meowcoin-stratum-proxy

Allows you to mine directly to your own local wallet/node with any mining software that uses the stratum protocol.

If you are a windows user and are not familiar with python, a walk-through and auto installer is avaliable for a (hopefully) easy install. See here.

Important Note

This is BETA software mainly tested on testnet, but has been confirmed to work on mainnet. (First known coinbase: https://explorer.mewccrypto.com/api/getrawtransaction?txid=be59062cd91958752b275755fed23531207231d9e4fc4f857043fd36e08d5ace&decrypt=1 can check by putting the vin coinbase into a hex->ascii converter).

Important Note 2

This is not pool software and is meant for solo-mining. All proceeds go to the address of the first miner that connects.

Important Note 3

Mining software will only send a share when it has found a block. No shares for long periods of time is normal behavior.

Table of Contents

• Setup
• Node Requirements
• Usage
• Help

Setup:

1. Requires python 3.8+
2. Run python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

• Note that the pysha3 module will need to be compiled so you need some kind of C compiler installed. Alternatively, a precompiled .whl is avaliable in windows/python_modules.

For Windows:

A bat file is avaliable to auto install python and dependencies and generate another bat file to run the stratum.

1. Ensure your node is configured as required.
2. (Re)start your node (the qt wallet works).
3. Download this repo (https://github.com/cdonnachie/meowcoin-stratum-proxy/archive/refs/heads/main.zip)
4. Unzip the downloaded file
5. Open the unzipped folder
6. Open the windows folder
7. Double-click generate_bat.bat
8. After generate_bat.bat completes with no errors, go back to the previous folder.
9. Double-click run.bat to run the stratum proxy.

Node Requirements:

Requires the following meowcoin.conf options:

server=1
rpcuser=my_username
rpcpassword=my_password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

On *nix OS's this file is located at ~/.meowcoin by default. On windows, this file is located at %appdata%\Meowcoin.

You may need to create the meowcoin.conf file and add those lines if it does not exist.

For testnet you can add testnet=1 to your meowcoin.conf

note:

• Default Mainnet rpcport = 9766
• Default Testnet rpcport = 19766

Make sure you configure the rpcport on meowcoin-stratum-proxy.py accordingly.

Usage:

The stratum proxy uses the following flags:

usage: meowcoin-stratum-proxy [-h] [--address ADDRESS] [--port PORT] [--rpcip RPCIP] [--rpcport RPCPORT] 
                 --rpcuser RPCUSER --rpcpass RPCPASS [-t] [-j] [-v] [--version]

Stratum proxy to solo mine to MEOWCOIN node.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --address ADDRESS     the address to listen on, defaults to 127.0.0.1
  --port PORT           the port to listen on
  --rpcip RPCIP         the ip of the node rpc server to connect to.
  --rpcport RPCPORT     the port of the node rpc server to connect to.
  --rpcuser RPCUSER     the username of the node rpc server to connect to.
  --rpcpass RPCPASS     the password of the node rpc server to connect to.
  -t, --testnet         running on testnet
  -j, --jobs            show jobs in the log
  -v, --verbose, --debug
                        set log level to debug
  --version             show program's version number and exit

With this in mind we can run testnet from a local node with a miner:

python3 meowcoin-stratum-proxy.py --address 127.0.0.1 --port 54321 --rpcip 127.0.0.1  --rpcport 19766 --rpcuser my_username --rpcpassword my_password -j -t

Testnet with defaults

python3 meowcoin-stratum-proxy.py --rpcuser my_username --rpcpassword my_password -t

And for a local node on mainnet with a miner:

python3 meowcoin-stratum-proxy.py --address 127.0.0.1 --port 54321 --rpcip 127.0.0.1  --rpcport 9766 --rpcuser my_username --rpcpassword my_password -j

Mainnet with defaults

python3 meowcoin-stratum-proxy.py --rpcuser my_username --rpcpassword my_password

Connect to it with your miner of choise:

status	miner	example
✔️ Works	T-rex	t-rex -a kawpow -o stratum+tcp://PROXY_IP:54325 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -p x
✔️ Works	TeamRedMiner	teamredminer -o stratum+tcp://PROXY_IP:54325 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -p x --eth_hash_report=on
✔️ Works	Gminer	miner --algo kawpow --server PROXY_IP:54325 --user YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS --pass x
✔️ Works	kawpowminer	kawpowminer -P stratum+tcp://YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.worker@PROXY_IP:54325

Help:

@craigd9686 is avaliable on the community meowcoin server (https://discord.gg/EYv5cCjQRd)

Donate:

• MEWC: MPyNGZSSZ4rbjkVJRLn3v64pMcktpEYJnU (Meowcoin Donation address)

@kralverde#0550 is avaliable on the community ravencoin server (https://discord.gg/jn6uhur)

Donate:

• RVN: RMriWfETGV97hskqH8TvSWVZb9idK6fkU6
• BTC: bc1q9vs8ttd6sg8dvhwwqh5g6c5wjm0fwkfmq2lgff