[BOUNTY] P2P Pool for FRC Code Needs Fixing

[Bicknellski 276]

Situation: The current p2pool code for Freicoin doesn't work or is buggy. https://github.com/freicoin/p2pool

Focus: The Freicoin Alliance is willing to pay a bounty for this to be fixed so we have a working version of the code that people can use to create p2pools for Freicoin.

Response: A paid bounty will get this resolved faster and provide more opprotunities for others to create pools that smaller miners will use to mine Freicoin.

Evaluation: If we have more pools less chances longer delays between blocks.

 

I need the FA members or concerned forum readers to comment on the bounty and what it should be so that we can get someone to do the work on the code. Please comment below.

[Arcurus 331]

Sounds great! The question is what is exactly to fix there.

What we could also do is that people who work an Freicoin Projects can list how many hours they worked on what and how many Freihours they expect for their work.

Once a Milestone is finished we could then pay out.

 

[Bicknellski 276]

Yeah that should a standard for all bounties including the seeds.

[Rik8119 242]

Hi Bicknellski,

do you know what the difference to that pool is?

https://github.com/FreicoinAlliance/p2pool

And more info on the Error is needed, maybe fedde can help here?

[fedde 311]

What i experienced when we had fun with that code last time, was above around 250ghs, memory went skyhigh and rejected shares was 60-80%. Noticed that time that the diff was always 1 on the miners so somehow the miner difficulty was not kicking in.

[Rik8119 242]

Hi thanks very much for the answer, was that with the freicoinalliance/p2pool or with the freicoin/p2pool?

[fedde 311]

freicoinalliance version

[Rik8119 242]

Is the freicoin Version with stratum mining?

I am a little bit confused because the last commits from @Mark Friedenbach are younger that my last ones on www.github.com/freicoinalliance/p2pool .

[Rik8119 242]

Hi fedde, i am testing the p2pool (wlc version - same code just for wlc) with NiceHash to see if i can figure out what the problem is, but NiceHash says the pool is not compatible - most probably to difficulty settings (connection is tested ok - Received mining.notify subscription... OK
Error: Received no data. in Pool verificator window). Adding wlcaddress+difficulty to stratum query (used difficulty from 1024 to 9000 tested, also with /difficulty) is not making it better.

Do you (or anybody) have any experience with that?

[fedde 311]

No. but doing some new tests on p2pool after the softfork as now from what i see there is no tx to foundation and the blocks are more normal. Will report back