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## How to mine on P2Pool
This guide assumes that you run everything on the same machine. If it's not the case, change `127.0.0.1` to appropriate IP addresses for your setup. It's highly recommended to create a new mainnet wallet for mining because **wallet addresses are public on p2pool**.
### General Considerations
- In order to mine on P2Pool, a synced Monero node using monerod v0.17.3.0 or newer is required. If you do not currently have one configured, you can find instructions to do so [here](https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node-advanced/).
- It is highly recommended that you create a separate restricted user account for mining. P2Pool is still relatively new and may still have serious bugs/vulnerabilities.
- You have to use a primary wallet address for mining. Subaddresses and integrated addresses are not supported, just like with monerod solo mining.
- Starting from P2Pool v1.7, you can add the `--mini` parameter to your P2Pool command to connect to the **p2pool-mini** sidechain. Note that it will also change the default p2p port from 37889 to 37888.
- Check that ports 18080 (Monero p2p port) and 37889/37888 (P2Pool/P2Pool mini p2p port) are open in your firewall to ensure better connectivity. If you're mining from a computer behind NAT (like a router) you could consider forwarding the ports to your local machine.
- You can connect multiple miners to the same P2Pool node. The more the better!
- The below steps assume that you run everything on the same machine. If it's not the case, change `127.0.0.1` to appropriate IP addresses for your setup.
- It is highly recommended to create a new mainnet wallet for P2Pool mining because **wallet addresses are public on P2Pool**.
**Wallet software compatible with P2Pool payouts**
- [Official Monero CLI and GUI v0.17.2.3 and newer](https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/)
- [Monerujo v2.1.0 "Vertant" and newer](https://www.monerujo.io/)
- [Cake Wallet v4.2.7 and newer](https://cakewallet.com/)
- [Monero.com by Cake Wallet](https://monero.com/)
- [Feather Wallet v1.0.0 and newer](https://featherwallet.org/)
- [MyMonero](https://mymonero.com/)
**Wallet software compatible with p2pool payouts**
- Official Monero CLI and GUI v0.17.2.3 and newer
- Monerujo v2.1.0 "Vertant" and newer
- Cake Wallet v4.2.7 and newer
- Monero.com by Cake Wallet
- Feather Wallet v1.0.0 and newer
- MyMonero
**General Considerations**
### GNU/Linux
- Create a separate restricted user account for mining. p2pool is relatively new and may still have serious bugs/vulnerabilities!
- You have to use the primary wallet address for mining. Subaddresses and integrated addresses are not supported, just like with monerod solo mining.
- Check that ports 18080 (Monero p2p port) and 37889 (p2pool p2p port) are open in your firewall to ensure better connectivity. If you're mining from a computer behind NAT (like a router) you could consider forwarding the ports to your local machine.
- You can connect multiple miners to the same p2pool node. The more the better!
- Starting from p2pool v1.7, you can add `--mini` to p2pool command line to connect to the **p2pool-mini** sidechain. Note that it will also change the default p2p port from 37889 to 37888.
1. Download the latest P2Pool binaries [here](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/latest).
- Alternatively, grab the latest source code for P2Pool and [build it](#build-instructions).
2. Download the latest XMRig (linux-static-x64) binary [here](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/latest).
3. Prepare enough huge pages (required for each instance of monerod/P2Pool/XMRig):
```
sudo sysctl vm.nr_hugepages=3072
```
4. Check that ports 18080 (Monero p2p port) and 37889/37888 (P2Pool/P2Pool mini p2p port) are open in your local firewall to ensure better connectivity.
5. Start `monerod` with the following command/options:
7. Wait until the initial P2Pool sync is finished (shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes).
8. Start XMRig with the following command/options:
```
./xmrig -o 127.0.0.1:3333
```
- Note that you don't need to specify your wallet address for XMRig. **Wallet addresses set in XMRig config will be ignored!**
- To set a custom fixed difficulty for your miner (for example, 10000), instead start XMRig with the following options:
```
./xmrig -u x+10000 -o 127.0.0.1:3333
```
9. XMRig should connect and start mining!
**Additional Information:**
- For a more in-depth beginner friendly walk-through with the option of using Docker, please see SethForPrivacy's guide at: https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-p2pool-node/
- You can check the p2pool.log for any warnings or errors using the following command:
```
grep -E 'WARNING|ERROR' p2pool.log
```
- P2Pool has verbose logging by default, you can reduce it by using "loglevel N" command where N is between 0 and 6. Default loglevel is 3.
- You can use `logrotate` with a config like this to control logfile growth:
```
<path-to-logfile>
{
rotate 7
daily
missingok
delaycompress
nocreate
}
```
Step-by-step guide:
### Windows
### GNU/Linux
**Note:** *Windows SmartScreen may block incoming connections by files that are "Downloaded from the Internet". You can allow 'p2pool.exe' and 'monerod.exe' by double-clicking them, clicking "More Info", then click "Run Anyway" and then closing them immediately so you can run them from the command line. Advanced users can use the PowerShell cmdlet `Unblock-File` to remove this flag.*
- Download binaries from https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/latest
- Alternatively, grab the latest source code for p2pool and build it
- Get xmrig (linux-static-x64) binary from https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/latest
- Check that ports 18080 (Monero p2p port) and 37889 (p2pool p2p port) are open in your firewall to ensure better connectivity
- Use the `monerod` binary v0.17.3.0 or newer
- Run `./monerod --zmq-pub tcp://127.0.0.1:18083 --disable-dns-checkpoints --enable-dns-blocklist` **don't forget --zmq-pub parameter in the command line**
- Run `./p2pool --host 127.0.0.1 --wallet YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS`
- p2pool has verbose logging by default, you can reduce it by using "loglevel N" command where N is between 0 and 6. Default loglevel is 3.
- You can use `logrotate` with a config like this to control logfile growth:
```
<path-to-logfile>
{
rotate 7
daily
missingok
delaycompress
nocreate
}
```
- Wait until initial p2pool sync is finished, it shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes, once completed xmrig should be able to connect to the stratum server on port 3333.
- Run `./xmrig -o 127.0.0.1:3333`. Note that you don't need to specify wallet address for xmrig. **Wallet address set in xmrig config will be ignored!**
- To set custom fixed difficulty for your miner (for example, 10000), run `./xmrig -u x+10000 -o 127.0.0.1:3333`
- xmrig should connect and start mining
- Also check p2pool.log for any warnings and errors: `grep -E 'WARNING|ERROR' p2pool.log`
- For a more in-depth beginner friendly walkthrough with the option of using Docker, please see SethForPrivacy's guide at: https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-p2pool-node/
1. Download the latest P2Pool binaries [here](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/latest).
- Alternatively, grab the latest source code for P2Pool and [build it](#build-instructions).
2. Download the latest XMRig binary [here](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/latest).
3. Expand the P2Pool binaries into an appropriate location (`%USERPROFILE%/bin` or `C:/bin/` are good options)
4. Expand XMRig binary into an appropriate location (the same folder as P2Pool is fine).
5. Prepare huge pages to work properly (each instance of monerod/P2Pool/XMRig needs them):
- On Windows 10 or above, run XMRig at least once as Administrator (right-click Run As Administrator)
- On earlier versions of Windows, you'll need to run XMRig as Administrator at least once per login.
6. Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where you extracted P2Pool.
### Windows
**Note:** *When running the below commands, Windows Firewall may prompt to allow connections, click "Allow" if prompted.*
*NOTE: Windows SmartScreen may block incoming connections by files that are "Downloaded from the Internet". You can allow 'p2pool.exe' and 'monerod.exe' by double-clicking them, clicking "More Info", then click "Run Anyway" and then closing them immediately so you can run them from the command line. Advanced users can use the PowerShell cmdlet `Unblock-File` to remove this flag.*
- Download p2pool binaries from https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/latest
- Download xmrig binary from https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/latest
- Expand the p2pool binaries into an appropriate location (`%USERPROFILE%/bin` or `C:/bin/` are good options)
- Expand xmrig binary into appropriate location (same folder as p2pool is fine)
- Prepare huge pages (each of monerod/p2pool/xmrig needs them):
- On Windows 10 or above, run xmrig at least once as Administrator (right-click Run As Administrator)
- On earlier versions of Windows, you'll need to run it as admin at least once per login.
- Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where you extracted p2pool.
- *When running these commands, Windows Firewall may prompt to allow connections, click "Allow"*
- Run `.\Monero\monerod.exe --zmq-pub tcp://127.0.0.1:18083 --disable-dns-checkpoints --enable-dns-blocklist` *NOTE: don't forget --zmq-pub parameter in the command line*
- Run `.\p2pool.exe --host 127.0.0.1 --wallet YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS`
- Wait until initial p2pool sync is finished, it shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes, once completed xmrig should be able to connect to the stratum server on port 3333.
- Run `.\xmrig.exe -o 127.0.0.1:3333`. Note that you don't need to specify wallet address for xmrig. **Wallet address set in xmrig config will be ignored!**
- To set custom fixed difficulty for your miner (for example, 10000), run `xmrig.exe -u x+10000 -o 127.0.0.1:3333`
- Windows Quickstart: Create a batch (.bat) file with the following contents and place it in your p2pool directory along with xmrig.exe.
7. Start `monerod` with the following command/options:
9. Wait until the initial P2Pool sync is finished (shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes).
10. Start XMRig with the following command/options:
```
.\xmrig.exe -o 127.0.0.1:3333
```
- Note that you don't need to specify your wallet address for XMRig. **Wallet addresses set in XMRig config will be ignored!**
- To set a custom fixed difficulty for your miner (for example, 10000), instead start XMRig with the following options:
```
xmrig.exe -u x+10000 -o 127.0.0.1:3333
```
11. XMRig should connect and start mining!
12. *(Optional but highly recommended)* You can create a Quickstart by creating a batch (.bat) file with the following contents and placing it in your P2Pool directory along with `xmrig.exe`.
Hayden Cardwell
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