If you have any ideas for how to clarify the documentation, you could help improve it. 
On to the Wiki I go.
Topic: p2pool - Decentralized, Absolutely DoS-Proof, Pool Hopping-Proof Pool [archival] - page 8. (Read 35513 times)
January 16, 2012, 09:23:42 PM
On to the Wiki I go.
January 16, 2012, 07:56:21 PM
EDIT: I really have to study this whole (new for me) process in more depth, many things are not clear to me.
Seems P2Pool just got block 162404, and while it's immature, my incoming transaction from 'bitcoind listtransactions' is around half the value shown in blockexplorer.
(doesn't mean anything is wrong, i was just not used to looking so much "under the hood").
Seems P2Pool just got block 162404, and while it's immature, my incoming transaction from 'bitcoind listtransactions' is around half the value shown in blockexplorer.
(doesn't mean anything is wrong, i was just not used to looking so much "under the hood").
If you have any ideas for how to clarify the documentation, you could help improve it.
Output from listtransactions should match the block shown in blockexplorer. What address were you mining to? Maybe pastebin the output of listtransactions? 
January 16, 2012, 02:00:21 PM
is it just me or does p2pool eat up a LOT of bandwidth?.. im not on a super mega fast connection but its decent and it slows down to a crawl.
During the initial sharechain download, it has to download about 30 MB. After that, it should never use more than about 4 kB/s. If you can confirm that it's actually using a lot more, I'd appreciate you running it with --debug and pastebinning some of the output.
Problem on my end.. not p2pool.. fixed the problem.. thx!
January 16, 2012, 10:53:22 AM
When using the -a to specify an address, does this have to be an address that's in bitcoind, and has a private key available locally, or can I specify any bitcoin address, such as one on another computer or my phone's wallet?
It can be any Bitcoin address.
Confirmed. Received two payments to my Android wallet last night. Thanks!!!
January 16, 2012, 10:37:52 AM
Thanks forestv. I put in 3.5 Ghash to test, not merged I'll have to test out settings for a few days and then add some more, and set up merged. It is a bit more setup than regular pooled or solo mining but not too much.
I'll have to test out settings for a few days and then add some more, and set up merged. It is a bit more setup than regular pooled or solo mining but not too much. 
January 16, 2012, 06:32:31 AM
Yup, there is a p2pool address, and it's the same in the p2pool.exe
Well it's working without problems, nice!
Well it's working without problems, nice!
January 16, 2012, 06:29:49 AM
i like what i see. Payout works fine. Now we need some more hashing power.@Gabi: it will create a new address in your client. Or you can set it with -a or so.
January 16, 2012, 06:19:11 AM
Mining now!
So i suppose i'll receive BTC to the address of my open bitcoin client?
So i suppose i'll receive BTC to the address of my open bitcoin client?
January 16, 2012, 01:23:42 AM
If that is really how it was supposed to work, then something is wrong.
I, too, have forwarded port (tested), and I also only got
I, too, have forwarded port (tested), and I also only got
Code:
Peers: 10
More will come with time. Peers are ranked based on how long they've been up and available to others.
Ahhh I see. Thanks for the quick reply.
EDIT: I really have to study this whole (new for me) process in more depth, many things are not clear to me.
Seems P2Pool just got block 162404, and while it's immature, my incoming transaction from 'bitcoind listtransactions' is around half the value shown in blockexplorer.
(doesn't mean anything is wrong, i was just not used to looking so much "under the hood").
January 16, 2012, 12:05:42 AM
Have there been no payouts between now and Saturday morning?
We haven't had any blocks in more than a day. However, a couple of days ago, we got three blocks in one day!
I setup p2pool as my backup pool. I also setup merged mining with namecoin. Is there anyone work on improving p2pool sharing the aux chain? Effectively solo-mining the aux chain can't be the best we can do.
Is there a block explorer-like site for the p2pool chain? It would be interesting to see how much hash power, the contributions, numbers of peers, etc. http://forre.st:9332/graphs/ has some stuff, but not much.
Is there a block explorer-like site for the p2pool chain? It would be interesting to see how much hash power, the contributions, numbers of peers, etc. http://forre.st:9332/graphs/ has some stuff, but not much.
Pooled mining for auxchains is on the TODO list... though there are still some problems I'm trying to figure out.
A "share explorer" sounds like a good idea. It'd be easy to add to P2Pool's web interface, too.
When using the -a to specify an address, does this have to be an address that's in bitcoind, and has a private key available locally, or can I specify any bitcoin address, such as one on another computer or my phone's wallet?
It can be any Bitcoin address.
Does anyone know the most efficient cgminer settings (scantime, queue, --submit-stale)? And will load balance work, or is that not recommended?
EDIT: Reset everything, now connected. I know there should be a lot of longpoll requests, but is it normal to have more than the accepted shares?
EDIT: Reset everything, now connected. I know there should be a lot of longpoll requests, but is it normal to have more than the accepted shares?
I don't use any flags, and it seems to work very well for me. Load balance should work unless cgminer is broken... Has anyone else tried it?
Lots of longpolls are completely normal.
If that is really how it was supposed to work, then something is wrong.
I, too, have forwarded port (tested), and I also only got
I, too, have forwarded port (tested), and I also only got
Code:
Peers: 10
More will come with time. Peers are ranked based on how long they've been up and available to others.
is it just me or does p2pool eat up a LOT of bandwidth?.. im not on a super mega fast connection but its decent and it slows down to a crawl.
During the initial sharechain download, it has to download about 30 MB. After that, it should never use more than about 4 kB/s. If you can confirm that it's actually using a lot more, I'd appreciate you running it with --debug and pastebinning some of the output.
Is there no -a option for merged mining to pay namecoins to an external address?
No, all Namecoin work is handled by namecoind currently.
January 15, 2012, 11:21:19 PM
For merged mining, make sure your namecoind is update to date, and RPC port/user/password matches --merged-url and --merged-userpass of p2pool.
Is there no -a option for merged mining to pay namecoins to an external address?
January 15, 2012, 11:10:09 PM
is it just me or does p2pool eat up a LOT of bandwidth?.. im not on a super mega fast connection but its decent and it slows down to a crawl.
January 15, 2012, 11:01:22 PM
Code:
Peers: 10
Yes, the client is limited to 10 outgoing connections, but if you forward the port, you can get more incoming ones.
If that is really how it was supposed to work, then something is wrong.
I, too, have forwarded port (tested), and I also only got
Code:
Peers: 10
January 15, 2012, 10:49:33 PM
CGminer and phoenix show that they are mining bitcoin but P2pool isn't showing any hashrate or shares. Merged mining with namecoins keeps giving me getauxblock errors and litecoin with p2pool gives me a json-rpc error.
Bitcoin p2pool, merged mining, and Litecoin p2pool all works for me. The share chain difficulty of Bitcoin p2pool is about 150 now, it means in average, you will have one share accounted for the about same time you get 150 shares accounted in other pools. So be patient to see your shares appear, and/or check your estimated payout instead.
For merged mining, make sure your namecoind is update to date, and RPC port/user/password matches --merged-url and --merged-userpass of p2pool.
For Litecoin mining, if you run litecoind and p2pool on the same machine, be careful to modify port numbers for either litecoind or p2pool, because they conflict by default.
January 15, 2012, 10:26:45 PM
Holliday I appreciate your trying to help, but I already have 8333, 8334, and 9333 forwarded. P2pool nodes connect on 9333, miners connect on 9332. My node is up. My miner won't connect. I need to figure out if it's the router, server, or client. I'm just going to reset everything.
Does anyone know the most efficient cgminer settings (scantime, queue, --submit-stale)? And will load balance work, or is that not recommended?
EDIT: Reset everything, now connected. I know there should be a lot of longpoll requests, but is it normal to have more than the accepted shares?
Does anyone know the most efficient cgminer settings (scantime, queue, --submit-stale)? And will load balance work, or is that not recommended?
EDIT: Reset everything, now connected. I know there should be a lot of longpoll requests, but is it normal to have more than the accepted shares?
January 15, 2012, 10:17:22 PM
When using the -a to specify an address, does this have to be an address that's in bitcoind, and has a private key available locally, or can I specify any bitcoin address, such as one on another computer or my phone's wallet?
Thanks
Thanks
January 15, 2012, 09:56:58 PM
CGminer and phoenix show that they are mining bitcoin but P2pool isn't showing any hashrate or shares. Merged mining with namecoins keeps giving me getauxblock errors and litecoin with p2pool gives me a json-rpc error.
January 15, 2012, 09:46:48 PM
I'm still getting pool dead on cgminer. Do I need to forward 9332 as well? It doesn't show open the machine running p2pool (miner is different machine).
January 15, 2012, 09:45:20 PM
I setup p2pool as my backup pool. I also setup merged mining with namecoin. Is there anyone work on improving p2pool sharing the aux chain? Effectively solo-mining the aux chain can't be the best we can do.
Is there a block explorer-like site for the p2pool chain? It would be interesting to see how much hash power, the contributions, numbers of peers, etc. http://forre.st:9332/graphs/ has some stuff, but not much.
Is there a block explorer-like site for the p2pool chain? It would be interesting to see how much hash power, the contributions, numbers of peers, etc. http://forre.st:9332/graphs/ has some stuff, but not much.
January 15, 2012, 09:35:14 PM
So, I've read the documentation available about p2pool (wiki, readme, etc). I'm asking just to be sure that I understand correctly how this works.
So, you need to have a bitcoind running somewhere. So, if I'm on one computer, I start bitcoind with p2pool, and the software is going to work like I'm solo mining, but with p2pool activated. I suppose that the Bitcoins that I received are going to be deposited into the wallet.dat associated with the bitcoind I used on that computer.
What if I have 12 different computers? Is it possible to only have one bitcoind somewhere on the network, where p2pool connect to and where Bitcoins are deposited? The documentation seems written for miners who only have one rig. What in the case I have many rigs, and I want all the Bitcoins mined to be in the same wallet somewhere?
Not sure if you can point all of them to the same p2pool or bitcoind.exe, but you can manually set the payout address when starting run_p2pool.exe.So, you need to have a bitcoind running somewhere. So, if I'm on one computer, I start bitcoind with p2pool, and the software is going to work like I'm solo mining, but with p2pool activated. I suppose that the Bitcoins that I received are going to be deposited into the wallet.dat associated with the bitcoind I used on that computer.
What if I have 12 different computers? Is it possible to only have one bitcoind somewhere on the network, where p2pool connect to and where Bitcoins are deposited? The documentation seems written for miners who only have one rig. What in the case I have many rigs, and I want all the Bitcoins mined to be in the same wallet somewhere?
I'm using the same address for all my mining boxes.
run_p2pool.exe user password -a 1HLXuWY1JC6j6RD2c6BUFCGyeqFrTZ9qAG
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