30 Dec 2024 [mining]

P2Pool v4.3 released with initial sync improvements

SChernykh1 has released P2Pool2 version 4.33 with initial sync improvements, various new features and bugfixes.

Changes overview

New Features:
* Added --data-dir command line option
* Added --no-stratum-http command line option to disable HTTP on Stratum ports
* Faster initial sync (0.5-1 seconds saved on verification of blocks)
Bugfixes:
* TLS: fixed not being able to use Letsencrypt certificates
* Initial sync could sometimes fail [..]

The full list of changes since v4.2 is available on Github4.

Before using the software, you should verify the SHA256 sums with SChernykh’s GPG key5.

The README6 has valuable information about features, defaults, how pool shares work, build instructions and a short mining guide. If you need assistance, read the FAQ7 and join the project’s IRC channels8.

To support further development of P2Pool, transfer any amount of XMR to the project’s donation address9.

Note that it is strongly recommended to synchronize your system clock before you start mining.

  1. https://github.com/SChernykh/ ↩

  2. https://p2pool.io/ ↩

  3. https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v4.3 ↩

  4. https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/compare/v4.2…v4.3 ↩

  5. https://p2pool.io/SChernykh.asc, https://github.com/monero-project/gitian.sigs/blob/master/gitian-pubkeys/SChernykh.asc ↩

  6. https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/blob/master/README.md ↩

  7. https://p2pool.io/#faq ↩

  8. #monero-pools, #p2pool-log, #p2pool-mini (IRC-Libera) ↩

  9. https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/#donations ↩