docs: add FAQ.md (merged mining, address autoconversion, payouts, dashboard) - #678
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…hboard) Answers common operator questions surfaced by a downstream pool operator: - adding merged coins via --merged COIN:chain_id:host:port:user:pass (LTC/DOGE embedded SPV; others via external AuxPoW daemon) - DGB-Scrypt as a merged child under LTC (daemon) vs the planned embedded-SPV DGB parent (--net digibyte) - payout model: no wallet in c2pool; coinbase pays the miner's own address; single primary address auto-derives merged payouts (conditional on p2pkh/ p2wpkh/p2sh; not p2wsh/p2tr) with explicit slash/separator overrides - dashboard is built in and served at :8080 (web-static/); optional explorer Links the missing docs/DASHBOARD_INTEGRATION.md to tracking issue #677. Adds a FAQ pointer to README.
…d child DGB has no AuxPoW chain ID and cannot be merge-mined under LTC. It secures its own chain via MultiAlgo (Scrypt, SHA-256d, Qubit, Skein, Odocrypt), each mined directly on the DGB main chain with independent difficulty. --merged is AuxPoW-only (DOGE/PEP/BELLS/LKY/JKC/SHIC). In c2pool DGB-Scrypt is its own parent chain (--net digibyte), in development — never an aux child.
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docs/FAQ.mdanswering common operator questions raised by a downstream pool operator running./c2pool, plus a FAQ pointer in the README.Questions covered (code-verified answers)
Adding merged coins — runtime flag, not code. LTC + DOGE are embedded SPV (daemonless, DOGE auto-on); other aux chains via
--merged COIN:chain_id:host:port:user:pass(AuxPoWcreateauxblock/submitauxblock). Registry: DOGE 98, PEP 63, BELLS 16, LKY 8211, JKC 8224, SHIC 74.DigiByte — DGB is MultiAlgo (Scrypt, SHA-256d, Qubit, Skein, Odocrypt), secures its own chain directly, has no AuxPoW chain ID, and cannot be merge-mined as a child of LTC (
--mergedis AuxPoW-only). In c2pool DGB-Scrypt is its own parent chain (--net digibyte), in development — not embedded-SPV-under-LTC, not a merged child.Payouts / funds under SPV — c2pool holds no wallet; coinbase pays the miner's own address. Documents the conditional address autoconversion: a single primary address auto-derives every merged-chain payout from the shared
hash160for p2pkh / p2wpkh / p2sh, but not p2wsh / p2tr. Covers swap auto-correction, reverse-derivation, and explicit/chain_id:ADDR/ separator /mining.set_merged_addressesoverrides. Mode-by-mode payout table.Dashboard — built in, served at
http://localhost:8080/(web-static/); optionalexplorer/explorer.pyon :9090. References the missing-doc tracking issue.Related
docs/DASHBOARD_INTEGRATION.mdREADME link tracked in docs: README links docs/DASHBOARD_INTEGRATION.md but the file is missing (broken link) #677.Verification
Checked against source —
src/core/stratum_server.cpp(MERGED_CHAINS + address parse/auto-derive/swap/Case-5),src/c2pool/merged/merged_mining.cpp(aux daemon RPC),src/c2pool/main_dgb.cpp(DGB parent, in-dev), README defaults. DGB AuxPoW correction per maintainer. Docs-only — no code paths touched.