[1500 TH] p2pool: Decentralized, DoS-resistant, Hop-Proof pool - page 573.

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Quote from: Richy_T on April 05, 2013, 11:25:40 PM

I wish this was working for me. I'm a big fan of p2p technologies but despite watching messages scroll up my screen for the past few days, I'm still unable to participate. No apparent way to tell if things are healthy or not. I appear to be connected to a number of peers, I have my port forwarded, I'm running the downloaded windows binary, it should be a straight-shot as far as I can see but nope.

Am I really the only one having troubles or are others trying and just walking away? Is anyone driving this thing?

can't you just see if it's working from the log file in the p2pool/data/bitcoin directory?

what exactly is the issue, getting like 100% stales, can't mine on your own node, or?

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Quote from: maqifrnswa on April 06, 2013, 08:11:45 AM

Quote from: Richy_T on April 05, 2013, 11:25:40 PM

I wish this was working for me. I'm a big fan of p2p technologies but despite watching messages scroll up my screen for the past few days, I'm still unable to participate. No apparent way to tell if things are healthy or not. I appear to be connected to a number of peers, I have my port forwarded, I'm running the downloaded windows binary, it should be a straight-shot as far as I can see but nope.

Am I really the only one having troubles or are others trying and just walking away? Is anyone driving this thing?

It seems that you are the only one with this specific problem. Since others can't reproduce it, it is harder to debug (and sounds like a configuration error, but you seem to know what to do to configure it properly and it still is not working). Maybe windows firewall? settings If you had a more recent python/twisted version from your linux distribution you could test that too to isolate if it is a windows configuration problem or somewhere else in the network (is your ISP filtering packets?)

I can share my experience: p2pool on a raspberry pi (raspbian wheezy), an ubuntu 12.10 laptop, and debian wheezy server all work with no problems with the default configuration. There are > 200 users using p2pool currently, and as far as I can see on the forums you're the first one to report the problem (which is why everyone is asking you to check configurations).

I hope you can get it working, perhaps stopping by #p2pool on freenode will get you some real-time feedback as opposed to long delay on forums.

EDIT:
Actually, could you try installing a more recent linux distribution in a VM on your slackware install? That should be easier than a whole machine upgrade and may show you if it is a windows or network problem.

Definitely not Windows Firewall as I have that turned off completely. I do have a couple of other Linux boxes lying around so I can give those a try. Might even be worth seeing about firing it up in a VM I suppose.

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Quote from: phants on April 06, 2013, 02:23:19 AM

Please, add support for PPCoin net Cry

I second that, there seems to be a real need right now for PPcoin pools

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Quote from: Richy_T on April 05, 2013, 11:25:40 PM

I wish this was working for me. I'm a big fan of p2p technologies but despite watching messages scroll up my screen for the past few days, I'm still unable to participate. No apparent way to tell if things are healthy or not. I appear to be connected to a number of peers, I have my port forwarded, I'm running the downloaded windows binary, it should be a straight-shot as far as I can see but nope.

Am I really the only one having troubles or are others trying and just walking away? Is anyone driving this thing?

It seems that you are the only one with this specific problem. Since others can't reproduce it, it is harder to debug (and sounds like a configuration error, but you seem to know what to do to configure it properly and it still is not working). Maybe windows firewall? settings If you had a more recent python/twisted version from your linux distribution you could test that too to isolate if it is a windows configuration problem or somewhere else in the network (is your ISP filtering packets?)

I can share my experience: p2pool on a raspberry pi (raspbian wheezy), an ubuntu 12.10 laptop, and debian wheezy server all work with no problems with the default configuration. There are > 200 users using p2pool currently, and as far as I can see on the forums you're the first one to report the problem (which is why everyone is asking you to check configurations).

I hope you can get it working, perhaps stopping by #p2pool on freenode will get you some real-time feedback as opposed to long delay on forums.

EDIT:
Actually, could you try installing a more recent linux distribution in a VM on your slackware install? That should be easier than a whole machine upgrade and may show you if it is a windows or network problem.

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Quote from: Richy_T on April 05, 2013, 11:25:40 PM

I wish this was working for me. I'm a big fan of p2p technologies but despite watching messages scroll up my screen for the past few days, I'm still unable to participate. No apparent way to tell if things are healthy or not. I appear to be connected to a number of peers, I have my port forwarded, I'm running the downloaded windows binary, it should be a straight-shot as far as I can see but nope.

Am I really the only one having troubles or are others trying and just walking away? Is anyone driving this thing?

Open a browser on the machine running p2pool and go to 127.0.0.1:9332 (this port number could be different if you are using it to mine other coins than Bitcoins. Just use the same portnumber as you're using to connect your miners to your p2pool instance).
Should give you a page with stats and graphs where you can have a look if things are working.

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I wish this was working for me. I'm a big fan of p2p technologies but despite watching messages scroll up my screen for the past few days, I'm still unable to participate. No apparent way to tell if things are healthy or not. I appear to be connected to a number of peers, I have my port forwarded, I'm running the downloaded windows binary, it should be a straight-shot as far as I can see but nope.

Am I really the only one having troubles or are others trying and just walking away? Is anyone driving this thing?

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Quote from: Mushoz on April 05, 2013, 05:26:58 PM

Quote from: wtogami on April 05, 2013, 04:50:44 PM

Quote from: Mushoz on April 05, 2013, 04:38:18 PM

Awesome program! I'm using it for mining Litecoin and it's working fantastically. I have a question though: How can I get loads of stales and a lower hashrate when using the binary from this thread for mining, yet when I download the repository and run it with python, my hashrate is much higher and stales much lower. I'm not complaining of course, but it's kinda weird.

Keep up the good work!

The binary 11.2 release was prior to two important fixes for LTC mining. You currently need git to use p2pool LTC.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the answer. I'm glad all is well!
I'm getting around ~10% (vs ~20% average of the entire pool) DOAs and 126% efficiency. I'm guessing these numbers are good?
Still that looks like quite a bit of work wasted. Is that normal and to be expected?

Thanks again!

You're doing very well, and your work is not being wasted at all.

Short story: p2pool DOAs are still valid blocks and can still payout if they have a higher diff than the bitcoin network difficulty and thus are accepted by bitcoind. They just don't end up on the p2pool internal sharechain. As long as your efficiency is ~100% (or in your case > 100%), you have a well tuned and properly running system.

Long story: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-guide-for-mining-efficiently-on-p2pool-includes-fud-repellent-and-faq-153232

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Quote from: wtogami on April 05, 2013, 04:50:44 PM

Quote from: Mushoz on April 05, 2013, 04:38:18 PM

Awesome program! I'm using it for mining Litecoin and it's working fantastically. I have a question though: How can I get loads of stales and a lower hashrate when using the binary from this thread for mining, yet when I download the repository and run it with python, my hashrate is much higher and stales much lower. I'm not complaining of course, but it's kinda weird.

Keep up the good work!

The binary 11.2 release was prior to two important fixes for LTC mining. You currently need git to use p2pool LTC.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the answer. I'm glad all is well!
I'm getting around ~10% (vs ~20% average of the entire pool) DOAs and 126% efficiency. I'm guessing these numbers are good?
Still that looks like quite a bit of work wasted. Is that normal and to be expected?

Thanks again!

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Quote from: Mushoz on April 05, 2013, 04:38:18 PM

Awesome program! I'm using it for mining Litecoin and it's working fantastically. I have a question though: How can I get loads of stales and a lower hashrate when using the binary from this thread for mining, yet when I download the repository and run it with python, my hashrate is much higher and stales much lower. I'm not complaining of course, but it's kinda weird.

Keep up the good work!

The binary 11.2 release was prior to two important fixes for LTC mining. You currently need git to use p2pool LTC.

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Awesome program! I'm using it for mining Litecoin and it's working fantastically. I have a question though: How can I get loads of stales and a lower hashrate when using the binary from this thread for mining, yet when I download the repository and run it with python, my hashrate is much higher and stales much lower. I'm not complaining of course, but it's kinda weird.

Keep up the good work!

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Quote from: maqifrnswa on April 05, 2013, 03:43:00 PM

Quote from: Aseras on April 05, 2013, 03:40:41 PM

Quote from: coinnewb on April 05, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Do Avalon ASICs work with p2pool out of the box? If not, does anyone know what settings need to be used?
Thanks!

simple answer, yes. long answer no, you need a special build of p2pool and the firmware we have made to fix delays and absurd long poll wait times because of the avalon driver built in delays.

To those just joining the conversation, no p2pool or cgminer developer had access to an avalon until a user, Aseras, graciously donated his machine time to a cgminer developer this week. All avalon owners owe him a thank you for working out the new firmware and contributions to the cgminer code (that has not been released yet) along with ckolivas.

I wasn't aware, so thanks for sharing, and big thanks to Aseras for making this happen!

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Quote from: Aseras on April 05, 2013, 03:40:41 PM

Quote from: coinnewb on April 05, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Do Avalon ASICs work with p2pool out of the box? If not, does anyone know what settings need to be used?
Thanks!

simple answer, yes. long answer no, you need a special build of p2pool and the firmware we have made to fix delays and absurd long poll wait times because of the avalon driver built in delays.

To those just joining the conversation, no p2pool or cgminer developer had access to an avalon until a user, Aseras, graciously donated his machine time to a cgminer developer this week. All avalon owners owe him a thank you for working out the new firmware and contributions to the cgminer code (that has not been released yet) along with ckolivas.

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Quote from: coinnewb on April 05, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Do Avalon ASICs work with p2pool out of the box? If not, does anyone know what settings need to be used?
Thanks!

simple answer, yes. long answer no, you need a special build of p2pool and the firmware we have made to fix delays and absurd long poll wait times because of the avalon driver built in delays.

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Quote from: PatMan on April 05, 2013, 01:42:36 PM

Quote from: coinnewb on April 05, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Do Avalon ASICs work with p2pool out of the box? If not, does anyone know what settings need to be used?
Thanks!

No, they don't. It's being worked on, but don't hold your breath.... Wink

OK. Thanks.

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Quote from: coinnewb on April 05, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Do Avalon ASICs work with p2pool out of the box? If not, does anyone know what settings need to be used?
Thanks!

No, they don't. It's being worked on, but don't hold your breath.... Wink

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Quote from: stevegee58 on April 05, 2013, 11:56:04 AM

Quote from: Richy_T on April 05, 2013, 10:25:44 AM

I'm guessing this means it needs a newer version of Python than the 2.5 mentioned in the OP (I'm on 2.5.1)

I upgraded to python 2.7 on the Ubuntu box I'm running p2pool on. It didn't break anything else, if that's what you're worried about.

Yeah. Thing is, I'm on Slackware and badly in need of a full OS upgrade (and CPU and hard drive and motherboard and memory come to that Cheesy

) so upgrading individual components is a little pointless and probably problematic. No biggie. I just wish I knew what was happening with the one I'm running on Windows. It has been asking for the same share, 34df1a09, for the last couple of hours.

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Quote from: Richy_T on April 05, 2013, 10:25:44 AM

I'm guessing this means it needs a newer version of Python than the 2.5 mentioned in the OP (I'm on 2.5.1)

I upgraded to python 2.7 on the Ubuntu box I'm running p2pool on. It didn't break anything else, if that's what you're worried about.

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Do Avalon ASICs work with p2pool out of the box? If not, does anyone know what settings need to be used?
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Linux attempt:

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$ python run_p2pool.py
usage: git-describe [--all] [--tags] [--abbrev=] *
/home/rich/p2pool/p2pool/p2pool/main.py:76: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_p2pool.py", line 3, in
from p2pool import main
File "/home/rich/p2pool/p2pool/p2pool/main.py", line 76
with open(address_path, 'rb') as f:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I'm guessing this means it needs a newer version of Python than the 2.5 mentioned in the OP (I'm on 2.5.1)

Note that this post is not relevant at all to my earlier issues which are occuring on a Windows 7 64-bit OS.

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