Please note: Version 0.1 and 0.2 are NOT compatible with each other
Known issue: Optipoolware will not stop execution with normal ctr-c in windows - use alt-f4 instead
Changes from version 0.1
TCP server from pool now multithreaded
Background worker task gets network difficulty and blockhash from ledger
autopayout (untested due to lack of block finds)
Miner address check (56 hex characters, alphanumeric)
Static pool difficulty configured by pool.txt
Network diff rounded up using math.ceil
Mining worker name support
Miner hashrate recorded for later web presentation
Returned nonce submitted against actual blockhash mined
Optihash is updated to match new poolware
Pool fee support
Minimum payout can be adjusted
Pool port can be changed by passing arguement at startup
optipoolware.py version 0.2
This needs to be placed in the Bismuth folder.
It uses a new custom database that has the same name as the poolware_dappie.py database but has additional table information so don't confuse the two.
node.py needs to be running.
Port 8525 needs to open in the default setting or you can change the port by typing the port number as an arguement on startup If you change the port please make sure you let your miners know so they can change their settings !!
The pool share difficulty is set in pool.txt and is static - no percentage etc.
Optipoolware.py records hash rate and worker name information Although poolware_explorer.py script can be used with this application you may wish to customise this to present hash and worker information.
A custom version of poolware_explorer is planned but I cannot tell you when I will be able to complete this.
Autopayout runs every hour - this has not been fully tested. The minimum payout can be set in pool.txt
Pool fee can be set as a percentage in pool.txt e.g. for 5% fee just enter 5 in the appropriate line
Also a fee for an alternate address (dev, charity, your friend) can be set in pool.txt (alt_fee)
Alt_add is the alternate address suggested above.
pool.txt
mine_diff= pool share difficulty
min_payout= minimum payout for autopayout function
pool_fee= pool fee percentage
alt_fee= alternative address fee
alt_add= alternative address to send the alt_fee to
worker_time= how often the pool checks diff and blockhash to be mined in seconds
m_timeout= if a miner does not send a share within this many minutes the hashrate will be reduced / set to zero
optihash.py
This is the stand alone to be used against optipoolware.py only. It has no dependency on node.py and relies only on connections.py and picklemagic.py which have been copied as is from the Bismuth repo miner.txt contains the information needed to mine against the pool
port=8525 or port presented by the pool
mining_ip= ip address of the pool
mining_threads= number of mining threads to be used by the miner
miner_address= miners bismuth address
nonce_time= time in seconds you wish optihash to mine between getting new work from the pool
max_diff= the maximum difficulty you wish you miner to work at
miner_name= Base name of each worker, this name will be appended with the thread number to give a name for each worker
How it Works
The miner starts and connects to pool ip It requests the block hash, diff and pool address to find from the pool It then hashes as normal using the pool address for the mining hash Once a nonce is found at the required difficulty it is timestamped and sent to the pool togther with the miners address for processing The pool receives the nonce and if it meets the network difficulty, validates it and then processes the mempool, creates and signs the transaction block The block is then transmitted to all nodes from the pool.
Filelist
Place in and run from bismuth folder
optipoolware.py, pool.txt
Place and run from any suitable folder on miner - node is not needed (but a bismuth address is!)
optihash.py, miner.txt, connections.py, picklemagic.py