Scope of the P2Pool solution
Own P2Pool server installation, for the Mining of Bitcoins, Namecoins, Devcoins, IXcoins and I0coins using Merged Mining and also, for Litecoins.
Solution based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 32 bits.
You can install P2Pool easily within a virtual machine powered by KVM, Xen or VMWare.
The payout logic of P2Pool is PPLNS (Pay-Per-Last-N-Shares).
This guide does not require advanced Linux knowledge.
NOTE 1: You need to have your mining rig already working somehere...
NOTE 2: Change aptitude for apt-get if the command do not exist in your installation.
Brief of procedure
1- Install Ubuntu Linux 11.10;
2- Install Bitcoin 0.6.0 Client;
3- Install all packages needed to use P2Pool;
4- Start P2Pool for Bitcoins;
5- Point your miners to your newly P2Pool;
6- Accessing your P2Pool statistics;
(OPTIONAL FROM NOW)
7- Make a one-time donation to all miners of P2Pool simultaneously (including yourself!);
8- Automatic regular donations (daily, weekly or monthly) to the miners;
9- Install all needed packages to compile and use Litecoin, Namecoin, Devcoin, IXcoin and I0coin;
10- Start P2Pool for Litecoins;
11- Point your miners to your newly Litecoin P2Pool;
12- Accessing your Litecoin P2Pool statistics;
13- Make a one-time donation to all miners of Litecoin P2Pool simultaneously (including yourself!);
14- Start P2Pool for Bitcoin with Merged Mining enabled;
Complete procedure
1- Install Ubuntu Linux 11.10 - 32 bits server.
Download the CD Image of Ubuntu 11.10 from:
http://mirror.globo.com/ubuntu/releases/oneiric/ubuntu-11.10-server-i386.iso The minimum requirement is a Virtual Machine with the following settings: 2 CPUs, 1024MB of RAM and 10G disk.
Soon as the CD starts, press F4 and choose "Minimal Installation", for phisical servers or, "Minimal Installation Virtual" for virtual machines powered by Xen, KVM or VMWare.
During the installation, make a user called "administrative" and give to it a GOOD password. Do not encrypt its homedir during the installation.
2- Installing Bitcoin
Run the following commands:
sudo aptitude install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install bitcoind
Optional (for Desktops or servers with GUI):
sudo aptitude install bitcoin-qt
* Configuring and starting Bitcoin
NOTE: Type: "mkdir ~/.bitcoin/" to create this directory.
The file ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf must contain:
Edit the file:
nano ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=usuariox
rpcpassword=SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE
To start Bitcoin 0.6.0, type:
bitcoind
To use bitcoind (0.6.0), type:
bitcoind help
NOTE: The blockchain download will start now... You NEED to wait the full download BEFORE start P2Pool!!NOTE: If you already have your P2Pool running alongside with Bitcoin <0.6.0 and want to upgrade Bitcoin, I recomend a new and clean ~/.bitcoin directory for Bitcoin 0.6.03- Install all packages needed to use P2Pool;
sudo aptitude install screen git python-rrdtool python-pygame python-scipy python-twisted python-twisted-web python-imaging
4- Start P2Pool for Bitcoins;
* Get P2Pool latest software version:
git clone git://github.com/forrestv/p2pool.git
* Running P2Pool
screen -d -m -S btcp2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py --give-author 0 usuariox SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE
* To connect to your Bitcoin P2Pool output console:
screen -x btcp2pool
* Blocks mined by P2Pool since you're in:
grep BLOCK ~/p2pool/data/bitcoin/log
* Got share!
grep GOT\ SHARE ~/p2pool/data/bitcoin/log
* To donate a small percentage to the P2Pool author, remove the option "--give-author 0":
screen -d -m -S btcp2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py usuariox SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE
* Upgrading P2Pool to a newer version:
cd ~/p2pool
git pull
Then, stop and start P2Pool by connecting to its console and hitting "control+c" and, start it again.
NOTE: You need to know the IP address of your P2Pool server, to get it, type:
ip r
The IP address will appear right after the string "src".
5- Point your miners to your newly P2Pool;
cgminer -o http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/ -u garimpeiro1 -p x -g 1 --auto-fan --auto-gpu --gpu-engine 600-900 --gpu-memclock 180 -I 8 --submit-stale --gpu-reorder --api-listen --api-network
6- Accessing your P2Pool statistics;
http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/graphs/
WELL DONE!
Now we have the pluses...
7- Make a one-time donation to all miners of P2Pool simultaneously (including yourself!);
bitcoind sendmany "" "$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/patron_sendmany/5.0)"
8- Automatic regular donations (daily, weekly or monthly) to the miners;
crontab -e
Type:
# Daily donations:
#0 0 * * * bitcoind sendmany "" "$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/patron_sendmany/2)"
# Weekly donations:
#0 0 * * 0 bitcoind sendmany "" "$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/patron_sendmany/5)"
# Monthly donations:
#0 0 1 * * bitcoind sendmany "" "$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/patron_sendmany/10)"
NOTE: To activate regular donations, uncomment the line you wish to activate, by removing the carachter "#".
9- Install all needed packages to compile and use Litecoin, Namecoin, Devcoin, IXcoin and I0coin;
sudo apt-get build-dep bitcoin
sudo aptitude install build-essential libglib2.0-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libqt4-dev python-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
* Litecoin
git clone https://github.com/coblee/litecoin.git
cd ~/litecoin/src/
make -f makefile.unix litecoind
mkdir ~/.litecoin/
Content of ~/.litecoin/litecoin.conf:
Edit the file:
nano ~/.litecoin/litecoin.conf
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=liteuserx
rpcpassword=nkrt345udsdfjhgjhsdfuyrt78rtTJHRFHTDTYD
rpcport=9334
port=9335
gen=0
* Starting Litecoin
~/litecoin/src/litecoind
* Using Litecoin
~/litecoin/src/litecoind help
----------
* Namecoin
git clone git://github.com/namecoin/namecoin.git
cd ~/namecoin/src/
make -f makefile.unix namecoind
mkdir ~/.namecoin/
Content of ~/.namecoin/bitcoin.conf:
Edit the file:
nano ~/.namecoin/bitcoin.conf
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=usuarioy
rpcpassword=dasdGfhoiu35BCV47586fgdh234GDFSEG
rpcport=7333
* Starting Namecoin
~/namecoin/src/namecoind
* Using Namecoin
~/namecoin/src/namecoind help
----------
* Devcoin
git clone git://github.com/knotwork/old-devcoind.git
cd ~/old-devcoind/src/
make -f makefile.unix bitcoind
mkdir ~/.devcoin/
Content of ~/.devcoin/devcoin.conf:
Edit the file:
nano ~/.devcoin/devcoin.conf
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=devuser
rpcpassword=nggdhuiBGFhgf534746783ujghmgndf
rpcport=6333
port=6334
* Starting Devcoin
~/old-devcoind/src/bitcoind
* Using Devcoind
~/old-devcoind/src/bitcoind help
----------
* IXCoin
git clone git://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin.git
cd ~/ixcoin/src/
make -f makefile.unix ixcoind
mkdir ~/.ixcoin/
Content of ~/.ixcoin/ixcoin.conf:
Edit the file:
nano ~/.ixcoin/ixcoin.conf
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=ixuser
rpcpassword=DsadsavgfhgfhRt356345fgdfgGSDF
* Starting IXcoin
~/ixcoin/src/ixcoind
* Using IXcoin
~/ixcoin/src/ixcoind help
----------
* I0Coin
git clone git://github.com/doublec/i0coin
cd ~/i0coin/src/
make -f makefile.unix i0coind
mkdir ~/.i0coin/
Content of ~/.i0coin/i0coin.conf:
Edit the file:
nano ~/.i0coin/i0coin.conf
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=i0user
rpcpassword=fHEWQhkhjbcvBCVfhsd32r23rvgfuufGFDgdf
port=7337
rpcport=7338
* Starting I0coin
~/i0coin/src/i0coind
* Using I0coin
~/i0coin/src/i0coind help
10- Start P2Pool for Litecoins;
* First, install "litecoin_scrypt" to Python:
cd ~/p2pool/litecoin_scrypt
sudo python setup.py install
* Start your Litecoin P2Pool:
screen -d -m -S ltcp2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py --give-author 0 --net litecoin --bitcoind-rpc-port 9334 --bitcoind-p2p-port 9335 liteuserx nkrt345udsdfjhgjhsdfuyrt78rtTJHRFHTDTYD
* To connect to your Litecoin P2Pool output console:
screen -x ltcp2pool
* Blocks mined by P2Pool since you're in:
grep BLOCK ~/p2pool/data/litecoin/log
* Got share!
grep GOT\ SHARE ~/p2pool/data/litecoin/log
11- Point your miners to your newly Litecoin P2Pool;
minerd --url http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9327/ --userpass ltcminer0:x
12- Accessing your Litecoin P2Pool statistics;
http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9327/graphs/
13- Make a one-time donation to all miners of Litecoin P2Pool simultaneously (including yourself!);
~/litecoin/src/litecoind sendmany "" "$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9327/patron_sendmany/500.0)"
14- Start P2Pool for Bitcoin with Merged Mining enabled;
screen -d -m -S multip2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py --give-author 0 usuariox SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE --merged http://usuarioy:dasdGfhoiu35BCV47586fgdh234GDFSEG@127.0.0.1:7333/
* Multi-Merged-Mining:
screen -d -m -S multip2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py --give-author 0 usuariox SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE --merged http://usuarioy:dasdGfhoiu35BCV47586fgdh234GDFSEG@127.0.0.1:7333/ --merged http://devuser:nggdhuiBGFhgf534746783ujghmgndf@127.0.0.1:6333/ --merged http://ixuser:DsadsavgfhgfhRt356345fgdfgGSDF@127.0.0.1:8338/ --merged http://i0user:fHEWQhkhjbcvBCVfhsd32r23rvgfuufGFDgdf@127.0.0.1:7338/
NOTE: From day 2012/10/02, I'll start daily donations to Litecoin P2Pool miners, 200 LTC per day!
NOTE: From day 2012/10/02, I'll start almost daily donations to Bitcoin P2Pool miners, 1.5 BTC per day, but subdivided in 3 * 0.50 (at 08:00 AM, 16:00 PM and 00:00 AM)!
Regards,
Thiago
