can anyone help me with p2pool, everything seems to be working but when i check 3333 port or 18080 it says they are closed even though i have added firewall rules and port forwarded in router settings

am i still contributing to monero blockchain even if these ports are not open? i only want to open them to try and enter the bonus hash rate raffle

or am i just not mining monero at all

diggydiggyhole: you are contributing and mining even with the incoming ports closed

you contribute more if monerod is open

thanks for the response, so if i mine with 2 or 3 pcs on the same network using the same p2pool method, they will be part of their own pool? i am still a bit confused on difference between p2pool and solo mining to be honest

monerod is always open :) but i get alot of "Host <insert.random.ip.here> blocked" and i dont know if that's meant to be happening and it's fine or if im doing something wrong

there are some bad nodes that get banned. The ban lasts 24hrs and when you connect to them again they get blocked again