p2pool-vtc VS verthash-pospace

P2Pool (run your own) https://github.com/vertcoin-project/p2pool-vtc or select one from this list: stratum+tcp://ADDRESS

You'll have to checkout this pull request: https://github.com/vertcoin-project/p2pool-vtc/pull/50

Quick and dirty: Grab Portable Python-2.7.17 x64.exe From https://sourceforge.net/projects/portable-python/files/Portable%20Python%202.7/ Run Portable Python-2.7.17 x64.exe extracting into a directory of your choice, I used c:\Temp\python Start cmd.exe and cd into "{install location}\Portable Python-2.7.17 x64" App\Python\python.exe -m pip install twisted git clone https://github.com/vertcoin-project/p2pool-vtc.git cd p2pool-vtc git checkout v3.0.0 copy verthash.pyd build on windows into p2pool-vtc directory copy verthash.dat into p2pool-vtc install vertcoind into p2pool-vtc vertcoin.conf in p2pool-vtc --- server=1 rpcuser=x rpcpassword=x dbcache=100 maxorphantx=10 maxmempool=50 prune=550 maxconnections=15 maxuploadtarget=500 --- create p2pool.bat file with: --- cd p2pool-vtc start vertcoind.exe --datadir=. ..\app\python\python.exe run_p2pool.py --net vertcoin x x vertcoin-cli.exe --datadir=. stop pause --- ]

P2Pool - https://github.com/vertcoin-project/p2pool-vtc/releases

P2Pool executables are not available yet. Check back closer to the fork. If you want to build it yourself, there is a pull request for testnet that you can check out on Github: https://github.com/vertcoin-project/p2pool-vtc/pull/37

Verthash file is created using vertcoin core (link 1) but I'd suggest you look at this as well https://github.com/vertcoin-project/verthash-pospace

Requires the Verthash python module, bindings are easily installed here: https://github.com/vertcoin-project/verthash-pospace

An algorithm that "uses SHA3 and SpaceMint's Proof of Space random data file to create a high memory to oracle runtime ratio static memory-hard function " (Source). It is the new algorithm that is going to be used for mining Vertcoin.