get extremely bad vibes looking at that picture, she's definitely attractive but I don't think she's a nice person to be around. There's a lot of talk about satanic/psychopathic people in Hollywood.

To stay on-topic I agree, p2pool isn't going away any time soon.

nicklello

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I'm wondering if someone has just started a new (large) mining op.... several pools (ie: not just p2pool) have sudden bad luck; slush for example has gone from 3-5 hours per round to over 15 hours for the current round.

Last new block on p2pool was about 4 days ago ?

notbatman

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Now some kind of surge/EMP just shut down both my bitcoind/p2pool node and my Ethereum GPU rig that are on separate circuits I might add. Lights that are on the same circuits didn't even flicker, 'the hell man?

notbatman

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I've been running the p2pool v15.0 windows binary (sandboxed) for a bit now but I've noticed that every incoming connection is from a v14 client:

2016-01-10 18:38:20.709000 Incoming connection to peer 195.208.39.210:4647 established. p2pool version: 1400 '14.0
2016-01-10 18:38:49.754000 Incoming connection to peer 80.169.241.69:38395 established. p2pool version: 1400 '14.0-23-g6514fd8-dirty'
2016-01-10 18:39:50.613000 Incoming connection to peer 71.8.220.126:39040 established. p2pool version: 1400 '14.0'
2016-01-10 18:41:11.713000 Incoming connection to peer 208.111.52.2:59707 established. p2pool version: 1400 '14.0-9-g4e5afe9'
2016-01-10 18:42:01.361000 Incoming connection to peer 89.22.129.82:50956 established. p2pool version: 1400 '14.0-9-g4e5afe9'
2016-01-10 18:44:14.349000 Incoming connection to peer 212.18.229.18:37078 established. p2pool version: 1400 '14.0-23-g6514fd8'

2016-01-10 18:52:31.344000 P2Pool: 17354 shares in chain (9147 verified/17359 total) Peers: 6 (0 incoming)

Am I the only user running p2pool v15 what's going on here?

Meuh6879

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Quote from: AndreyNag on January 10, 2016, 05:11:39 PM

Else p2pool will die in some month.

P2Pool is here since 2011 ... little boy !

notbatman

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I've downloaded the p2pool binary and I've sandboxed that as the discussion on github suggests that python is being exploited to cause the memory leak in bitcoind.

AndreyNag

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Hi all.
What do think about very low global pool rate?
How we can pull up global hashrate? We need 3-5Ph in continues time. Else p2pool will die in some month.
Bye.

Meuh6879

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Quote from: notbatman on January 10, 2016, 12:23:48 AM

Anybody else noticing unusual activity, or is it just me?

not relevant ... for me.

notbatman

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My sandboxed bitcoind isn't working anymore it's started leaking memory or something again, I just had to restart it. Could Microsoft be working with Rand and Google to cause this? There must be teams of people working together to cause this, it can't be easy to get inside a sandboxed application.

windpath

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The pool rate is a best estimate based on the number of valid shares and difficulty.

It is an estimate and will fluctuate, often wildly.

The 24 hour average rate may be a more stable metric.

notbatman

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Currently they've managed to push my GBT latency to 10s and appear to be targeting p2pool with some kind of impotent attack. Fortunately it's having little to no effect, at least on my node (currently at 116.8% efficiency). However, I can see the pool rate currently plummeting below 1PH.

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