Complete Guide to P2Pool - Merged Mining

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:

Code:

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):

Code:

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

Code:

server=1

daemon=1

rpcuser=usuariox

rpcpassword=SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE

To start Bitcoin 0.6.0, type:

Code:

bitcoind

To use bitcoind (0.6.0), type:

Code:

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 0.6.0


3- Install all packages needed to use P2Pool;

Code:

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:

Code:

git clone git://github.com/forrestv/p2pool.git

* Running P2Pool

Code:

screen -d -m -S btcp2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py –give-author 0 usuariox SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE

* To connect to your Bitcoin P2Pool output console:

Code:

screen -x btcp2pool

* Blocks mined by P2Pool since you’re in:

Code:

grep BLOCK ~/p2pool/data/bitcoin/log

* Got share!

Code:

grep GOT\ SHARE ~/p2pool/data/bitcoin/log

* To donate a small percentage to the P2Pool author, remove the option “–give-author 0″:

Code:

screen -d -m -S btcp2pool ~/p2pool/run_p2pool.py usuariox SupEr3421Senha_SECRETAandGRandE

* Upgrading P2Pool to a newer version:

Code:

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:

Code:

ip r

The IP address will appear right after the string “src”.


5- Point your miners to your newly P2Pool;

Code:

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;

Code:

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!);

Code:

bitcoind sendmany “” “$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9332/patron_sendmany/5.0)”

8- Automatic regular donations (daily, weekly or monthly) to the miners;

Code:

crontab -e

Type:

Code:

# 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;

Code:

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

Code:

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

Code:

server=1

daemon=1

rpcuser=liteuserx

rpcpassword=nkrt345udsdfjhgjhsdfuyrt78rtTJHRFHTDTYD

rpcport=9334

port=9335

gen=0

* Starting Litecoin

Code:

~/litecoin/src/litecoind

* Using Litecoin

Code:

~/litecoin/src/litecoind help

———-

* Namecoin

Code:

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

Code:

server=1

daemon=1

rpcuser=usuarioy

rpcpassword=dasdGfhoiu35BCV47586fgdh234GDFSEG

rpcport=7333

* Starting Namecoin

Code:

~/namecoin/src/namecoind

* Using Namecoin

Code:

~/namecoin/src/namecoind help

———-

* Devcoin

Code:

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

Code:

server=1

daemon=1

rpcuser=devuser

rpcpassword=nggdhuiBGFhgf534746783ujghmgndf

rpcport=6333

port=6334

* Starting Devcoin

Code:

~/old-devcoind/src/bitcoind

* Using Devcoind

Code:

~/old-devcoind/src/bitcoind help

———-

* IXCoin

Code:

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

Code:

server=1

daemon=1

rpcuser=ixuser

rpcpassword=DsadsavgfhgfhRt356345fgdfgGSDF

* Starting IXcoin

Code:

~/ixcoin/src/ixcoind

* Using IXcoin

Code:

~/ixcoin/src/ixcoind help

———-

* I0Coin

Code:

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

Code:

server=1

daemon=1

rpcuser=i0user

rpcpassword=fHEWQhkhjbcvBCVfhsd32r23rvgfuufGFDgdf

port=7337

rpcport=7338

* Starting I0coin

Code:

~/i0coin/src/i0coind

* Using I0coin

Code:

~/i0coin/src/i0coind help

10- Start P2Pool for Litecoins;

* First, install “litecoin_scrypt” to Python:

Code:

cd ~/p2pool/litecoin_scrypt

sudo python setup.py install

* Start your Litecoin P2Pool:

Code:

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:

Code:

screen -x ltcp2pool

* Blocks mined by P2Pool since you’re in:

Code:

grep BLOCK ~/p2pool/data/litecoin/log

* Got share!

Code:

grep GOT\ SHARE ~/p2pool/data/litecoin/log

11- Point your miners to your newly Litecoin P2Pool;

Code:

minerd –url http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9327/ –userpass ltcminer0:x

12- Accessing your Litecoin P2Pool statistics;

Code:

http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9327/graphs/

13- Make a one-time donation to all miners of Litecoin P2Pool simultaneously (including yourself!);

Code:

~/litecoin/src/litecoind sendmany “” “$(wget -O- http://IP_P2POOL_SERVER:9327/patron_sendmany/500.0)”

14- Start P2Pool for Bitcoin with Merged Mining enabled;

Code:

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:

Code:

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/

source: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=62842.0

Complete Guide to P2Pool - Merged Mining