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xmrvsbeast[m]
p2pool+monerod on a VPS is the way to go, you bypass any residential ISP non-sense plus get better uptime and latency
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xmrvsbeast[m]
the raffle can send hashes to it and you can also mine to it and free up more resources for xmrig on your mining machine
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xmrvsbeast[m]
it is not for everyone I suppose but if you are already comfortable with VPS then might as well
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hyc
my vps is too cramped running monerod and my other services. p2pool stays at home
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jaska087
vps eats your profits!1
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mightysnowman[m]
what does the xmrvsbeast's raffle hashrate depend on?
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mightysnowman[m]
sometimes its 2000kh/s+ and sometimes its 400kh/s
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jaska087
Could be how much xvb can muster up idle cpu cycles for example
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jaska087
don't know the ins and outs of his mining farm
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mechanic41turk[m
My house had a black out and raspberry pi had a hard shut down during the syncing process (92% was completed, was estimated that 7 days' syncing were left).
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mechanic41turk[m
When the electricity came back, I tried to restart `monerod`.
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mechanic41turk[m
However, I am getting "Core dumped" error, and monerod doesn't start.
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mechanic41turk[m
Is my syncing process practically fucked?
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hyc
sounds like it
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mechanic41turk[m
god damit
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hyc
you could try to start monerod with --db-salvage
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hyc
if that doesn't work, then it's toast
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hyc
yet another reason it's better to run monerod on an old smartphone: built in battery backup
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mechanic41turk[m
excuse me but I don't get the appeal of running it on a "smartphone"
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mechanic41turk[m
user won't be having a linux environment that he is well-accustomed to.
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mechanic41turk[m
most newbies (like me) will try to run the stuff on the "most popular SBC" which is a raspberry pi.
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hyc
that's not true, on android just run termux
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hyc
there are also full debian/ubuntu/rhel images for android too
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hyc
and the most popular sbc is a piece of shit
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mechanic41turk[m
hyc: yes, it seems like it.
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hyc
thank god they're raising their prices, maybe it'll convince people to look at better hardware
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mechanic41turk[m
but it doesn't change the fact that whenever someone thinks about running a node, raspberry pi comes to mind as the hardware of choice.
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hyc
we do our best to educate users, and point them to better alternatives like pine64 or odroid.\
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mechanic41turk[m
the whole bitcoin node ecosystem revolves around rpis.
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mechanic41turk[m
yeah
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hyc
can't help it if people don't learn
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hyc
anyway, most people who use smartphones prob have a couple old ones lying around unused
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hyc
that's what makes them good candidates - they're not using them for anything else anyway
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hyc
and as long as they're plugged into a charger they'll survive most short power outages without any hiccups
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mechanic41turk[m
I have a samsung one lying around--however, I do not trust its samsung modified google android software not a bit to run a crypto currency node.
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mechanic41turk[m
the thing must've been a spying-fest
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hyc
there's nothing security sensitive in a monero node
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hyc
all the sensitive data is in the wallet / keys
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hyc
by the way, another alternative that can work - I run my geekbox with a USB battery pack
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hyc
the geekbox only needs 5V/2A power input
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mechanic41turk[m
yeah, I am looking at raspberry pi ups solutions right now.
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hyc
dunno if the Pi is still on 5V or if they moved to 12V input
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mechanic41turk[m
there seems to be one call PiJuice
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mechanic41turk[m
hyc: 5V afaik
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hyc
then a standard USB battery pack should do fine
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hyc
as long as it supports enough current...
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hyc
so my battery pack is in series: 5V power supply -> battery pack -> geekbox
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hyc
actually not all battery packs are suitable. some of them turn off their output when they're plugged in to input/charging.
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mechanic41turk[m
normal USB connection might not supply 2A
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hyc
2A is the upper limit for USB 2.0
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hyc
if not you can get two packs and put a Y connector on them
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hyc
the pi by itself will need less than 2A, it only needs more if you plug other devices into it
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hyc
so anyway - you can make it all work, but it's easier to just use an old phone that's lying around
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EDad
hyc: For Christmas we are upgrading all our phones. The current ones are good ones as it is. I will have 6 phones to try mining with. Unfortunately 2 of them are iphone 11. Could those be used somehow?
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hyc
iphone would need to be jailbroken
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hyc
prob not worth the trouble
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hyc
I don't know of anyone porting miners to iOS
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EDad
The others are 2- pixel 4's and 2 Galaxy 10's so it shouldn't be hard.
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crypto_grampy[m]
Has anyone had xmrig just shut down on Android? Seems to work for 10-20 seconds and then it just shuts down termux
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hyc
probably OOM killer
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crypto_grampy[m]
Running this on a pixel 3 xl. I think it has 4 GB
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crypto_grampy[m]
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crypto_grampy[m]
Lot of people are interested in xmrig on termux 👀👀
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hyc
4GB is enough, but only if there are no other background apps running.
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hyc
usually I find that 4GB is too tight unless I kill/disable a bunch of apps
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crypto_grampy[m]
I just created a Monero Bounty for creating an Android miner that can use user configs/work with p2pool:
bounties.monero.social/posts/25/and…er-app-for-running-xmrig-p2pool-etc
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crypto_grampy[m]
Feel free to donate 🥳