From 08dff2a63adb7760682070a57a85c491b416402f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: QuickBASIC Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:59:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update how to mine on p2pool section --- README.md | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index eea4501..3c6b526 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -155,16 +155,22 @@ This guide assumes that you run everything on the same machine. If it's not the - Cake Wallet v4.2.7 and newer - MyMonero +**General Considerations** + +- 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! + Step-by-step guide: +### GNU/Linux + - Download binaries from https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/latest - Alternatively, grab the latest source code for both p2pool and monerod and build them (see above, also notice that the branch name for monerod changed, you'll need to checkout p2pool-api-v0.17) - Prepare enough huge pages (each of monerod/p2pool/xmrig needs them): `sudo sysctl vm.nr_hugepages=3072` -- Create a separate restricted user account for mining. p2pool is relatively new and may still have serious bugs/vulnerabilities! - 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 -- Create a new mainnet wallet -- You have to use the primary wallet address for mining. Subaddresses and integrated addresses are not supported, just like with monerod solo mining - Run `./monerod --zmq-pub tcp://127.0.0.1:18083` **don't forget --zmq-pub parameter in the command line** - Double check that it shows **Monero 'Oxygen Orion' (v0.17.2.3-7dbb0d1fc)** on startup. Wait until it's synchronized. - Run `./p2pool --host 127.0.0.1 --wallet YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS` @@ -180,15 +186,38 @@ Step-by-step guide: nocreate } ``` -- Wait until initial p2pool sync is finished, it shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes. Of course it depends on your connection speed! -- p2pool has a stratum server listening on port 3333, you can connect xmrig to it now +- 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 -- you can connect multiple miners to the same p2pool node. The more the better! -- From now on, watch your wallet to see if it gets anything - Also check p2pool.log for any warnings and errors: `grep -E 'WARNING|ERROR' p2pool.log` +### Windows + +*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 *(xmrig-6.15.0-gcc-win64.zip is the current version)* +- 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` *NOTE: don't forget --zmq-pub parameter in the command line* +- Double check that it shows **Monero 'Oxygen Orion' (v0.17.2.3-7dbb0d1fc)** on startup. Wait until it's synchronized. +- 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. +``` +start cmd /k .\Monero\monerod.exe --zmq-pub tcp://127.0.0.1:18083 +start cmd /k .\p2pool.exe --wallet YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS +start cmd /k .\xmrig.exe -u x+3000 -o 127.0.0.1 +``` + ## Donations If you'd like to support further development of Monero P2Pool, you're welcome to send any amount of XMR to the following address: From 3adc0b8ecd1b617cf05405978d4e511ca8a8bf40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Justman <7226914+QuickBASIC@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 01:38:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixed typo --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3c6b526..484686b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Step-by-step guide: ``` start cmd /k .\Monero\monerod.exe --zmq-pub tcp://127.0.0.1:18083 start cmd /k .\p2pool.exe --wallet YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -start cmd /k .\xmrig.exe -u x+3000 -o 127.0.0.1 +start cmd /k .\xmrig.exe -u x+30000 -o 127.0.0.1 ``` ## Donations