Topic: Bitparking Namecoin Mining Pool [30 GHash/s] (Read 20588 times)
I've removed the 'for testing' from the thread title since it's the oldest namecoin mining pool and has been running fine since moving to the new server 6 weeks ago. The pool has survived some of the crazy highs and lows during the profitable difficulty periods, peaking at 350 Ghash/s during the last one.
For those that used the previous version of the bitparking namecoin pool, before I rewrote the software to what is the current version, I've sent out all the remaining balances that remained.
Started mining on the pool yesterday. Having a deposit issue with your related exchange service. I sent 0.77BTC (as a test) to a BTC recieving address generated by the exchange...the transaction showed up...but has been stuck on 'pending' for over 20 blocks now.
Has it gone through? If not, PM me the details.
The pool was getting overloaded. I've moved it to a new server now and it seems to be operating ok.
Started mining on the pool yesterday. Having a deposit issue with your related exchange service. I sent 0.77BTC (as a test) to a BTC recieving address generated by the exchange...the transaction showed up...but has been stuck on 'pending' for over 20 blocks now.
Im getting every few seconds, "Problems comunicating with bitcoin RPC" on GUIminer. Is that normal with this Pool?
It seems that the pool has outgrown what its infrastructure can handle. I got a lot of "miner is idle" messages now, so switched back to mining Bitcoins for a while...
Im getting every few seconds, "Problems comunicating with bitcoin RPC" on GUIminer. Is that normal with this Pool?
Sure, go here: http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
After that you have a namecoinaddress (resulting from the the getnewaddress command), copy this, you'll need it the next step.
Then use your miner of choice. I use Phoenix so (on a command prompt) run:
Phoenix.exe -u http://MYNAMECOINADDRES:[email protected]:9098/ DEVICE=0 -k phatk VECTORS BFI_INT AGGRESSION=11 FASTLOOP=false WORKSIZE=128 -q 3
On the ming website you can access your account with the MYNAMECOINADDRESS and no password and this way you can also cash out to your wallet. If you want to see your wallet content you can type:
"namecoind getinfo" on the command prompt but please note the funds are only shown here after 120 conformations.
If you want to see it sooner type: "namecoind listtransactions" and check the amount (and the conformation count) of the last transaction
Hope this was clear enough, if not please ask
After that you have a namecoinaddress (resulting from the the getnewaddress command), copy this, you'll need it the next step.
Then use your miner of choice. I use Phoenix so (on a command prompt) run:
Phoenix.exe -u http://MYNAMECOINADDRES:[email protected]:9098/ DEVICE=0 -k phatk VECTORS BFI_INT AGGRESSION=11 FASTLOOP=false WORKSIZE=128 -q 3
On the ming website you can access your account with the MYNAMECOINADDRESS and no password and this way you can also cash out to your wallet. If you want to see your wallet content you can type:
"namecoind getinfo" on the command prompt but please note the funds are only shown here after 120 conformations.
If you want to see it sooner type: "namecoind listtransactions" and check the amount (and the conformation count) of the last transaction
Hope this was clear enough, if not please ask
could anyone explain to a windows using noob how to use this?
+1 for new servers
Getting intermitant connection issues
Set a second miner for each gpu to another pool with lower -f value will roll over
Getting intermitant connection issues
Set a second miner for each gpu to another pool with lower -f value will roll over
Poclbm miner gives me 165 accepted shares and 41 stale. This is unacceptable.
Pool hash rate kept going up & up but it seemed like it took longer & longer to solve blocks, then it died.
doublec twitter on Jun 6 "Rewrote my namecoin mining pool server in Ur/Web. Old server hit 100% and died at 20 getworks/s. New one at 45 getworks/s and going fine."
Looks like ~130 getwork/s is current limit, I don't remember it getting much higher. This is the only namecoin mining pool at the moment so it got pretty busy.
doublec twitter on Jun 6 "Rewrote my namecoin mining pool server in Ur/Web. Old server hit 100% and died at 20 getworks/s. New one at 45 getworks/s and going fine."
Looks like ~130 getwork/s is current limit, I don't remember it getting much higher. This is the only namecoin mining pool at the moment so it got pretty busy.
yeah I'm getting 20-30% rejected as well. wtf
For me it mined all day but I had ~18% rejected. That is a lot (even normally in this pool I had ~5% rejected but I thought that was the sample size).
Is something wrong?
Is something wrong?
My miner does still get work from the pool but it seems the stats page is down. Only the default nginx homepage shows up.
pool died?
Have that, too. Looking at the output from DiabloMiner it seems there are a lot of invalid blocks or timeouts happening. The hashrate that the pool reports back to you is only based on the valid blocks it counts.
The bitparking guys say it's because calculation speed is increasing so fast that sometimes a block is solved before you had time to get even one share in and that that should stabilize after the next difficulty change.
The bitparking guys say it's because calculation speed is increasing so fast that sometimes a block is solved before you had time to get even one share in and that that should stabilize after the next difficulty change.
should I be concerned that my pool hashrate shows as being over 100Mh less than my actual rate?
can someone pls explain how to get a namecoin address and how to use it in general? i read all the FAQs but i still dont understand anything...
Linux:
Code:
$ uname -m
x86_64
$ wget http://dot-bit.org/files/namecoin_linux64.tgz
$ tar zxf namecoin_linux64.tgz
$ mkdir .namecoin
$ cat >.namecoin/bitcoin.cfg <
rpcport=8337
EOF
$ ./namecoind &
$ ./namecoind help
backupwallet
deletetransaction
getaccount
[blah blah, you are supposed to be interested in reading the output]
$ ./namecoind getnewaddress
NFMrAM9jv...
x86_64
$ wget http://dot-bit.org/files/namecoin_linux64.tgz
$ tar zxf namecoin_linux64.tgz
$ mkdir .namecoin
$ cat >.namecoin/bitcoin.cfg <
rpcport=8337
EOF
$ ./namecoind &
$ ./namecoind help
backupwallet
deletetransaction
getaccount
[blah blah, you are supposed to be interested in reading the output]
$ ./namecoind getnewaddress
NFMrAM9jv...
Windows: err I guess some endless sequence of clicks here and there...
If you get "i386" after executing "uname -m" at the very beginning, then download and use namecoin_linux32.tgz instead of 64.
can someone pls explain how to get a namecoin address and how to use it in general? i read all the FAQs but i still dont understand anything...
2011-06-16 06:05:38: Listener for "Default": 16/06/2011 06:05:38, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-06-16 06:05:44: Listener for "Default": 16/06/2011 06:05:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": Traceback (most recent call last):
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 261, in longPollThread
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 236, in request
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
2011-06-16 06:07:57: Listener for "Default": 16/06/2011 06:07:57, long poll exception:
Like that for pages & pages in my console.
2011-06-16 06:05:44: Listener for "Default": 16/06/2011 06:05:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": Traceback (most recent call last):
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 261, in longPollThread
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 236, in request
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
2011-06-16 06:06:49: Listener for "Default": ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
2011-06-16 06:07:57: Listener for "Default": 16/06/2011 06:07:57, long poll exception:
Like that for pages & pages in my console.
I keep getting 504 (Gateway timeout) errors with jgarzik's cpuminer-1.0.2.
Anyone else getting really bad connection problems to this pool today?
Yep, me
Anyone else getting really bad connection problems to this pool today?
namecoind getgenerate
that will get you an address
I think getnewaddress is used when you already have an address
You can associate it with an account name, then solo mine
namecoind getnewaddress Chucksta
bitcoin.conf
-----------
rpcuser=Chucksta
rpcpassword=suckmyc00k1es
rpcport=8332
rpcallowip=198.xxx.xxx.xx1
rpcallowip=198.xxx.xxx.xx2
rpcallowip=198.xxx.xxx.xx3
daemon=1
that will get you an address
I think getnewaddress is used when you already have an address
You can associate it with an account name, then solo mine
namecoind getnewaddress Chucksta
bitcoin.conf
-----------
rpcuser=Chucksta
rpcpassword=suckmyc00k1es
rpcport=8332
rpcallowip=198.xxx.xxx.xx1
rpcallowip=198.xxx.xxx.xx2
rpcallowip=198.xxx.xxx.xx3
daemon=1
I could not get the receiving address.
I create the bitcoin.conf file
then I run the namecoind.exe in command prompt
then when I type "namecoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true"
I got error like these
http://www.upload.ee/image/1418737/Untitled.jpg
pls help
I create the bitcoin.conf file
then I run the namecoind.exe in command prompt
then when I type "namecoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true"
I got error like these
http://www.upload.ee/image/1418737/Untitled.jpg
pls help
Hey, I can't get a namecoin address. I did this step in windows 7
4. Create the "bitcoin.conf" file
Windows : file must be located in your application data folder \ namecoin
Linux : file must be located in ~/.namecoin
Populate "bitcoin.conf" with at least these lines :
rpcuser=your_user
rpcpassword=your_pass
rpcport=8336
daemon=1
But when in step 5 to 8, I typed "c:\namecoin_win32\namecoind.exe", there is no "bitcoin server starting" appear in the command prompt and I have no Idea what to do next. I read your blog but its in linux not in windows, anyone can help?
5. Start namecoind again
bitcoin server starting
6. List available commands:
Note : on windows, you may need to open a new terminal.
./namecoind help
7. Get your first namecoin address(es):
You will need an address if you want to receive namecoins.
./namecoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true
8. Generate a new address:
./namecoind getnewaddress
4. Create the "bitcoin.conf" file
Windows : file must be located in your application data folder \ namecoin
Linux : file must be located in ~/.namecoin
Populate "bitcoin.conf" with at least these lines :
rpcuser=your_user
rpcpassword=your_pass
rpcport=8336
daemon=1
But when in step 5 to 8, I typed "c:\namecoin_win32\namecoind.exe", there is no "bitcoin server starting" appear in the command prompt and I have no Idea what to do next. I read your blog but its in linux not in windows, anyone can help?
5. Start namecoind again
bitcoin server starting
6. List available commands:
Note : on windows, you may need to open a new terminal.
./namecoind help
7. Get your first namecoin address(es):
You will need an address if you want to receive namecoins.
./namecoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true
8. Generate a new address:
./namecoind getnewaddress
15071.20565385, are you kidding me? 
Can we use the same receiving address(worker name) for multiple mining GPUs?
Yes. 
Can we use the same receiving address(worker name) for multiple mining GPUs?
The errors are due to the long poller having problems. What's happening is there's so much computing power on the namecoin network right now, and difficulty hasn't adjusted yet, that blocks are being solved every 2 minutes or so. With the thousands of long polling clients it's taking longer than this to notify them of a new block. So multiple blocks go by before you get the notification. At some point the long poller server locks up. Things will calm down in a day or so when difficulty adjusts to match the network speed.
pool is down
I'm getting errors when I attempt to use poclbm:
Code:
13/06/2011 03:57:48, long poll exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 234, in request
File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
13/06/2011 03:58:19, 9ec203b6, invalid or stale
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 234, in request
File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
13/06/2011 03:58:19, 9ec203b6, invalid or stale
I was so angry, first time I sleep in ages, I wake up, the entire nights sleep was spent offline ffs
at least I found a block heh
I'm getting errors when I attempt to use poclbm:
Code:
13/06/2011 03:57:48, long poll exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 234, in request
File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
13/06/2011 03:58:19, 9ec203b6, invalid or stale
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 234, in request
File "json\__init__.pyo", line 307, in loads
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 319, in decode
File "json\decoder.pyo", line 338, in raw_decode
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
13/06/2011 03:58:19, 9ec203b6, invalid or stale
I recently rewrote the pool software to handle more load. You can still withdraw from the old pool account and I'll automatically withdraw the remaining amounts next week to those that haven't withdrawn. The new pool is operating at the same URL and port. Withdrawals from the old pool are available at http://oldpool.bitparking.com/pool. If you have any questions let me know.
I believe that's up to you, the address is simply the address you want to be paid out to, do you want everything in one address or to separate ones?
This is correct. Using the same address is fine. So is using different addresses. should i use different address for each miner or can i use same one for all of them?
I believe that's up to you, the address is simply the address you want to be paid out to, do you want everything in one address or to separate ones?
should i use different address for each miner or can i use same one for all of them?
EDIT:
Figured it out:
Address was created without account link.
Created new, and it just fine.
Figured it out:
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Looks like it want recognize my address.
Maybe just not enough time was passed.
And - my netcoin address starts from M, not form N like stated on dot-bit.org.
Should i get a new one ?
Maybe just not enough time was passed.
And - my netcoin address starts from M, not form N like stated on dot-bit.org.
Should i get a new one ?
Address was created without account link.
Created new, and it just fine.
And back to 2 Ghash. The pool server handled the load, but did identify a bunch of places I need to tweak.
Someone's helping test my pool software scalability. The namecoin pool temporarily at 11 Ghash/s.
Someone explain what a namecoin is, how it is used, and why would we need them. A cursory glance at that wiki says they are used for DNS, but then you go and list DNS servers people can freely connect to? What am I missing here.
I made the about page for you : http://dot-bit.org/AboutDifficult to summarize things in some words :p
ps : you can ask additional info in this topic.
Hehe, been mining solo these last days, still quite feasible but I was kinda waiting for something like this. 
I wasn't able to get in early for generating Bitcoins, perhaps I can do it for the Namecoin, I've always been wanting to have my own addresses, too, anyway...
I wasn't able to get in early for generating Bitcoins, perhaps I can do it for the Namecoin, I've always been wanting to have my own addresses, too, anyway...
You are missing the page : what is namecoin, which still doesn't exist :p
I'll explain that after eating some food :p (or someone else can do it now too)
I'll explain that after eating some food :p (or someone else can do it now too)
Someone explain what a namecoin is, how it is used, and why would we need them. A cursory glance at that wiki says they are used for DNS, but then you go and list DNS servers people can freely connect to? What am I missing here.
I restarted the pool a couple of times today to fix a memory leak and excessive CPU usage. The server is ticking along much nicer now.
It won't let me withdraw anything. I click withdraw and it just goes back to the homepage without sending anything (I checked my wallet, and it also continues to list the balance).
PM me your address and I'll try to track it down. I can send it manually too. 
It won't let me withdraw anything. I click withdraw and it just goes back to the homepage without sending anything (I checked my wallet, and it also continues to list the balance).
Those were happy times ... Actually 589 still isn't that bad either.
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er no currently it is 589.64331461
Oops! Guess my client was a little out of date. It was 290 a few days ago Those were happy times ... Actually 589 still isn't that bad either.
Someone is mining in the pool with an address of N5gW....4z3 but they've got a spurious '.NameCoin' appended to it. Possibly they intended for this to be the password? This means you won't be able to withdraw your coins since the address is invalid. PM me when you've changed your address and I'll fix things up.
i'm providing with cpu, and getting nowhere :p only 3 shares put in.. and the site doesnt say i put any in.
It looks like there are problems using ufasoft's miner. I'm looking into it.Thanks to Nesetalis' help tracking this down, ufasoft should now work fine.
er no currently it is 589.64331461
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whats the namecoin difficulty looking like these days
It's currently 290. I solo mined on my old nVidia (50MH/s) and got 3 blocks overnight. i'm providing with cpu, and getting nowhere :p only 3 shares put in.. and the site doesnt say i put any in.
It looks like there are problems using ufasoft's miner. I'm looking into it.
Seems to be running perfectly with 'minerd', hopefully my server's i7-920 will be able to net me some of these namecoins before the difficulty spikes ;p.
i'm providing with cpu, and getting nowhere :p only 3 shares put in.. and the site doesnt say i put any in.
whats the namecoin difficulty looking like these days... still feasable to contribute to a pool or solo mine with a cpu? or has it progressed to gpu time already?
sweet i'm in.
i'm in. Im still not sure how to get my own Namecoin address?
SW-
Take a look here:SW-
http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
I tried running "namecoind getnewaddress"
And im still getting "error: couldn't connect to server"
SW-
First start namecoind, then open another terminal windows and run
Code:
namecoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true
You should see something like this if you are on windows:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\namecoin_win32>namecoind listrec
eivedbyaddress 0 true
[
{
"address" : "N9AsWmgxkhQtRLeoTsjVYxPcm3GyGFSh5T",
"account" : "",
"label" : "",
"amount" : 1.77000000,
"confirmations" : 1
},
]
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\namecoin_win32>
eivedbyaddress 0 true
[
{
"address" : "N9AsWmgxkhQtRLeoTsjVYxPcm3GyGFSh5T",
"account" : "",
"label" : "",
"amount" : 1.77000000,
"confirmations" : 1
},
]
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\namecoin_win32>
Im still not sure how to get my own Namecoin address?
SW-
Take a look here:SW-
http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
I tried running "namecoind getnewaddress"
And im still getting "error: couldn't connect to server"
SW-
Im still not sure how to get my own Namecoin address?
SW-
Take a look here:SW-
http://dot-bit.org/InstallAndConfigureNamecoin
Im still not sure how to get my own Namecoin address?
SW-
SW-
Now it works with your pool!
Great thanks! If you post or PM me a namecoin address I'll send you a tip. I've got some problem with the cellminer (PS3 miner),
It looks like cellminer is sending a Content-Type of application/x-www-form-url-encoded (which is standard for POST requests from HTML forms). This is upsetting my server since it expects the POST data to be in name/value form pairs. Can you change cellminer to send no content type or to send application/json?Ok,
for those interested, I've changed the line 81 (bitcoin.rb)
Code:
headers = {}
with thisCode:
headers = {:content_type => 'application/json'}
Here you can find the source:
https://github.com/verement/cellminer
I am not the owner of the code.
Now it works with your pool!
I've got some problem with the cellminer (PS3 miner),
It looks like cellminer is sending a Content-Type of application/x-www-form-url-encoded (which is standard for POST requests from HTML forms). This is upsetting my server since it expects the POST data to be in name/value form pairs. Can you change cellminer to send no content type or to send application/json? I'm in!
DiabloMiner works good under Macosx!
I've got some problem with the cellminer (PS3 miner),
Thanks, I'll try and track the problem with cellminer down. DiabloMiner works good under Macosx!
I've got some problem with the cellminer (PS3 miner),
Code:
500 Internal Server Error (RestClient::InternalServerError)
I'm in!
DiabloMiner works good under Macosx!
I've got some problem with the cellminer (PS3 miner),
DiabloMiner works good under Macosx!
I've got some problem with the cellminer (PS3 miner),
Code:
500 Internal Server Error (RestClient::InternalServerError)
I started a pool for mining namecoins. It uses standard bitcoin miners and is share based like other pools. Miners solve difficulty 1 shares and get a proportion of the generated coins based on their contribution. The pool takes a 3% fee and coins are available for withdrawal immediately a block is generated - no waiting for maturity.
Details are at the Bitparking Namecoin Pool Page. Basically you point your miner to the server at http://bitparking.com:9098 and use a Namecoin address as your username. The password can be anything. Withdrawals are only available to that Namecoin address. To withdraw, go to http://bitparking.com/pool, enter the address in the form and press the button. That takes you to your miner statistics. There will be a withdrawal button there if you have any coins.
Information on setting up a namecoin client to create the address you need can be found in my blog post about namecoins
Details are at the Bitparking Namecoin Pool Page. Basically you point your miner to the server at http://bitparking.com:9098 and use a Namecoin address as your username. The password can be anything. Withdrawals are only available to that Namecoin address. To withdraw, go to http://bitparking.com/pool, enter the address in the form and press the button. That takes you to your miner statistics. There will be a withdrawal button there if you have any coins.
Information on setting up a namecoin client to create the address you need can be found in my blog post about namecoins
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