00:36:58 <kinghat[m]> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/technology/venezuela-petro-cryptocurrency.html
13:14:02 <lmt_> Hey there, I have a question
13:14:39 <lmt_> I'm currently looking into downloading Monero, and I'd like to know if it's possible to run a node on my headless server, and access it through a GUI on my PC
13:14:56 <moneromooo> It is.
13:15:01 <lmt_> Thank you very much
13:34:58 <rdymac> kinghat[m], that article is all bs
13:43:43 <RELATIVISM3> I didnt read the article or have any position on it, just stating it out. Cheers
13:43:54 <RELATIVISM3> <rdymac "kinghat, that article is all bs"> hwen making such statement I fell is important to present the argument why that is/
13:48:45 <rdymac> RELATIVISM3, if you know a bit about what is happening in Venezuela, you'd know why the article is full of lies. As not everyone knows the reality of Venezuela, I'm just going to share this I said elsewhere: "if you finance the Venezuelan Government in any way you are banned completely from the US, but if you help the Venezuelan Government create an ICO to finance itself and you get a % of all txs, you are granted asylum"
13:57:28 <RELATIVISM3> Has I said I didn't even knew what topic/article you where referring to. Just trying to help out making the conversion more substantiated, so friction does not emerge as a consequence of it. But yeah I have been in Venezuela, and there is the need to be careful with the reasons that the western media reports for its crisis, It couldn't been further from the truth. Is yet again another great example of capitalism
13:57:28 <RELATIVISM3> corrupting itself for profit (attention by this not defending a system where capitalism is not present, maybe just incorporate other important social policies) by financially bullying another sovereign countrie.
14:32:32 <ErCiccione[m]> Personally i consider any article about south america coming from the US as probably bullshit. What they did through history to their neighbours is beyond horrible and media played a big role in covering stuff up.
15:22:39 <lmt_> Hey again, I'm setting up my own node on a local machine. I understand what the RPC ports do, but what is the purpose of the P2P ones? Do I need to allow incoming connections?
15:35:09 <moneromooo> The P2P port allows your node to talk to other nodes. Mostly for keeping up to date with the blockchain. You don't strictly need to allow incoming connections, but doing so strengthens your connection to the network.
15:36:27 <lmt_> Thank you
15:55:30 <kinghat[m]> ErCiccione[m]: it didnt speak very highly of Venezuela 🤷‍♂️
17:51:13 <yug> test msg
17:59:19 <Lza_menace> test confirmed
23:03:47 <lmt_> I'm trying to download the blockchain.raw file from the official site, however the connection speed completely drops after a minute of downloading
23:03:52 <lmt_> How do I prevent that?
23:04:04 <lmt_> Downloading through P2P gives me even worse speeds
23:06:20 <selsta> Download using P2P.
23:06:30 <selsta> It also verifies the blockchain so download speed usually isn’t the bottleneck.
23:07:01 <lmt_> Going to do that then
23:07:34 <lmt_> Is having the blockchain on a rotating drive very bad?
23:07:50 <selsta> yes it slows things down a lot
23:07:55 <selsta> but it will still work
23:08:02 <lmt_> What exactly does it slow down?
23:08:11 <lmt_> Just the synchronization process?
23:08:14 <selsta> yes
23:08:31 <lmt_> Is it a big problem after the initial synchronization is finished?
23:08:51 <selsta> not really
23:08:54 <lmt_> Thanks