The files are now finished uploading and the p2pool "node in a box" is available (complete with README) at
https://github.com/Paul-Bradley/EasyNodeThis is preconfigured to triple merge-mine VTC+MON+PLX and is the best way to mine, with the highest possible payouts and zero fees.
Thanks for all your contributions to the community. Thanks in advance, in anticipation of all the requests and hassles you'll get as your reward. ;-) Every time I try something that should make sense, I end up back at vtcpool (p2pool) but I'm going to try your VM (Hyper-V).
As a low hashrate ( 1 MHS) miner, I know I'm going to want to keep checking that the MON & PLX solo mining shares are going in, in between the infrequent finding of blocks. What are some of the best options for checking that work is properly being contributed to MON & PLX? I don't need a UI, just a string to grep in some logfile, or a command to type, would keep me from wasting time if something were broken (or when I'm just too impatient).