How do I start a feathercoin pool
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hardware, software, you name it.
I want to start a dedicated feathercoin pool.
Call me a newbie if you wish ,but I do know a bit about computers, but only older languages, not scrypt, html.
But I can learn.whatever it takes…
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Easiest probably would be to set up a p2pool node.
get the sw from Github, use a VM or physical system running Linux
A howto is here: [url=http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,6068.msg44946.html#msg44946]http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php/topic,6068.msg44946.html#msg44946[/url]
The p2pool sw is here: [url=https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool]https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool[/url] (use the zip download on lower right of the page.
I hope that helps. :)
I’m looking for a ‘standard’ non p2pool software myself and will try to install that, when I get the time 8)
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how would you set the different payout type (pplns, etc)?
and how about a web page layout, such as wemineftc.com or anyone else. some have the newer layout.
couldn’t/shouldn’t I just download a site and go from there? Most are exactly the same in design and layout anyway. There must be a template somewhere.
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actually I like the way coinotron is set up.
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how would you set the different payout type (pplns, etc)?and how about a web page layout, such as wemineftc.com or anyone else. some have the newer layout.
couldn’t/shouldn’t I just download a site and go from there? Most are exactly the same in design and layout anyway. There must be a template somewhere.
[/quote]There are two different types of pools, p2pool nodes, what are a disctributed cloud of pools working together and standalone pools like for example cointron.
With p2pool nodes the payout scheme always is pplns.
For the standalone pools you can configure it.
As said, I have no experience with the stand alone pools, so I can’t tell you where to get the software, but for sure you can’t ‘just’ go to a pool site and download it from there.
My best guess is, that you go to github.com and search for mining pools software there.
I found https://github.com/TheSerapher/php-mpos/wiki/Quick-Start-Guide
that may be what you are looking for.
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I am guessing I need a linux computer with a minimum 16gb ram, 1TB hd, dvd drive ,etc. Say something with a multicore processor, and using ddr3-1600 or higher memory. I want it to be as fast as it needs to be.
Money will be no problem for the best hardware. This computer will be dedicated to being a multi-coin pool only. Nothing else.And I would guess I need to learn linux, and some language, such as the unbuntu server 12.04, and the openssh.
I would also ask if I should have a seperate computer for each coin I plan to set up a pool for.
It talks about litecoin, in the example you sent a link to, so should I assume I should download the ftc software source from github, along with any other coin I may set up a pool for?
I don’t want to emulate coinotron, exactly, but I have my eye on ltc, ftc, doge, gld and some others.
I can see this is not going to be easy ,but all I have is time, so I might as well get started.
as a note, it would probably be easier to find a programmer for doing all of this, but if I don’t know it, as well, I could be left in a lurch, if they decided to go elsewhere, besides knowing if things weren’t done properly, backdoors built in, etc.
I also want to know I have secured the pool(s) from ddos attacks, or any other security breaches. -
I have no experience with the HW sizing of a pool server as I don’t run a production pool, but play around with a little installation for myself to learn how it works.
Waht I found is, that you will need about 50MByte of memory per miner connecting.
You don’t need a dedicated server per pool, as many pools run on virtual machines and it is also possible to run a litcoin pool in parallel to a feathercoin pool on the same machine.
THe only reason for more hardware is redundancy, or if you plan for thousands of miners connecing
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We set up a p2pool on Digital Ocean 1GB Ram 30GB in Ubuntu, $10 month. It didn’t have enough memory to compile feathercoind but I used the opensuse download.
Each miner takes about 50 MB RAM, not touched the bandwidth yet.
You can try it out cheap + it has fixed IP, good way to mess around. There is a code $10 2014SSD which worked for me second time, and Jupiterbroadcasting has a $10 code on LAS or Techsnap.
