p2pool vs monerobook

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p2pool		monerobook
	Project
216	Mentions	90
974	Stars	276
-	Growth	1.4%
9.1	Activity	0.0
14 days ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C++	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

p2pool

Posts with mentions or reviews of p2pool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-06.

Question about port 37888 for p2pool mini mining
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 24 Nov 2023

https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool says "yes" - if you’re mining from a computer behind a router (I’m not)
Simple web server to display Monero P2Pool stats
2 projects | /r/MoneroMining | 6 Sep 2023

poolboy is a tiny (~ 200 lines of code) web server that renders a static page with stats from P2Pool data-api.
P2Pool 3.5 out now - upgrade!
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 30 Jun 2023

The new version (3.5) is out: https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool
p2pool: Mini or Main?
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 26 Jun 2023
Looking for a node solo guide
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 23 Jun 2023

I have set up my node (pruned) as per the P2Pool recommendation: https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases
P2Pool Mining some noobish questions
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 7 Jun 2023
Monero and P2Pool opening ports automatically?
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 4 Jun 2023
P2Pool v3.4 released
1 project | /r/MoneroMining | 31 May 2023
How do I know if I'm actually mining Monero correctly and everything is alright?
3 projects | /r/MoneroMining | 29 May 2023

https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool and followed the GNU/Linux guide, which is what I'm doing right now; it's making.
There should be a link to GUPAX in the pinned FAQ, please add :)
2 projects | /r/MoneroMining | 19 May 2023

Just don't misinform new Monero users: p2pool and gupax are not a mining pool (that is by definition a web service maintained by another person) but rather a mining software that comes with a burden - its maintain costs and self-responsibility.

monerobook

Posts with mentions or reviews of monerobook. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-27.

This came today. Looking forward to reading it.
1 project | /r/Monero | 30 Jun 2023

https://masteringmonero.com has links to download the pdf or to buy a paperback from amazon.
Give me some cons of monero
1 project | /r/Monero | 7 Jun 2023

besides https://masteringmonero.com/ I would recommend https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/dispelling-monero-fud/ and https://www.moneroinflation.com/
Good Literature about privacy and anonymity
1 project | /r/Monero | 29 May 2023

Mastering Monero
Looking for Monero beginner's privacy guide
1 project | /r/Monero | 10 Mar 2023
Possible mistake in the Mastering Monero book: Generating addresses or subaddresses from the public key alone
1 project | /r/Monero | 19 Feb 2023
Why do ransomware hackers ask for payment in Bitcoin vs an anonymous currency like Monero?
1 project | /r/AskNetsec | 3 Jan 2023
The difference
1 project | /r/ethtrader | 31 Dec 2022

I'd recommend you read this book if you're interested: https://masteringmonero.com/
Where do you start?
1 project | /r/Monero | 7 Dec 2022
I'm a Bitcoin maxi with a soft spot for Monero. I value privacy a lot. Can you point me to some books and answer some questions?
1 project | /r/Monero | 4 Dec 2022

Read Mastering Monero but keep in mind it's a bit outdated and a second edition is coming. There is also Zero to Monero but I haven't read it (yet).
What is the long term role of Monero?
2 projects | /r/Monero | 27 Nov 2022

There are plenty of examples why you may want to be private that don't involve illegal stuff. Give a look at masteringmonero for examples if you haven't yet.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing p2pool and monerobook you can also consider the following projects:

xmrig-proxy - Monero (XMR) Stratum protocol proxy

monero - Monero: the secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency

monero-pool - A Monero mining pool server written in C

nanominer - Nanominer is a versatile tool for mining cryptocurrencies on GPUs and CPUs.

xmrig - Monero (rx/0, rx/wow, rx/loki, defyx, rx/arq, rx/sfx, rx/keva, cn/0, cn/1, cn/2, cn/r, cn/fast, cn/half, cn/xao, cn/rto, cn/rwz, cn/zls, cn/double, cn/gpu, cn-lite/0, cn-lite/1, cn-heavy/0, cn-heavy/tube, cn-heavy/xhv, cn-pico, cn-pico/tlo, argon2/chukwa, argon2/wrkz, astrobwt) CPU/GPU miner

haveno - Decentralized P2P exchange built on Monero and Tor

xmrig - RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight and GhostRider unified CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark

bisq - A decentralized bitcoin exchange network

p2pool-docker - A simple and straightforward Dockerized p2pool built from source and exposing standard ports.

mempool - Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with mempool.space, or self-host your own instance with one-click installation on popular Raspberry Pi fullnode distros including Umbrel, Raspiblitz, Start9, and more!

simple-monerod-docker - A simple and straightforward Dockerized monerod built from source and exposing standard ports.

Monero-RCT-report - Report about the crypto in Monero