From: Forrest Voight Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 03:00:35 +0000 (-0500) Subject: merged README-Litecoin into README and cleaned it up X-Git-Tag: 0.10.0~73 X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?p=p2pool.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=4a00d3522ffb3a90cc5d1deff54de850bce60f82 merged README-Litecoin into README and cleaned it up --- diff --git a/README b/README index ff2f5fb..8ecc0cc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,37 +1,60 @@ Requirements: - -* Bitcoin >=0.5.0 -* Python -* Twisted -* python-argparse (for Python <=2.6) - -Linux: - sudo apt-get install python-zope.interface python-twisted python-twisted-web - sudo apt-get install python-argparse # if on Python 2.6 or older - -Windows: - Install Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/getit/ - Install Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads - Install Zope.Interface: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface/3.8.0 - unzip the files into C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages - - -To use p2pool, you must be running your own local bitcoind. p2pool connects to -this bitcoin over both its p2p interface and its RPC interface. For standard -configurations, using p2p should be as simple as: - - python run_p2pool.py - -Then run your miner program, connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 9332 with any -username and password. - - -If you are behind a NAT, it will help to enable TCP port forwarding on your -router. Forward port 9333 to the host running p2pool.py. - - -Use - - python run_p2pool.py --help - -for additional options. + Generic: + Bitcoin >=0.5.0 or Litecoin + Python + Twisted + python-argparse (for Python <=2.6) + + Linux: + sudo apt-get install python-zope.interface python-twisted python-twisted-web + sudo apt-get install python-argparse # if on Python 2.6 or older + + Windows: + Install Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/getit/ + Install Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads + Install Zope.Interface: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface/3.8.0 + Unzip the files into C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages + +Running P2Pool: + To use P2Pool, you must be running your own local bitcoind. For standard + configurations, using P2Pool should be as simple as: + + python run_p2pool.py + + Then run your miner program, connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 9332 with any + username and password. + + If you are behind a NAT, you should enable TCP port forwarding on your + router. Forward port 9333 to the host running P2Pool. + + Run "python run_p2pool.py --help" for additional options. + +Notes for Litecoin: + Requirements: + In order to run P2Pool with the Litecoin network, you would need to build and install the + ltc_scrypt module that includes the scrypt proof of work code that Litecoin uses for hashes. + + Linux: + cd litecoin_scrypt + sudo python setup.py install + + Windows: + Install MinGW: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started + Install Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/getit/ + + cd litecoin_scrypt + C:\Python27\python.exe setup.py build --compile=mingw32 install + + If you run into an error with unrecognized command line option '-mno-cygwin', see this: + http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6034390/compiling-with-cython-and-mingw-produces-gcc-error-unrecognized-command-line-o + + Running P2Pool: + Run P2Pool with the "--net litecoin" option. + Run your miner program, connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 9327. + Forward port 9338 to the host running P2Pool. + + Litecoin's use of ports 9332 and 9332 conflicts with P2Pool running on + the Bitcoin network. To avoid problems, add these lines to litecoin.conf + and restart litecoind: + rpcport=10332 + port=10333 diff --git a/README-Litecoin b/README-Litecoin deleted file mode 100644 index d76b433..0000000 --- a/README-Litecoin +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -In order to run p2pool with the Litecoin network, you would need to build and install the -ltc_scrypt module that includes the scrypt proof of work code that Litecoin uses for hashes. - -Linux: - sudo apt-get install python-zope.interface - sudo apt-get install python-twisted - sudo apt-get install python-twisted-web - sudo apt-get install python-argparse (if on Python 2.6 or older) - cd litecoin_scrypt - sudo python setup.py install - -Windows: - Install MinGW: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started - Install Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/getit/ - Install Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads - Install Zope.Interface: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface/3.8.0 - unzip the files into C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages - - cd litecoin_scrypt - C:\Python27\python.exe setup.py build --compile=mingw32 install - - If you run into an error with unrecognized command line option '-mno-cygwin', see this: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6034390/compiling-with-cython-and-mingw-produces-gcc-error-unrecognized-command-line-o - -To use p2pool, you must be running your own local litecoind. p2pool connects to -this litecoin over both its p2p interface and its RPC interface. For standard -configurations, using p2p should be as simple as: - - python run_p2pool.py --net litecoin - -Then run your miner program, connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 9327 (19327 for testnet) with any -username and password. - - -If you are behind a NAT, it will help to enable TCP port forwarding on your -router. Forward port 9338 (19338 for testnet) to the host running p2pool.py. - - -Use - - python run_p2pool.py --help - -for additional options. diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py index cfb4374..7af657b 100644 --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup(name='p2pool', author='Forrest Voight', author_email='forrest@forre.st', url='http://p2pool.forre.st/', - data_files=[('', ['README', 'README-Litecoin'])], + data_files=[('', ['README'])], console=['run_p2pool.py'], options=dict(py2exe=dict(