01:28:53 <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
01:28:53 <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
01:29:57 <xmrvsbeast[m]> it is not for everyone I suppose but if you are already comfortable with VPS then might as well
02:46:01 <hyc> my vps is too cramped running monerod and my other services. p2pool stays at home
09:18:42 <jaska087> vps eats your profits!1
09:19:31 <mightysnowman[m]> what does the xmrvsbeast's raffle hashrate depend on?
09:19:55 <mightysnowman[m]> sometimes its 2000kh/s+ and sometimes its 400kh/s
09:20:36 <jaska087> Could be how much xvb can muster up idle cpu cycles for example
09:20:46 <jaska087> don't know the ins and outs of his mining farm
15:52:18 <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).
15:52:19 <mechanic41turk[m> When the electricity came back, I tried to restart `monerod`.
15:52:19 <mechanic41turk[m> However, I am getting "Core dumped" error, and monerod doesn't start.
15:52:19 <mechanic41turk[m> Is my syncing process practically fucked?
16:02:31 <hyc> sounds like it
16:02:41 <mechanic41turk[m> god damit
16:02:43 <hyc> you could try to start monerod with --db-salvage
16:02:58 <hyc> if that doesn't work, then it's toast
16:03:36 <hyc> yet another reason it's better to run monerod on an old smartphone: built in battery backup
16:04:00 <mechanic41turk[m> excuse me but I don't get the appeal of running it on a "smartphone"
16:04:21 <mechanic41turk[m> user won't be having a linux environment that he is well-accustomed to.
16:04:37 <mechanic41turk[m> most newbies (like me) will try to run the stuff on the "most popular SBC" which is a raspberry pi.
16:04:37 <hyc> that's not true, on android just run termux
16:04:49 <hyc> there are also full debian/ubuntu/rhel images for android too
16:05:10 <hyc> and the most popular sbc is a piece of shit
16:05:23 <mechanic41turk[m> hyc: yes, it seems like it.
16:05:31 <hyc> thank god they're raising their prices, maybe it'll convince people to look at better hardware
16:05:52 <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.
16:06:18 <hyc> we do our best to educate users, and point them to better alternatives like pine64 or odroid.\
16:06:19 <mechanic41turk[m> the whole bitcoin node ecosystem revolves around rpis.
16:06:26 <mechanic41turk[m> yeah
16:06:30 <hyc> can't help it if people don't learn
16:07:05 <hyc> anyway, most people who use smartphones prob have a couple old ones lying around unused
16:07:29 <hyc> that's what makes them good candidates - they're not using them for anything else anyway
16:07:52 <hyc> and as long as they're plugged into a charger they'll survive most short power outages without any hiccups
16:08:04 <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.
16:08:19 <mechanic41turk[m> the thing must've been a spying-fest
16:08:29 <hyc> there's nothing security sensitive in a monero node
16:08:42 <hyc> all the sensitive data is in the wallet / keys
16:09:38 <hyc> by the way, another alternative that can work - I run my geekbox with a USB battery pack
16:09:54 <hyc> the geekbox only needs 5V/2A power input
16:10:05 <mechanic41turk[m> yeah, I am looking at raspberry pi ups solutions right now.
16:10:08 <hyc> dunno if the Pi is still on 5V or if they moved to 12V input
16:10:16 <mechanic41turk[m> there seems to be one call PiJuice
16:10:25 <mechanic41turk[m> hyc: 5V afaik
16:10:36 <hyc> then a standard USB battery pack should do fine
16:10:53 <hyc> as long as it supports enough current...
16:11:46 <hyc> so my battery pack is in series: 5V power supply -> battery pack -> geekbox
16:12:14 <hyc> actually not all battery packs are suitable. some of them turn off their output when they're plugged in to input/charging.
16:12:21 <mechanic41turk[m> normal USB connection might not supply 2A
16:12:38 <hyc> 2A is the upper limit for USB 2.0
16:12:56 <hyc> if not you can get two packs and put a Y connector on them
16:14:58 <hyc> the pi by itself will need less than 2A, it only needs more if you plug other devices into it
16:16:00 <hyc> so anyway - you can make it all work, but it's easier to just use an old phone that's lying around
16:54:43 <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?
16:55:09 <hyc> iphone would need to be jailbroken
16:55:17 <hyc> prob not worth the trouble
16:55:50 <hyc> I don't know of anyone porting miners to iOS
16:55:51 <EDad> The others are 2- pixel 4's and 2 Galaxy 10's so it shouldn't be hard.
16:57:43 <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 
17:02:31 <hyc> probably OOM killer
17:06:39 <crypto_grampy[m]> Running this on a pixel 3 xl. I think it has 4 GB
17:10:16 <crypto_grampy[m]> https://gist.github.com/2niuhe/f9c0a1168ebc02bd0b89ffdb7ed21f6c
17:10:36 <crypto_grampy[m]> Lot of people are interested in xmrig on termux 👀👀
18:00:30 <hyc> 4GB is enough, but only if there are no other background apps running. 
18:00:52 <hyc> usually I find that 4GB is too tight unless I kill/disable a bunch of apps
21:50:38 <crypto_grampy[m]> I just created a Monero Bounty for creating an Android miner that can use user configs/work with p2pool: https://bounties.monero.social/posts/25/android-gui-miner-app-for-running-xmrig-p2pool-etc
21:50:48 <crypto_grampy[m]> Feel free to donate 🥳