Generic:

• Vertcoin >=0.8.5
• Python >=2.6
• Twisted >=10.0.0
• 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

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
• Install python win32 api: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20218/
• Install python win32 api wmi wrapper: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/WMI/#downloads
• Unzip the files into C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages

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 for additional options.

python run_p2pool.py --help

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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool

• https://github.com/hardcpp/P2PoolExtendedFrontEnd

In order to run P2Pool with the Vertcoin network, you would need to build and install the vtc_scrypt module that includes the scrypt proof of work code that Vertcoin uses for hashes.

Linux:

cd py_modules/vertcoin_scrypt
sudo python setup.py install

Windows (mingw):

• Install MinGW: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started
• Install Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/getit/

In bash type this:

cd py_modules\vertcoin_scrypt
C:\Python27\python.exe setup.py build --compile=mingw32 install

Windows (microsoft visual c++)

• Open visual studio console

In bash type this:

SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS110COMNTOOLS%	           # For visual c++ 2012
SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS100COMNTOOLS%             # For visual c++ 2010
cd py_modules\vertcoin_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

Run P2Pool with the "--net vertcoin" option. Run your miner program, connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 9171.

This is currently under heavy development and still experimental. For the current latest stable implementation, please use https://github.com/Sykh/p2pool-cache

Thanks to:

• The Bitcoin Foundation for its generous support of P2Pool
• The Litecoin Project for its generous donations to P2Pool
• The Vertcoin Community for its great contribution to P2Pool