libera #monero-pow

2 Dec 2023

Monero's Proof of Work algorithm (RandomX) and related topics. Use #p2pool-log and #p2pool-mini for P2Pool discussions. Anti-spam active: PM hyc for voice.

• 21:14
  m-relay
  <o​frnxmr:monero.social> twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1731037985758445848
• 21:15
  m-relay
  <o​frnxmr:monero.social> nitter.net/sethforprivacy/status/1731037985758445848
• 21:20
  hyc
  a lot of ignorance in those replies
• 23:11
  hyc
  why does p2pool take so long to start up and resync? what's the local cache file good for?
• 23:46
  DataHoarder
  Is this immediate restart hyc? Or after a while
• 23:46
  DataHoarder
  it just caches block download
• 23:46
  DataHoarder
  it still has to read and process the files somewhat
• 23:46
  DataHoarder
  Should take at most a couple of seconds on a fast cpu
• 23:49
  hyc
  the first time was after some hours offline
• 23:49
  hyc
  but also immediate restart
• 23:49
  hyc
  my fiber internet is offline,I'm on my backup 4G now
• 23:50
  hyc
  it's been resynicing for like 45 minutes
• 23:56
  DataHoarder
  It has to download a few hundreds of MiB
• 23:57
  DataHoarder
  for initial sync
• 23:57
  DataHoarder
  so that is definitely weird unless you have awful speeds
• 23:59
  hyc
  5Mbit