df0dbf89e54ab933e5e60f8d8b967ab5425b05a9
Closes the silent-failure modes between "ckpool logs a solve" and "block correctly displayed": * Difficulty estimate matched mempool.space — the projection now uses (inEpoch + 1) intervals so it converges on Bitcoin Core's eventual retarget formula at end-of-epoch instead of undershooting by ~0.05– 0.10 % throughout. * Tailer resumes mid-log on restart — persists (inode, offset) to kv every EOF + on shutdown, and replays the unread tail next time. Any solve line written while kamado-api was down would previously be invisible forever. * Background reconcile loop (60 s) retries hash/reward enrichment for blocks the original RPC missed, so a transient bitcoind-index race no longer permanently leaves a block hashless. * Reorg detection: same loop compares each recent stored hash against getblockhash(height); a mismatch stamps orphaned_at. UI renders these strikethrough with a red "orphaned" tag instead of showing illusory rewards forever. * InsertBlock now reports whether a row was actually inserted; the caller WARN-logs duplicate-height ignores so a re-mined orphaned height can't disappear silently. * Submit-attempt vs confirmed counters surface failed submissions: every "Possible/Submitting block solve" log line increments block_submit_attempts; "Solved and confirmed" increments block_submits_confirmed. A growing gap means bitcoind is rejecting our submissions — previously invisible. * share_err patch refreshed against pinned ckpool source: added SE_NO_JOBID -> 21 and SE_WORKER_MISMATCH -> 24 mappings, kept SE_INVALID_NONCE2 in 20 (it's a malformed-input error, not low-diff). AxeOS users now see actionable Stratum codes instead of "unknown error". UI gets new orphaned_at + block_submit_attempts/confirmed fields on the snapshot type and a strikethrough-with-tag rendering for orphaned blocks in BlocksTable.
Kamado Pool
A modern, feature-complete solo Bitcoin mining pool built on a patched fork of CKPool, with a real-time web dashboard and a Go-based API middleware that surfaces everything CKPool knows.
Why Kamado?
Existing CKPool-based solutions (like Bassin for Umbrel) read only a handful of periodic stats files and miss most of CKPool's rich data. Kamado talks directly to CKPool's Unix socket API to expose:
- Real-time per-client data: hashrate, difficulty, user agent, hardware detection
- Full block-found history with height, hash, reward, and solving worker
- Per-worker and per-client best share tracking (current + all-time)
- Network difficulty, pool efficiency, expected time to block
- Live dashboard updates via WebSocket (no 60-second file polls)
Architecture
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ckpool-solo (C) ──Unix socket──► kamado-api (Go) │
│ ports: 3333 ports: 80 │
│ │
│ ▲ stratum ▲ HTTP/WS │
│ │ │ │
│ Miners Browser │
│ │
│ bitcoind ◄──── RPC + ZMQ ────── ckpool + kamado-api│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Three main components:
| Component | Language | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
ckpool/ |
C | Stratum server, share validation, block submission |
api/ |
Go | Socket client, REST/WebSocket API, persistence |
ui/ |
Svelte | Real-time dashboard |
Phases
- Phase 1 — Fork & fix CKPool, build infrastructure
- [~] Phase 2 — Go API middleware
- Phase 2a: CKPool socket client, bitcoind RPC, state aggregator, REST API
- Phase 2b: CKPool log tailer, block history, stdlib WebSocket push
- Phase 2b.5: ZMQ block notifier, SQLite persistence (deferred until s9pk repo exists — need real Go build env for new deps)
- ckpool patch 0001: expose
besteverin runtime socket JSON so the UI can show "this round" and "all-time" best share side by side - [~] Phase 3 — Svelte UI dashboard (skeleton: header, pool overview, miners table, blocks, best shares leaderboard; live WS updates)
- Phase 4 — Monorepo Docker build:
kamado-apiembedsui/distvia//go:embedand serves it at/. The api Dockerfile has a node stage that builds the UI before the Go stage embeds and builds the binary; docker-compose uses the repo root as build context so bothapi/andui/are visible. - Phase 5 — Testing (regtest, testnet4), polish
Quick start (dev)
cp .env.example .env # set POOL_BTCADDRESS and bitcoind creds
make up # build + start ckpool + api
curl localhost:8080/api/health
curl localhost:8080/api/pool
REST endpoints:
| Route | Returns |
|---|---|
GET /api/health |
CKPool + bitcoind health |
GET /api/pool |
Pool stats + derived hashrate windows + chain info |
GET /api/users |
All users from users socket command |
GET /api/workers |
All workers from workers socket command |
GET /api/clients |
All connected stratum sessions (useragent, IP, diff) |
GET /api/blocks |
Recent solved blocks (in-memory ring, SQLite in Phase 2b.5) |
GET /api/snapshot |
Full merged snapshot (everything) |
GET /api/ws |
WebSocket push: full snapshot on every refresh + on solve |
StartOS packaging lives in a separate repository.
Upstream
CKPool by Con Kolivas: https://bitbucket.org/ckolivas/ckpool
Pinned commit: see ckpool/CKPOOL_COMMIT
License
GPL-3.0. CKPool itself is distributed under GPL-3.
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