Add Relay Network support directly to p2pool

[TheBlueMatt]

Its essentially a separate client, but its kicked off from p2pool directly.

[yhaenggi]

Why is this needed? P2Pool already relays TXs and blocks trough the p2p network.

[TheBlueMatt]

Because (a) p2pool doesnt relay outside blocks quicker through its network last I heard and (b) the relay network peers directly with other miners, and will likely receive blocks quicker than any p2p connection your bitcoind might have.

[yhaenggi]

Is there a BCT thread about your software?

[TheBlueMatt]

No.

[CoinCadence]

I have been running Matt’s P2Pool fork since Friday, Bitcoin blocks are coming in through the relay network and mining has not been affected otherwise.

I’d like to see the merge happen.

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[TheBlueMatt]

Now there is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766190.0

[yhaenggi]

Thanks for the thread.

The code seems fine.
Can we merge this, @forrestv ?

[TheBlueMatt]

Actually, python seems to be simply too slow for this kind of thing :(. There is a C++ client which people should prefer at https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/RelayNode/tree/master/client