Solo Setup

Tested under Ubuntu Server 12.04 and Ubuntu Desktop 13.04

Assume the code is in directory ~/mining

1. Install bitcoind

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install bitcoind curl 
   

2. Install node.js

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install nodejs
   

3. Install node.js package

    cd ~/mining
    sudo npm install
    sudo npm install -g forever
   

4. bitcoind configuration

   We have a default "bitcoin.conf" in ~/mining.

    server=1
    rpcport=8080
    rpcuser=asicminer
    rpcpassword=solo_mining_hurts
    rpcallowip=192.168.*.*
    blocknotify="PATH_TO blocknotify.sh"
   

   "blocknotify.sh" is in directory ~/mining/script. If you login with user name "ubuntu", then modify last line as blocknotify="/home/ubuntu/script/blocknotify.sh"

   Copy "bitcoin.conf" to bitcoin data directory(default "~/.bitcoin")

5. Solo mining configuration

   The configuration file is ~/mining/config.json

    {
      "bitcoind_ip"   : "127.0.0.1" ,
      "bitcoind_port" : 8080 ,
      "bitcoind_user" : "asicminer",
      "bitcoind_pwd"  : "solo_mining_hurts",
      "coinbase_msg"  : "Mined By ASICMiner",
      "solo_addr" : "1HtUGfbDcMzTeHWx2Dbgnhc6kYnj1Hp24i"
    }
   

Note "bitcoind_port", "bitcoind_user", "bitcoind_pwd" should be the same with "rpcport", "rpcuser", "rpcpassword" in your bitcoin.conf. "coinbase_msg" is what you want to put in coinbase. And do remember to modify "solo_addr" to your own address :-)

6. Start solo mining

   Suppose we need 3 process running on port 8334, 8335, 8336.

   Modify "blocknotify.sh" according to your ports

    #!/bin/sh
    curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2","id":"1","method":"update","params":[]}' http://127.0.0.1:8334
    curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2","id":"1","method":"update","params":[]}' http://127.0.0.1:8335
    curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2","id":"1","method":"update","params":[]}' http://127.0.0.1:8336
   

   Start bitcoind

    bitcoind --daemon
   

   Check if bitcoind is running

    bitcoind getblocktemplate
   

   Start mining

    forever start mining/server.js -p 8334
    forever start mining/server.js -p 8335
    forever start mining/server.js -p 8336
   

   Stop

    forever stopall
   

   Restart

    forever restartall
   

7. Solo status

   Open mining/frontend/status.html, type server url and go. Compatabile with IE10/Firefox/Chrome