libera #monero-dev

25 Jan 2023

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• 20:12
  selsta
  I removed all offline seed nodes: monero-project/monero #8720
• 20:12
  selsta
  if someone runs a seed node that should be up then please ping me and I'll remove it from the PR
• 20:15
  xmr-pr
  selsta opened pull request #8720: p2p: update seed nodes
• 20:15
  xmr-pr
  > monero-project/monero #8720
• 20:30
  xmr-pr
  selsta opened pull request #8721: p2p: update seed nodes [release-v0.18]
• 20:30
  xmr-pr
  > monero-project/monero #8721
• 20:34
  erembax[m]
  hello monero devs,... (full message at <libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/v3/do…163f60b63ffe03e7ff9ffa9562ad1127e7f>)
• 20:45
  selsta
  erembax[m]: I don't think there is a writeup on it, you will have to check the source code.
• 20:46
  erembax[m]
  selsta: that's what i keep hearing! hard to believe there is no info about this crucial aspect available
• 20:51
  UkoeHB
  iirc moneromooo has a summary of the general algorithm (or maybe jberman[m] ?)
• 22:09
  moneromooo
  erembax[m]: it's mostly random. Picks a random output that's not deemed to be related to others already picked, till it gets enough for the amount to send plus fee.
• 22:10
  moneromooo
  "Related" is handwavy, based on height mostly.
• 22:10
  moneromooo
  Which made more sense before rct due to split txes. I think they're rather rare nowadays.
• 22:11
  moneromooo
  The pick is uniform IIRC. There's no attempt to be select outputs that add up to just above the amount needed.