Yeah i tried that version initially and it was screaming error messages at me that ultimately would have required me to change my core wallet... and it seemed odd... it seemed to have an agenda... so that's when i found your version.  I believe to get 17.1 it was as simple as:

"git clone https://github.com/veqtrus/p2pool.git"

Just dropping that there for noobs like me who want to show segwit support.

Thanks again!

As a complete noob to p2pool, thanks to veqtrus for creating a Segwit version that doesn't require me to move away from Core bitcoind.  17.1 seems to be working fine now with no scary error messages from p2pool or bitcoind.  I wanted to signal my support for segwit, but not segwit2x.  Thank you for giving me a way to do that!  It was a bit of a convoluted path to find it tho.  I am sure there are a lot of miners that just upgraded everything per the error message and end up supporting segwit2x without knowing it... clearly.  I wish there was a clear path of instructions out there for those that support segwit, then another for those that support segwit2x.  In any case, thank you veqtrus for supporting what i consider at this point to be "real" bitcoin.

Re: LK7 is dead

Looks like the wallet uses IRC network on some level to communicate and has been blocked.  the wallet log entry points to this:

Bitcoin Clients - http://s.rizon.net/peercoin

Pertinent line:

IRC :irc.cccp-project.net NOTICE uAMo6qoyneBshJs :*** Banned Temporary K-line 4320 min. - [G][netsec] [x847419085!~x84741908@mobile-166-147-103-161.mycingular.net: x847419085] has been matched to a known bot pattern r#392 (Bitcoin Clients - http://s.rizon.net/peercoin) - Visit http://abuse.rizon.net/akills/lookup?ip=166.147.103.161&drone for more information. (Akill ID: KJUL3ETXRM) (2014/2/25 11.03)

So their wallet will not connect.

Is this coin just dead?