i have been crying here several times how p2pool was not consistently paying me. i would get on the payout list and all of the sudden i would be off it, even though i kept mining throughout.
i decided to create my own node and see what happens. i have mined all night last night, and not once did i get off the payout list. i have consistently been getting payouts, FOR EVERY BLOCK!
if you are getting shit results from p2p, just create your own node! i run mine on virtual box instance of linux. it was a bit strange setting it up but once i got it up and running, it has been smooth sailing with P2P!
one thing i noticed is that my miner shows a SHIT TON of HW and zero WU. i thought it was a problem, but the payouts are coming in so maybe it something with my node config. if anyone could shed some light on this, i would be grateful. i am the only miner on my node, if that helps.
Luthan,
You say you run p2pool in a VM, does it have to be run that way?
Would it be possible to run this in a chroot jail?
I'd think a jail would be less overhead than a fullblown VM...
Asking because I want to try this tomorrow. Out of curiosity mostly.
i mine on my windows pc, and that's the only pc i have. i tried running the node in windows, but python kept crashing. so i made a virtual box with just 512mb of ram, and its doing the job. my main box has 8gb, so i still have enough ram for mining, which has been going pretty steady. making my own p2p node was the best decision, have been getting steady payments all day. anyone telling you that sporadic payments is normal, is lying to you or has no idea what they are talking about.