00:13:17 i see what is probably my node on monerohash now 00:14:23 there is a mid-sized city on the north shore of the source of the st lawrence river, called kingston. My node is the only one in that area i think 00:14:59 right where lake ontario becomes the st lawrence river 00:26:22 h2017: it is difficult to map p2p networks, I would not worry about your node showing up on monerohash as long as you have incoming connections 00:27:11 selsta yeah i know. for some reason seeing my node there is very satisfying but i know i'm reverting to my usual retardation 00:28:55 i am interested in what the actual proportion of active nodes is present on that map 00:29:25 as in i'd like to know if anyone has a scientific estimate how many nodes really are active 00:40:43 can anyone please recommend a good, fast, honest, low-margin crypto exchange for XMR <-> BTC ? 00:54:10 "Pick two" 01:02:05 what is the simplest way to query my node's status via command line? 01:04:44 ./monerod status 01:05:42 thanks 01:05:58 Height: 2258137/2258137 (100.0%) on mainnet, not mining, net hash 1.73 GH/s, v14, 12(out)+20(in) connections, uptime 0d 4h 24m 15s 02:13:59 is it normal to have very few RPC peers connected? I've got only 5 connected after 10hours of monerod running. Im checking for 18089 ports with "netstat -a" in cmd.exe 02:14:57 You can also add --public-node flag 02:15:03 i have 02:15:10 but yes, this is normal 02:15:42 the number should increase after few days of continuous running? 02:16:10 I don’t know. RPC users aren’t constantly connected. 02:16:18 They open the wallet, do something and close it again. 02:17:06 will p2p peers increase after a few days? I've only got ~40 connected after 10hrs 02:17:18 40 incoming? 02:17:58 yeah about 40 total of incoming P2P and RPC peers 02:18:32 something between 15 and 80 incoming p2p peers sounds normal to me 02:18:37 haven't even reached 1mbps of upload 02:19:15 monerod only connects to 12 outgoing peers by default. if half of the nodes allow incoming connections this means on average every node has 24 incoming p2p peers 02:22:13 --out-peers by default is 8, i've got mine set to a ridiculously high number, but i guess out peers are kinda useless compared to In-peers and useful only for syncing my blockchain. Im only sending packets to in-peers? 02:22:34 default is 12, it was 8 a while ago 02:22:40 which version are you running? 02:23:45 I got the number from https://monerodocs.org/interacting/monerod-reference/ it lacks "--rpc-restricted-bind-ip" documentation aswell ,idk what version I have its called monero-gui-v0.17.1.7 02:24:03 yea, needs updating 02:24:10 "but i guess out peers are kinda useless compared to In-peers and useful only for syncing my blockchain" <-- afaik this is correct 02:24:10 useless? nothing is as useless as »Useless Ethereum Token« (UET®) https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/useless-ethereum-token/ 02:25:05 so im only sending data to in-peers? i suppose I could lower my --out-peers so I dont slow down the network 02:25:10 how do i update? 02:27:39 out_peers 12 02:29:07 my monerod i barely consuming any of my bandwidth i wish i could help more :( 02:29:19 is* 02:32:40 opened 2 pull requests to update monerodocs 02:36:48 oh you meant that monerodocs needs updating 02:42:02 btw selsta idk if this is a bug or not but if i set my "--rpc-restricted-bind-ip" to anything but 0.0.0.0, monerod gives this warning "W --public-node is enabled, but RPC server mylocalip:18089 may be unreachable from outside, please check RPC server bind address" i suppose the ip assigned to my device by DHCP client list should work just fine as 02:42:02 0.0.0.0 05:00:13 Height: 2258249/2258251 (99.9%) on mainnet, not mining, net hash 1.74 GH/s, v14, 12(out)+59(in) connections, uptime 1d 14h 42m 53s 05:01:46 got rpc payments working too 05:01:53 its pretty cool 07:54:53 donkeydonkey[m]: Do you have the ban list applied? 09:15:10 How much is preserving e-penis of your leaders worth? A month of work? Three moneths of work? A year of work? 2.8 bil? 09:15:11 Come to https://t.me/monero_peace Telegram, if you are not afraid of getting excommunicated. 09:15:13 jess: ^^ 09:19:06 how... strange... 12:45:40 hi 13:46:47 no i dont have the ban list applied. 14:16:53 just payed a camgirl with xmr, feels good man 14:26:23 that's awesome 14:26:51 is there somewhere that accepts XMR is was that something she set up herself? 14:39:14 could be pornhub 14:46:53 damn I forget that pornhub does live streams now 14:47:31 or I think they do. that might make them the only streaming platform that natively accepts crypto, would be v cool 14:49:53 that's awesome"> wtf how did you see my message 14:51:10 what 14:51:21 why wouldn't I see it lol 14:52:35 not pornhub 14:53:30 do tell! 14:53:37 there are better platforms for camgirls which accept all sort of cryptos 14:53:38 CRYPTO IS NOT CRYPTOCURRENCY ಠ_ಠ ~ IT REFERS TO CRYPTOGRAPHY, zed19[m] 14:54:04 such as? camgirls arent my thing, i only know camsoda because they put on mma events 14:54:13 I remember seeing one awhile ago but it never got much traction and I think eventually shut down 14:54:22 that's the main issue, folks who cam have to go where the customers are 14:54:35 but yeah I'm curious where 14:56:07 camsoda is pretty good, cam across some goddesses 14:56:17 > <@freenode_azy:matrix.org> such as? camgirls arent my thing, i only know camsoda because they put on mma events 14:56:17 * camsoda is pretty good, came across some goddesses 15:05:45 i find some decent camgirls who interact with you better then filthy pornography 15:11:47 i have enough vices already 15:15:20 crypto for me are currencies like xmr - digital cash, privacy. something that is anti-system/establishment/authority. 15:17:02 no gods no masters 15:20:23 the entire system of monero is now broke and i have no idea how to fix it 15:20:37 i have monero and i need to move it and i cant because the software is broken 15:21:09 is it? 15:24:37 i'm trapped 15:25:03 unable to do shit with my monero clacling the last two blocks an unable to finish calcing 15:25:37 daemon blocks remaining:2 15:25:41 forever 15:26:34 you've downloaded the whole blockchain on your rig? 15:27:45 yes 15:27:49 i had an error as well because ive turned off my pc before it completed loading - had to delete the .bitmonero file and load everything anew 15:27:54 except the last 2 15:28:12 i've done exactly that like 3 times 15:28:32 the software itself is broken apparently on linux distros 15:31:31 that sucks - i think the cli wallet is a better choice to go with on gnux 15:31:47 * that sucks - i think the cli wallet is a better choice to go with on gnu/linux 15:31:52 the gui wokred just fine until the 17 update 15:31:56 gui 15:32:05 gh my hexchat is a piece of shit 15:32:17 makes my shit appear wrong 15:32:25 g's look slike qs 15:32:52 first make sure you are on the most recent release, 0.17.1.7, then you may need to employ the block list to ban some malicious nodes on the network. Next release will have still more mitigations 15:33:15 i am on 0.17.1.7 15:33:25 where do i get a block list? 15:34:18 https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/kd59xm/cli_gui_v01717_oxygen_orion_released/gfy1upo/ 15:36:06 >.> 15:36:23 i have 0.17.1.7 15:38:08 that link is to directions for the block list 15:45:07 i just added the block list to my node and its working good. thanks 15:50:07 nice donkeydonkey[m] but it apparently don't work for me either. nothing does today apparently 15:51:15 https://lbry.tv/@Monero:5/Maybe-you-need-Monero:6 15:53:09 the CLI works without issues for me 15:53:12 https://pastebin.com/55htdKTF 15:53:57 yeah i know if i learn to use cli i won't touch the gui again but i just haven't gotten to do that conversion yet 15:55:04 there's not a single node in mexico looking at monerohash 15:55:24 monerohash? 15:56:08 feather wallet can also transact even if the daemon is having the +2 block issue 15:56:24 https://featherwallet.org 15:56:39 is in beta but it's solid for me 15:57:07 it's also very possible that the daemon will fix itself in a bit. the block list could be slightly dated. monerod can do some detection and blocking of bad peers but it takes time 15:57:10 Chakravanti, monerohash.com 15:59:59 however in japan there are 9 nodes right outside the imperial palace 16:00:16 i think monero is a japanese plot 16:00:36 plot to what? 16:00:54 i'm investigating that 16:02:34 monacoin? 16:03:03 by creating an invisible currency? shit, if it was theirs even they wouldn't point elsewhere. they might simply have taken the idea as grand and superior as it is and tried to simply support so much they can dominate and push more to do the same for their love and support. 16:04:57 i don't see multiple nodes right outside the white house 16:14:09 h2017, so? who carries methods of real weight in currencies directly next to the public vision of the voice over the printed fiat? What connection to the location looks so good? 16:14:25 the NSA sits with their comp in utah now 16:14:59 directly across the road fro the mormon church lmfao 16:34:54 yes feather wallet works well with either your own node or remote node 16:35:45 feather wallet is awesome 16:35:48 i just installed feather wallet on linux. its pretty nice 16:35:54 much better than the official gui 16:37:41 simpler 17:01:59 donkeydonkey[m], it's useful to know you run linux. that's helpful since i do the same :) 17:22:48 Chakravanti: Did you restart the GUI and daemon? 17:22:53 It requires a restart for the ban list to take effect 17:23:29 Anyone know how to set xmrig proxy but on diffrrent network 17:42:01 My node stopped synchronizing after upgrade to 17.1.7. I have tried deleting the last 100 blocks. I'm stuck at block height 2256987 17:42:54 Using 64-bit CLI on Linux 17:44:04 is it normal for a node to take 3 days to sync to the network? 17:44:25 I'm noticing my node in iotop constantly thrashing IO at 100% 17:44:55 dEBRUYNE, attempting now 17:45:18 aum, are you using a spinning HD or an SSD? 17:46:46 Mochi102, magnetic HDD with ZFS 17:46:46 meteor1[m]: Can you post the status output here? 17:46:59 Mochi102, do you recommend dedicated SSD instead? 17:47:13 aum, could take some time then. 17:47:28 Height: 2256987/2258628 (99.9%) on mainnet, not mining, net hash 1.71 GH/s, v14, 9(out)+5(in) connections, uptime 0d 0h 36m 33s 17:48:06 aum, monerod even warns you when you fist start syncing that a spinning disk will be painfully slow. Once it's synced though you'll be fine. 17:49:02 Mochi102, ok, it's finally all synced now. 17:49:37 Mochi102, I notice it's using a .mdb file to hold the blockchain. Is it actually using a Microsoft Access file, or is the .mdb some other format? 17:50:37 meteor1[m]: And it does not progress past block 2256987? 17:50:42 aum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database 17:51:43 Correct. I rolled back 5 blocks, then 100 to see if that would help. The rollback height is where it continues to be stuck 17:52:20 Mochi102, ok thanks. In fact, that's really interesting. I have a project at work that would benefit from a decent NoSQL DB, so I'll have a closer look at LMDB 17:53:09 dEBRUYNE: The problem appears to coincide with the upgrade 17:56:05 dEBRUYNE: So it was initially stuck at height 2257092 18:09:32 Starting to get some synchronization, but it is very slow...about 10 blocks every 5 minutes 18:10:16 Did you apply the ban-list? 18:10:17 monero-wallet-gui spends 80% of its time waiting for the daemon to synchronise 2 blocks, and when it's waiting for sync, those 2 blocks seem to take several minutes. However, the daemon is definitely not thrashing CPU or I/O, and its log tail says it's synced 18:10:43 Are you using the ban-list as well? 18:10:55 The syncing +2 blocks issue is a known attack, and that sounds like it. 18:11:41 how do I use the ban list? 18:12:15 I am using the ban list: ./monerod --block-sync-size 20 --limit-rate 32 --ban-list=***/.bitmonero/block.txt 18:13:02 dEBRUYNE, still failed the same way 18:20:10 I am using this list: https://gui.xmr.pm/files/block.txt 18:21:54 Failed as in '2 blocks' issue? 18:21:58 ^ Chakravanti 18:22:04 meteor1[m]: can you post the status output again? 18:22:08 yes 18:23:07 Height: 2257047/2258641 (99.9%) on mainnet, not mining, net hash 1.70 GH/s, v14, 6(out)+5(in) connections, uptime 0d 0h 4m 10s 18:23:59 It has been stuck for a while. I added the latest malicious IP address to the block list and restarted 18:26:36 It moved 60 blocks in comparison to the previous output 18:26:39 But admittedly very slow 18:26:49 Can you restart with --log-level 1 added? 18:26:53 Then check if there are any errors displayed 18:27:07 Chakravanti: Did you properly apply the ban list? 18:27:13 Try rebooting your system also 18:27:23 meteor1[m], does the node populate the ban list itself as it sees those attacks, or do I need to start with an initial ban list? 18:28:51 You need to start with the file 18:28:53 (block.txt) 18:29:37 dEBRUYNE, is that in the repo? 18:30:13 Use this one 18:30:18 aum^ 18:34:09 sethsimmons, thanks - loaded and running 18:34:13 dEBRUYNE: Restarted. The messages are streaming by by very quickly, so hard to interpret. Seeing what appears to be this error very frequently: E Setting timer on a shut down object 18:34:46 so this 2 blocks thing is an intentional and orchestrated DDoS attack to try and deter people from using Monero at all? 18:36:01 https://sethsimmons.me/posts/moneros-ongoing-network-attack/ 18:38:13 aum: Basically, yes 18:38:18 You can use the file sethsimmons linked 18:38:51 meteor1[m]: As far as I know, that message is relatively harmless 18:39:01 Do you see any other error of interest? 18:40:30 I am also getting warnings about command request support flags 18:40:43 I configured in that block file, my node is no longer getting buzzed and harassed by mosquitos now 18:40:59 does the node automatically update the block file as new attack IPs get known? 18:42:27 dEBRUYNE: 2020-12-23 18:41:44.020 W [158.69.241.58:38032 INC] COMMAND_REQUEST_SUPPORT_FLAGS invoke failed. (-4, LEVIN_ERROR_CONNECTION_TIMEDOUT) 18:43:29 Synch has been stuck for ~20 minutes 18:43:32 dEBRUYNE, i don't know. I put --ban-list block.txt in Daemon startup flags but that's it 18:43:52 Did you download the block.txt file and place it in the same directory as monerod? 18:44:13 where to get it? 18:45:11 dEBRUYNE, I've configured it into my /etc/monerod.conf 18:47:35 dEBRUYNE: 2020-12-23 18:46:54.685 W [94.63.145.197:18080 OUT] COMMAND_TIMED_SYNC invoke failed. (-3, LEVIN_ERROR_CONNECTION_DESTROYED) 19:11:38 is changelly notoriously expensive for BTC-XMR swaps? My Electrum wallet warned me a transaction was going to cost a fee of 15% 19:16:16 changelly is a notorious scam 19:16:58 aum: see https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/wiki/avoid 19:22:37 ndorf, thanks 19:22:49 * aum is glad he didn't complete the transaction 19:26:33 dEBRUYNE: I rolled back to version 0.17.1.5 and blockchain seems to be synching OK. Rate of shut down error messages has decreased dramatically. Full sync expected in ~2 hours 19:27:40 does the node's protocol include addition of banned IPs as these are discovered, or do node-ops need to keep refreshing the banned IPs list and restarting their nodes? 19:33:34 I was mistaken, it is stuck again. 20:29:22 The 2 blocks issue is back. I watched it this morning. Wallet will sync then decide to gather 2 more blocks? 20:30:00 meteor1[m]: Could be that your blockchain is corrupted. Do you have a backup that you can try? 20:30:31 agentpatience, the 2 blocks issue has not recurred for me, since I downloaded the block list and restarted the node 20:30:45 Chakravanti: https://gui.xmr.pm/files/block.txt 20:30:50 I think they left :/ 20:31:42 No, I don't. Would a corrupted blockchain be consistent with slow synch? I would think it wouldn't synch at all 20:32:49 is there a node dashboard app anywhere? I'm currently using 3 tiled console windows showing top, iotop and log tail, but it's pretty ugly 20:34:29 DO I still need to use the block list with the new wallet version? 20:36:05 meteor1[m]: Corrupted blockchain would probably not continue, but it may still be the case 20:36:11 agentpatience: For now, yes 20:38:04 OK, well that's disappointing. Will re-synch from scratch 20:45:50 How do i buy XMR without KYC? 20:49:16 Elit3Bear: with what? BTC? 20:49:27 Elit3Bear tradeogre.com 20:49:39 xmr.to 20:49:40 also 20:50:16 p3rL what in the hell is tradeogre? 20:50:35 non-KYC exchange 20:50:42 is it legit? 20:50:51 looks like something straight outta 2001 20:51:08 Without KYC & Legit makes no sense 20:51:36 but is it trustwortht 20:51:38 but is it trustworthy 20:51:45 and also how can i sell xmr? 20:51:57 non-kyc ? 20:52:05 yes 20:52:20 u can convert it into btc 20:52:23 and sell ur btc 20:52:34 wont the fees be mega fkin high tho 20:52:36 or localmonero.com for directly sell 20:52:48 is there another direct sell method? 20:53:16 direct sell only in localmonero, pair non-kyc exchanges are xmr.to/tradeogre 20:54:16 ok 20:54:25 can i use exodus wallet exchange?! 20:55:08 never tried 20:55:35 only monero official wallet is trustable to me 20:55:41 or mymonero.com lil bit also 20:55:49 meteor1[m]: Forgot to ask, but what kind of drive are you syncing to? 20:56:18 yes but p3rL exodus wallet is best crypto wallet i have seen in my life 20:56:22 it has so many features 20:56:26 and it is so secure 20:56:56 monero offers its own wallet so nobody else secure your coins better than offical wallet 20:56:59 official* 20:57:10 ok then 20:57:14 thanks for your support 20:57:15 :D 20:57:17 how do you know it's "so secure?" 20:58:19 so secure word i wont even use for official one :D 20:58:37 nothing is perfect! 20:58:38 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 20:59:04 xD 22:51:50 is there a list of trustworthy exchanges with BTC<->XMR ? 22:52:48 Kraken is one 22:53:06 And afaik Poloniex is fine too 23:00:59 any red flags with ChangeNOW? 23:01:55 aum, I've used them several times with no issue 23:02:14 but would never do anything more than maybe $500 or so at a time 23:02:24 they can always freeze your funds and demand kyc 23:03:32 but once you've got funds in the monero-gui wallet, aren't they safe from ChangeNow? 23:04:25 jwinterm, or are you saying that if you don't cough up your ID credentials, they can suddenly grab incoming BTC or XMR that you're wanting to use for exchange? 23:04:53 right 23:05:16 if they have reason to suspect you of...whatever...then they can just freeze your incoming funds 23:07:56 Pretty much any exchange can do that though. 23:12:35 pharque, kraken demanded personal details as soon as I signed up and activated from email link, but at least they just allowed me to enter name, address and phone, and didn't demand documents 23:20:12 AIUI kraken is a full KYC exchange 23:20:32 most exchanges are 23:22:05 Kraken used to only require KYC for fiat, some years ago. not anymore 23:24:32 how long till they're fully banned from XMR? 23:25:57 not sure what you are asking 23:26:23 kraken strongly supports xmr 23:29:37 IIRC Kraken also is their own bank now, so they can list anything they want 23:34:56 Kraken is leading the pack these days. Top notch firm. 23:40:53 Was thinking of switching to Kraken. Seems to be the only exchange to still have XMR. Are there any stipulations with transferring XMR to a 'self-hosted' wallet? 23:48:05 binance nas xmr but not for the US, poloniex and bittrex have xmr in the us 23:49:14 also bitfinex, not sure what regions they serve 23:49:39 some other smaller exchanges as well