libera #monero-pow

8 Dec 2021

Monero's Proof of Work algorithm (RandomX) and related topics. Use #p2pool-log and #p2pool-mini for P2Pool discussions. Anti-spam active: PM hyc for voice.

• 11:07
  mechanic41turk[m
  <hyc> "sinec raspbian was based on..." <- I honestly don't know.
• 13:31
  karce[m]
  Now that monerod has been officially released with p2pool support I'm back to running it permanently. Excited to start getting shares.
• 13:34
  pauliouk
  welcome to the fun house karce :)
• 13:47
  karce[m]
  I have everything running as systemd services so I no longer have to worry about running it manually or at startup, feels good.
• 14:38
  pauliouk
  xmrvsbeast has a nice script for restarting monerod and checking its all running as it should be :)
• 14:54
  jaska087
  RandomX_Hasher RPC calc_pow: invalid JSON response (parse error)
• 14:54
  gingeropolous
  is there a way to access a daemonized p2pool via the p2pool binary, much like I can access a daemonized monerod using the monerod binary?
• 14:54
  gingeropolous
  or do I have to figure out these api things
• 14:55
  pauliouk
  well...
• 14:55
  gingeropolous
  i guess i could get a p2pool observer instance going
• 14:55
  pauliouk
  no, not yet - it might be a feature in later versions. However what info are you looking for? :)
• 14:56
  gingeropolous
  well basically i use the status command in p2pool to check if all my miners are on and running
• 14:56
  gingeropolous
  but i guess i could use the stratum proxy thing
• 14:56
  pauliouk
  there's a couple of options :)
• 14:56
  gingeropolous
  though if thats daemonized....
• 14:56
  pauliouk
  xmrig-proxy will give you worker stats
• 14:57
  pauliouk
  however, if you fire p2pool into a screen session, you can call a script into the screen session to check on it and get the data from the logs
• 14:57
  pauliouk
  there's also the ---data-dir API option that'll give you some details
• 14:59
  gingeropolous
  yeah. im trying to move it to systemd management ... i think xmrig-proxy with a web interface is the best way.
• 15:09
  mechanic41turk[m
  Hey, these two news are very good:
• 15:09
  mechanic41turk[m
  monero.observer/monero-v0.17.3.0-ox…-orion-point-release-p2pool-support
• 15:09
  mechanic41turk[m
  monero.observer/p2pool-v1.4-released
• 15:14
  mechanic41turk[m
  so now, I will just get the latest monerod binaries
• 15:14
  mechanic41turk[m
  and run it
• 15:14
  mechanic41turk[m
  I don't have to compile monerod from the source, right?
• 15:15
  jaska087
  I did it and worked fine
• 15:15
  mechanic41turk[m
  nice. thanks.
• 15:15
  jaska087
  though the rpc call for calcpow does not work for me
• 15:15
  jaska087
  which you don't probably even need :D
• 15:15
  mechanic41turk[m
  what does it do?
• 15:17
  jaska087
  reduces memory usage for p2pool, basically
• 15:25
  mechanic41turk[m
  <jaska087> "reduces memory usage for p2pool,..." <- what's the catch? what do you have to give, in order to get rediced memory usage than normal?
• 15:25
  jaska087
  alot
• 15:25
  jaska087
  :D
• 15:26
  jaska087
  You don't want this, I run multiple p2pool nodes on same server, so it's only useful for me
• 15:26
  jaska087
  it adds extra delay for block verification
• 15:27
  mechanic41turk[m
  Got it. Thanks for some explanation.
• 15:27
  jaska087
  slower block/share verification, which will results in uncles
• 15:28
  mechanic41turk[m
  Just to double check sech1's gpg fingerprint, can someone else verify what I am getting on my terminal:
• 15:28
  mechanic41turk[m
  `Primary key fingerprint: 1FCA AB4D 3DC3 310D 16CB D508 C47F 82B5 4DA8 7ADF`
• 15:31
  pauliouk
  I've been wondering what the limit is for how many p2pool nodes can be run with 4 codes and 8gb of memory :P
• 15:32
  pauliouk
  with a monerod running on the same host
• 15:36
  jaska087
  with --no-randomx i see 20MB~ usage per node
• 15:36
  jaska087
  though it does not work for me, could be restricted rpc causing it
• 15:36
  pauliouk
  ah, I have restricted for my public monerod node, but unrestricted for the locked down internal
• 15:39
  mechanic41turk[m
  <mechanic41turk[m> "`Primary key fingerprint: 1FCA..." <- cc: sech1
• 15:58
  mechanic41turk[m
  <hyc> "sinec raspbian was based on..." <- Afaik raspbian got letgo of, in favor of raspberry pi os now
• 15:59
  mechanic41turk[m
  and raspberry pi os is 32-bit OS or something
• 15:59
  mechanic41turk[m
  here, faq gives some better answer: raspi.debian.net/faq
• 15:59
  mechanic41turk[m
  now with debian in raspi4, I get 64-OS aarch64
• 16:03
  pauliouk
  to be fair, I'd probably go for the aarch64 image on my pi's
• 16:18
  epemullen[m]
  setting up mining is hard
• 16:18
  epemullen[m]
  i'm completely stupid haha
• 16:19
  epemullen[m]
  why i'm denied accessing ./p2pool from terminal (i'm on mac) and i don't have any coding background
• 16:22
  epemullen[m]
  i'm trying to mine on p2pool i have monero GUI wallet on portable
• 16:23
  epemullen[m]
  i built the binary copy pasted the code
• 16:23
  pauliouk
  mac?
• 16:24
  epemullen[m]
  and i have no idea after, trying
• 16:24
  epemullen[m]
  yes sir mac
• 16:24
  sech1
  jaska087 --no-randomx works fine for me
• 16:24
  pauliouk
  hmm, is it executable? chmod +x p2pool
• 16:24
  epemullen[m]
  no reaction
• 16:25
  pauliouk
  mac is not my forte I'm afraid
• 16:26
  epemullen[m]
  no probs sir
• 17:29
  hyc
  calcpow requires the unrestricted rpc port
• 17:29
  hyc
  works fine here
• 17:29
  hyc
  and it only affects share verification. block verification is unchanged