gupaxx/IDEAS.md

IDEAS for the future of Gupaxx

Theses are only ideas, everything here is still to be decided and only thoughts for now. Some ideas could be done in a matter of hours, some could take months.

More Decentralized

Integrate a Monero Node

Started by Cyrix126 If we want Gupaxx to help user mine in the most decentralized way, we should offer them to run a monero node. This would be optional and would check if the requirement are fulfilled before enabling the button to do so.

Synchronize source code repository on p2p network

Github is proprietary. If Gupaxx aims to be free, it should not be only available on this platform and we should explore options to get github free.
We can use Radicle to get Gupaxx on a p2p collaboration stack.
The code, issues and PR could be synchronized with Github.

More User friendly

Website

Build a website like gupax.io to have a more user frendly presentation and installation method.
Having a website, we can detect the architecture and os of the visitor and give him the right archive to download.

Generated wallet

If Gupaxx could create a wallet and put the primary address in p2pool tab automaticcly, it would remove a manual step for the user.
It could be an option to ask at first start.
The user could access this wallet on the same computer with the official GUI wallet.

Auto register to XvB

If Gupaxx could register the user automaticcly to the raffle, it would remove a manual step for the user.
It could be an option to ask at first start.

Setup Guide

At first start, a guide could ask the user what it intends to do with Gupaxx (create node, create wallet, use xmrig-proxy, participate in raffle...) and do the setup for him and show him what it must do manually. An option to skip this guide would be present for advanced users.

Very noob mode

At first start, a mode is suggested for very noob users. It would only shows the seed phrase of the wallet generated and configure all options for the user.

Supporting more environments

Packaging

Add repository/AUR for Gupaxx and a status of packaging distro/version on the README

Minimum requirement

Add on README a table with minimum hardware/software requirements.

Add more target

Gupaxx could add support for linux arm64 since p2pool and xmrig can compile on this target.

Refactor size of text

Gupax/x currently resize texts/widgets based on the window size. Instead, the text/widget size should be decided by the OS/config, scroll bar should be used when there is not enough space. It will allow to use Gupaxx on different ratio of screen.

More Powerful

Optimization for xmrig

Add automatic options

On linux, we can activate 1GB pages after detecting cpu flags. We can also add cpu affinity option.

Manual optimizations

On the XMRig tab, inform users about manual optimizations that Gupaxx can't control. For example, disabling hyper-threading in BIOS is recommended.

CLI for Algorithm

A simple script could be made to reproduce the algorithm who would take args for every other needed programs. Gupaxx itself doesn't have any features that bundled programs don't offers.

Integrate XMRig-Proxy

Done
The algorithm of distribution of HR can't control HR outside of his instance. It must estimate external HR, which can be approximative. If a user control multiples miners, it could connect all of them to a xmrig-proxy instance. Gupaxx could offer this xmrig-instance and control it like it was a normal xmrig instance.
OR

Watch Stratum Data instead of estimate.

Right now, the algorithm estimate the eHR with the estimation made by the p2pool instance which is calculating from passed shares. The algorithm could instead watch the stats from the stratum server, which is exact but would take into account only miners which are pointed to it. Miners using the cli xmrig could point their miners to the p2pool instance of Gupaxx, or have an identical option if they are using the CLI of the algorithm. The algorithm would still check the estimation made by the p2pool instance of Gupaxx and warn the user if it seems there is too much difference between the data of the stratum server and the one of p2pool. It could prevent the user to forget to configure a miner to the stratum p2pool. Could also be an option in advanced tab of XvB warning the user that he should point all his miners to the p2pool instance of Gupaxx to take them into account.

Manually set HR for XvB algo

Done by Sina PR An advanced tab on XvB tab with multiple tools to set the HR manually. The user can sometime better know the right decision from his HR than the algo that will take more time to get everything right, specially if resources are changing.

Trust-less

Builds

Reproducible builds

To remove necessary trust, binairies released should have the same checksum if recompiled without code change. See this.

Release changes notes preview

Show the summuray of what will change between releases before updating to newer release.

Donation

Donation transparency

So that user can see how much is given to this project and make their own opinion of if enough donations have been given or not, the history of donation should be made visible with the viewkey available.

XvB

keeping track of participation history in rounds and showing results in the XvB tab.