07:17:51 https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/du79gb/comment/i36pxhf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 07:20:29 the randomx historians are starting to weigh in 07:24:27 * merope uploaded an image: (982KiB) < https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/QRbCsjUKTBisxRzEotzfvISX/Nonce%20history%20-%20Rx.png > 07:24:53 I would not be dismissive though... 07:25:32 I don't have an updated plot on hand, but that striped pattern is still going on 07:25:41 Has been for ~3 months now 07:26:26 * merope uploaded an image: (2923KiB) < https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/syFAXqZzlArVdRDVXWpAHkit/Nonce%20history%20-%20full.png > 07:26:47 And it's eerily familiar 07:29:12 I would not scream asics just yet, but I'm still looking for a viable alternative explanation 07:30:44 One potential candidate would be a botnet using one/a bunch of proxies, thus acting like one bigger device 07:31:33 * merope uploaded an image: (333KiB) < https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/ENyHWpruhRDvAekyZwfvUfFx/rx_nonce_heatmap_diff.png > 07:31:43 * merope uploaded an image: (124KiB) < https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/FLTqTxclVUajVWtiLvblaqNt/rx_nonce_heatmap.png > 07:31:56 * merope uploaded an image: (661KiB) < https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/MIhFXbfFdvjnakfvytmcVqMP/rx_nonce_sma.png > 07:32:40 But there's that weird shift in the top 8 bits which, on a first glance, does not seem to match xmrig-proxy's behaviour 07:48:44 interesting 07:52:14 There are still several unanswered questions that I'm working on, in collaboration with the guys from the NRL, that would give a better picture of what's going on