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

PatrickMacH

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Is there a need for a docker container ready to merge mine using P2Pool?

CohibAA

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Quote from: tomsanders on April 24, 2015, 10:58:33 PM

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?

CohibAA

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Quote from: HotSwap on September 22, 2014, 10:12:27 PM

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.

kano

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It's doing that badly hey? Cheesy

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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.

tomsanders

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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?

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Quote from: tomsanders on April 23, 2015, 04:20:18 PM

Quote from: kano on April 23, 2015, 03:52:20 PM

Quote from: tomsanders on April 23, 2015, 10:56:10 AM

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).

kano

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Quote from: tomsanders on April 23, 2015, 04:20:18 PM

Quote from: kano on April 23, 2015, 03:52:20 PM

Quote from: tomsanders on April 23, 2015, 10:56:10 AM

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.

tomsanders

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Quote from: kano on April 23, 2015, 03:52:20 PM

Quote from: tomsanders on April 23, 2015, 10:56:10 AM

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

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Quote from: tomsanders on April 23, 2015, 10:56:10 AM

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

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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

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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

FlensGold

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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.

xxTeDYxx

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

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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!

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Quote from: Legov on October 19, 2014, 02:44:53 PM

Quote from: newbuntu on October 17, 2014, 06:26:54 PM

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.

Legov

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Quote from: newbuntu on October 17, 2014, 06:26:54 PM

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

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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.

HotSwap

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Has anyone gotten LTC p2pool setup with Dogecoin AUX?

newbuntu

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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

LtPaxIV

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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

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