Nice that p2pool is up by one among the largest mining pools in xmr, and is currently at rank 4.

any opinions on how long p2pool should be "beta tested" in its current standalone form before being potentially integrated into monerod itself?

as sech1 already said, integration into monerod would be a major rewrite

I think the current --no-randomx support is sufficient integration

the flexibility of being able to run it separately from monerod is a plus, I think. you can use it with a remote monerod if you want.

it's designed to be a standalone tool

hrm. well, im thinking it would be awesome for noobs to be able to launch mining from perhaps the GUI (so i guess standalone is fine), and some magic happens where p2pool scans the monero network

and we're at a point now where p2pool nodes are being advertised over the monero p2pool protocol

much like rpc service is advertised

and then the software can automagically decide which pool to join based on ping etc etc

so we get that organic geographical node cluster thing goin on

er, the monero p2p protocol

peerlist system i guess

and the software could automagically determine which pool to join based on the users available hashpower, such that it would join a pool where it is likely to gain a share

so the user doesn't end up with a 500 h/s machine connecting to a 500 Mh/s p2pool where they are less likely to get in a window

yeah, i guess GUI integration is more what im thinkin

i need to learn how to do gui stuff

although the automagic stuff probably isn't gui code

<hyc> "the flexibility of being able to..." <- In my case I am valueing the flexibility of being able to run xmrig separately from monerod and p2pool.

I am OK to have monerod and p2pool on the same raspberry pi 4.

While running xmrig on different computers in the house network.

hmm, could probably make p2pool a GUI app

just needs the GUI built on top of the current code base

<gingeropolous> "yeah, i guess GUI integration is..." <- what you are taking about is the ultimate noob mining solution, it is a great idea but sounds like a huge effort

it is comparable to cli vs gui wallet, cli is better for power users but we would see no adoption without GUI

I hope someone with the skill takes interest in this, I am sure the funding would flow ;)