CKPool‑DigiByte: Solo Mining Stack

A fully integrated, deterministic solo‑mining stack for DigiByte (DGB), combining:

• CKPool‑DGB — optimized CKPool fork for DigiByte
• DigiByte Core — full node providing consensus, mempool, and block validation
• CKStats — modern Next.js dashboard for real‑time pool monitoring
• Systemd services — production‑grade orchestration
• Artifact‑free configs — clean, reproducible, deterministic setup

This repository provides everything required to run a self‑hosted, autonomous DigiByte solo‑mining pool.

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🚀 Features

CKPool‑DGB

• Lightweight, high‑performance solo mining pool
• Supports ASICs, FPGAs, and CPU/GPU miners
• Custom DGB‑specific patches
• Clean configuration (ckpool-dgb.conf)
• Built‑in stratum server
• Coinbase tag support via btcsig

DigiByte Core

• Full DigiByte node
• Provides block templates to CKPool
• Validates mined blocks
• Exposes RPC for pool operations
• Clean, unbuilt source included for reproducibility

CKStats Dashboard

• Next.js + Tailwind + TypeORM
• Real‑time miner stats
• Worker performance
• Pool health
• Block submissions
• PostgreSQL backend
• Clean .env.example included

Systemd Integration

• ckpool.service
• digibyted.service
• ckstats.service
• Automatic restart
• Log rotation ready

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🔧 Build Instructions

DigiByte Core

cd digibyte  
./autogen.sh  
./configure --without-gui  
make -j$(nproc)  
sudo make install

DigiByte Core Configuration Note (Important)

DigiByte rotates algorithms every block.
CKPool requires SHA256d only.

Edit your DigiByte config:

nano ~/Ckpool-Digibyte/configs/digibyte.conf

Add:

algo=sha256d

This forces DigiByte Core to always return SHA256d block templates for CKPool‑DGB.

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CKPool‑DGB

sudo apt-get install build-essential yasm libzmq3-dev
./configure
make

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CKStats Dashboard

Install Dependencies:

Install pnpm if not already available:

curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | bash

cp .env.example .env  
pnpm install  
pnpm build  
pnpm start

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⚙️ Systemd Setup (Manual Creation)

Create DigiByte Core service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/digibyted.service

[Unit]  
Description=DigiByte Daemon  
After=network.target

[Service]  
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/digibyted -conf=/home/umbrel/ckpool-dgb-github/configs/digibyte.conf  
User=umbrel  
Restart=always  
TimeoutStopSec=90

[Install]  
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Create CKPool‑DGB service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ckpool.service

[Unit]  
Description=CKPool-DGB Solo Pool  
After=network.target digibyted.service

[Service]  
ExecStart=/home/umbrel/ckpool-dgb-github/ckpool-source/ckpool-dgb -c /home/umbrel/ckpool-dgb-github/configs/ckpool-dgb.conf  
User=umbrel  
Restart=always

[Install]  
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Create CKStats Dashboard service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ckstats.service

[Unit]  
Description=CKStats Dashboard  
After=network.target postgresql.service

[Service]  
WorkingDirectory=/home/umbrel/ckpool-dgb-github/ckstats  
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pnpm start  
User=umbrel  
Restart=always  
Environment=NODE_ENV=production

[Install]  
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start all services

sudo systemctl daemon-reload  
sudo systemctl enable digibyted ckpool ckstats  
sudo systemctl start digibyted ckpool ckstats

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🔥 PM2 Setup (Alternative to Systemd)

PM2 is a lightweight process manager that can supervise DigiByte Core, CKPool‑DGB, and CKStats.

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1. Install PM2

sudo npm install -g pm2
pm2 -v

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2. Start DigiByte Core under PM2

pm2 start /usr/local/bin/digibyted --name digibyted -- \
  -conf=/home/umbrel/Ckpool-Digibyte/configs/digibyte.conf

Logs:

pm2 logs digibyted

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3. Start CKPool‑DGB under PM2

pm2 start /home/umbrel/Ckpool-Digibyte/ckpool-source/ckpool-dgb --name ckpool-dgb -- \
  -c /home/umbrel/Ckpool-Digibyte/configs/ckpool-dgb.conf

Logs:

pm2 logs ckpool-dgb

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4. Start CKStats under PM2

cd /home/umbrel/Ckpool-Digibyte/ckstats
pm2 start pnpm --name ckstats -- start

Logs:

pm2 logs ckstats

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5. Save PM2 Process List

pm2 save

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6. Enable PM2 Startup on Boot

pm2 startup

Follow the printed command.

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7. PM2 Management Commands

Status:

pm2 status

Restart:

pm2 restart digibyted
pm2 restart ckpool-dgb
pm2 restart ckstats

Stop:

pm2 stop digibyted
pm2 stop ckpool-dgb
pm2 stop ckstats

Delete:

pm2 delete digibyted
pm2 delete ckpool-dgb
pm2 delete ckstats

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🧪 Testing the Pool

Check CKPool:

telnet localhost 3333

Check DigiByte RPC:

digibyte-cli getblockchaininfo

Check CKStats:

Open browser:

http://<your-ip>:3000

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🛡️ Security Notes

• Never expose CKPool or DigiByte RPC to the public internet
• Use firewall rules to restrict access
• Keep .env files private
• Only .env.example is committed

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📜 License

• CKPool‑DGB: GPLv2
• DigiByte Core: MIT
• CKStats: MIT

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🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.
For major changes, open an issue first to discuss what you’d like to modify.

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⭐ Acknowledgements

• Con Kolivas (CKPool)
• Z3r0XG (lhr)
• DigiByte Core developers
• Community contributors