pdath/ckpool-solo repository overview

⁠ckpool-solo Docker image with CPU optimisations for Intel and ARM

How is this Docker image of ckpool-solo different from all of the others?

ckpool has many assembly-language optimisations. To use these, you must build ckpool on the CPU on which it will be running. This Docker image breaks all the rules and does exactly that - builds ckpool inside the container so that it can use all the assembly language optimisations.

Most other ckpool Docker images turn off all assembly-language high-performance optimisations so that the image they create can run on all CPUs.

This image will run on both Intel and ARM CPUs.

Every time you start the Docker container it:

• Downloads any GitHub updates (if any) and automatically compiles the new version.
• Rotates the log file (/var/log/ckpool/ckpool.log).

⁠Links

The GitHub for this image is:
https://github.com/pdath/ckpool-solo-docker⁠.
The Docker hub image is:
https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/pdath/ckpool-solo⁠
This image was designed to be used by:
https://github.com/pdath/knots-ckpool-solo-ckstats-quick-start⁠
There is also a video guide and installation article here:
https://youtu.be/MbCZpps7Ijs⁠
https://pdath.substack.com/p/quick-start-guide-to-solo-mine-bitcoin⁠

⁠ckpool.conf

Edit ckpool.conf before running.

• Change both occurrences of 192.168.80.250 to be the IP address of your Bitcoin Node.
• Update "auth" and "pass" to be the RPC username and password used for your Bitcoin Node (generated by "share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py" on your Bitcoin Node).
• Change btcsig to be the text you would like to appear (up to 38 bytes) in the coinbase transaction, should you solve a block.

⁠Usage (Linux):

• First time start (done once only): ./run
• To start: ./start
• To stop: ./stop
• To delete: ./remove
• To build: ./build

⁠Usage (Windows):

• First time start (done once only): .\run.bat
• To start: .\start.bat
• To stop: .\stop.bat
• To delete: .\remove.bat
• To build: .\build.bat

You can monitor the logs with: docker logs -f ckpool-solo