The code for XDN does work. I have it running in a Virtualbox right now.
You just need make sure you use the OS and node.js version they state.

It will take a lot of rewrite on js script in there to bring it current to node.js 8.x.x or even 9.x.x

Lot of the org nodejs v0.10 functions have been changed. An example is Buffer() that is used numerous times. "new Buffer()" no longer exist and has been replace with a Buffer Class.
Actually all of nodejs is Classes now.
For Buffer in there now you use "Class::Buffer.from()", other variations in there for Buffer() also.

I was wanting to bring it to Ubuntu 17.x, but right now don't have time.

All that js in there is going to have to be gone through.

On one pool open source the developer flat out stated they were not going to support/change/update it.

There is one open source in there i found that runs on Ubuntu 16.x, using node.js 4 or 6, dont remember now.

What it all comes down to is no backward compatibility starting at nodejs 4 ( I tried nodejs 4 )


I stated earlier that maybe the developers got tired of coding and not getting something back from pool.

One of the live pools i looked at had a statement they were using a heavily modified version. Which to means they updated the code in some part.