Synced 2100715/2256677 (93%, 155962 left, 20% of total synced, estimated 13.7 hours left) <---how to i parse this? 20% of what have been synced?

It's confusing, IIRC it means 20% of the expected amount since you restarted the daemon.

ok thanks

Hello! UI seems to be unable to get past "Daemon blocks remaining: 2". I run and connect to a local node (UI and node versions are 0.17.1.7). Any idea on what my next step should be in resolving this?

Wait for the GUI to fix this. xiphon made a patch on github, you can try it.

moneromoo won't the banlist work for that?

On the monero github, not the GUI. It's in the support wallet api layer.

It should, unless there are more jokers recently.

So the problem is in the UI - not in the node?

Yes.

Thanks

There are patches in the daemon to weed out cases where it can be ascertained early.

There was actually a bug in the daemon, where it'd notice all the blocks advertised by the peer were already fetched, and would ask for a new set.

(which would of course be lying)

We need to get .8 out soon so we can get to the next one ^_^

You guys are doing a terrific job!

when i'm running my node how much monthly bandwidth consumption should I expect?

Hello, where can I find some instructions to pass the ban list to my node? I am getting the "2 missing blocks" symptoms using .7

Franck[m]: old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/k5…e_01715_slow_current_blocks/gehoarz

that should do it

I knew it was somewhere in reddit. Thanks!

:)

on reddit i recall a thread somewhere about an ideal pc to run as a monero node dedicated appliance

i can't find it

i want to get something purchased tonight

i want to get something like one of those lenovo mini desktops but not pay too much money

h2017: just a full node?

I'M looking it up i found the thread

people are recommending pine board stuff

the lenovo mini's are too expensive

when liza said that public nodes are wanted i don't understand that. now that i think of it intend to run the node so the monerod port is open for incoming traffic from other nodes, but not have the rpc port open. isn't that good enough from the pv of adding more honest nodes?

i don't want to run one of those nodes that anyone can run commands on

yeah don't feel obligated to

none of my nodes are running open RPC

is there any benefit to the ecosystem if i do that?

yes - a full node benefits the ecosystem

yes of course

i mean the fully public. is there benefit to *that*?

a full node with an open RPC additionally benefits those users that choose to use remote nodes

ok

well fuckem

hehe

but it also increases your attack surface

i will be running a full node but nothing more

I think the most beneficial node to run would be one that can accept inbound connections (not RPC, normal)

right. that's exactly my current plan

i'm setting it up for testing now

so if it's on your home network you would want to forward port 18080

i ordered a dedicated box that i can run it on more permanently (and other stuff now that i've got this thing)

cool beans

fluffypony, already set that up for testing. i haven't opened up the firewall however on my pc

makes sense

i'm just taking it one step at a time but i do plan on accepting inbound

i don't have an ssd so it's taking hours to sync. that's not really a problem for me. it doesn't matter how long it takes to me

once it's caught up it'll be fine

So, i'm spinning another node. I'm using --add-priority-node, which points to another of my nodes. Problem is that my syncing node keep banning the "prioritary" node. Any idea of why that could be happening?

ErCiccione[m]: how about just increasing outgoing connections and applying the banlist?

Did that before the ban happened. Outgoing connections 64 banlist active and the latest version

Will you HODL Monero or dump it for Tari when it comes out?

@h2017 you can run a node efficiently on a trash pc

i love monero :-)

hi. I am running Orbot (always on, VPN mode) on my mobile device. Monerujo is unable to connect to any nodes. How can I solve this issue?

Is there a monerujo group on matrix/telegram?

OK. The wallet managed to connect to a node.

I guess it was a hiccup.

taking it back. it still fails to connect to a node.

hi all, I'm a developer, just getting started with monero

hi, good to know

question - I notice the linux builds of monero don't seem to offer systemd/initd support for having the daemon continually running

There's no need for anything particular AFAIK.

should I take this as a sign that monero doesn't encourage running monero nodes separate to wallets?

Monero nodes are *always* separate.

I want to have a node running in a virtual container on my network, and access that with wallets on my laptop, desktop and mobiles

selsta that's gold - thanks

For the next 8 years, every day there will be printed more btc than xmr.

other question - I read the investopedia article on monerov vs monero - is there a page with Monero's official response to that?

monerov was a scam IIRC.

Possibly both a scam and an attempt to get people to shoot down their own privacy.

I'm not sure it was ever taken seriously to warrant much of a response

from the get-go their claims of adding mimblewimble to monero was technically infeasible

ok

and the original developers disappeared

then some hangarounds tried to keep it going, but people had to transfer all their funds to Tradeogre where it was exchanged into the "new and improved monerov" which I'm not even sure what was...

if it was like an erc20 or something

wait - original monerov are ded now? :D

man, I wanted to get richhhh

You could probably be the only miner of it

another naive question -- have there been any reports of people running monero public nodes and getting harassed by government agencies?

no

trying out my node now. can't get it to work for incoming connections. i think it's an issue with my isp router's port forwarding. i don't think it's forwarding...

does a monero public node require tor

No. But it might at some point.

so I'm ok just installing from the apt feed, and setting up /etc/monerod.conf and /etc/systemd/monerod.service and starting it up?

got it to work! it took rebooting the cable modem

no one said to do that. it was just the only thing i could think of to do

so the command i'm running is "./monerod --p2p-external-port 18080". is that all i need or is there something else too that i'm missing?

what's the syntax for setting up monerod node username/password in /etc/monerod.conf?

rpc-login=user:pass

I assume

selsta i don't need that because there's no external access

i need to make sure that you can get to it from inside my lan though

for rpc that is

p2p access is meant to be available universally

oh sorry you were ansering someone elses question. there is a beer bottle in front of my screen blocking half the text

no joke

lol

i've got a new box ready to use as my server. i'm just testing with my desktop

i haven't set up the box yet. it's going to be a day or two max before i have my node permanently running

people can add honest node server runner to my list of good deeds now in my eulogy

crap i forgot the ban list

should a wallet app point to the node's main port or its rpc port?

rpc port

thx

maybe i better write up a guide once I'm done, for 'how to set up a monero public node as a system service in debian-family OSs'

i think it would be good

aum that's why you don't make that port publicly avaialble unless you want to run a public node

it's only for you to connect wallet apps with and for no one else

I'm seriously considering offering a public node -- it's consistent with my boutique data centre side-hustle, along with my I2P, Freenet etc

and I'm on 1Gb/400Mb fibre with no usage cap

aum i was too but i spoke to fluffypony about it last night and he said he didn't think there was a need. and the more public nodes there are disincentivises people running their own, which they should do (ideally).

more public nodes are always appreciated

<fluffypony> I think the most beneficial node to run would be one that can accept inbound connections (not RPC, normal)

he didn't actually give reasons. i just interopolated what i think he was thinking

also, once it's up and running, the first thing I'm looking to do is learn the RPC API, and build up some python-based layers on it

what is port 18082 for?

i notice monerod listens to 18080 on 0.0.0.0, and 18081-2 on 127.0.0.1

zmq rpc

so do all the '--' shell args for monerod also pick up in /etc/monerod.conf?

should be the case

Typically programs take defaults from system config files, potentially overridden by user config files, potentially overriden by command-line switches

what about bools?

eg, for '--confirm-external-bind', should /etc/monerod.conf have 'confirm-external-bind=true', or '=1', or '=yes' or...?

try just adding confirm-external-bind

ok

can you guys check that my node is listening properly on 18080 (ip address is 142.114.145.140). Why i ask is because a telnet test from where i work doesn't work, but that could be their networking setup preventing it

oto port scans from those port scan websites indicate that the port is open

the may know about monero peer to peer nodes and may just be blocking them (i wouldn't know but i need to know that my node is listening)

i mean they may be deliberately blocking connections to any port 18080

status should tell you?

status into monerod, that is

status is thumbs up. five in connections

so i think its my workplace that won't connect, which is fine. that doesn't matter

when i go to monerohash.com i get a the following message

Web Page Blocked!

You have tried to access a web page which belongs to a category that is blocked.

it was working a few minutes ago

i wanted to see my node on the map

once again it's my workplace. jesus

i was vpn't into them

it's their dns

hashing bad

they must have a hate on for crypto

i think they are in the pocket of silbert

and musk

can the same wallet be used across several devices? laptop, desktop, mobile

i don't see why not but i don't know what classifies a wallet as portable specifically

ok, so I need to move the file from device to device then as needed?

don't quote me. you should be able to have the same wallet on different devices i think, but if you do that none of the wallet specific information will be updated (balances, address book stuff, new accounts), and if you do stuff on one machine then move to a copied wallet you would have to rescan the blockchain for balances

you never have to worry about losing your coins as long as you have the keys

all the metainformation won't transfer though

also i don't know what classifies a wallet as portable specifically

the gui has an option for portable wallet and i don't know exactly what distingues that from any other wallet

i need to find out too

if you choose portable wallet, it may just constrain options so it always forces you to point it at a remote node or something like that

so maybe I should cloud my wallet with a very strong password then

does the wallet encrypt also the node it uses?

anyway, good start -- got a dedicated LXC container now running a new Monero node, opened publicly, syncing quickly

as a system service

i don't have a container. i just have a service running as the monerod user. (just got it finished up almost the ame time you posted about your LXC container)

node is only public for RPC

i now have to set it up on my dedicated device so it's not just being tested on my desktop