From acecc5ea1dd2287f36ced1193d09460fb3585c58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nrpatten <nrpatten@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:22:56 +1000
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+<article class="module width_full">
+<header><h3>ThePool Collective</h3></header>
+<div class="module_content">
+<table width="100%">
+<tbody>
+<p>After mining in other pools I have decided to setup my own pool, mostly for educational reason. I was curious how pools work, what is needed to get them started and what tools can be used to run them.</p>
+<p>Lots of digging finally revealed that the following tools were required to run a Litecoin pool:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin">Litecoin</a></li>
+<li>1. Provides litecoind, used to synchronize blocks and offer the API the pool connects to</li>
+<li><a href="https://github.com/ArtForz/pushpool/tree/tenebrix">Pushpool 0.5.1-tenebrix</a>, a modified version of Pushpool supporting changed target difficulties (2^22 in this pool)</li>
+<li>2. Provides the API each worker (client miner) authenticates and connects to</li>
+<li><a href="https://github.com/Greedi/mmcFE">mmcFE</a> modified by Greedi & g2x3k with adjustments for this pool (proper hashrate for 2^22 difficulty)</li>
+<li>3. The Webinterface merging SQL and API information into a cohesive interface for user and worker management</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+The hardest part was finding all the information needed and applying it to a new setup.
+Many tools exist and even those three took a while to get them to work.
+Especially the difficulty adjustment would not have been possible (for me) if it wasn't
+for the pushpool tenebrix branch allowing a custom target bit and reducing difficulty per share.
+More adjustments in the PHP code were necessary to reflect those changes and, at least
+close enough, properly display hashrates on the pool site. It is running well right now but
+please keen in mind that <b>neither the code nor functionaliy are supported</b>.
+I am not responsible for lost coins due to a pool crash or other malfunctions which
+could be caused by by code or the tools used in this implementation.
+</p>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+</article>