03:53:11 I have port 18080 tcp and port 18081 tcp open, is that good for running a public node? Someone on reddit said attackers may be able to access my files? But its reddit so I wanted to confirm. 04:08:19 18080 lets your node participate in txn and block broadcast 04:08:30 18081 means you're offering service to monero wallets 04:08:42 scara, access your files? i think this post details the extent of the risk: "https://lifars.com/2020/10/are-open-ports-a-security-risk/" 04:08:58 particularly, "Open port does not immediately mean a security issue. But, it can provide a pathway for attackers to the application listening on that port." 04:09:03 you generally should use --restricted-rpc for a public node 04:09:43 so if there's a bug in monerod that somehow allowed an attacker to access your files, then yes. but as far as we know, monero doesn't have a bug like that. 04:09:52 but indeed, thats why ppl containerize things afaiui 04:10:24 I know opening ports isn't a security risk but I was thinking maby monero did something dumb like manage keys thru the daemon instead of wallet so I wanted to verify with someone who knows what thay're talking about. 04:13:10 no, monero doesn't do anything so stupid 04:13:50 there's no privacy-sensitive information in monerod that can be stolen by an attacker 04:14:02 all it handles is transaction and block data, which is already broadcasted in public 04:15:12 Ok all I need to do now is wait for it to sync the blockchain "2021-11-26 04:12:37.029 I [207.255.43.131:18080 OUT] Sync data returned a new top block candidate: 165270 -> 1860748 [Your node is 1695478 blocks (4.8 years) behind]" I hope it takes a bit less then 5 years though. 04:16:31 it'll only feel like 5 years ... 04:17:01 if you're writing to an old HDD, upgrading to an SSD will make a huge difference 04:17:19 Last I checked my HDD was faster. 04:17:45 then your SSD is probably old, full, or just worn out 04:19:18 Hm actually seems to go at about the same rate, probobly my cpu thats the bottleneck since I encrypt. 04:19:24 a standard 7200rpm HDD maxes out at around 120 IOPS. even a dirt cheap SSD is usually above 10000 IOPS 04:19:37 SSD: 1000000000 bytes (1,0 GB, 954 MiB) copied, 43,0947 s, 23,2 MB/s HDD: 1000000000 bytes (1,0 GB, 954 MiB) copied, 45,361 s, 22,0 MB/s 04:20:05 hm. yeah, encryption is prob the bottleneck then 04:20:13 you're going to be waiting a long time 04:21:32 it might be worth protecting whatever other files you've got, but there's no good reason to be using encryption where the blockchain is being stored 04:23:42 I only have 2 drives and yea I'd like my stuff to be encrypted. I have been thinking of getting an extra drive for random stuff like this but it doesn't seem feasable right now. 04:24:15 as long as you're receiving more than 1 block every 2 minutes (which is the nominal network block rate) then technically you will eventually catch up 04:25:02 but it may still take ages. I remember back when I first ported to raspberry pi, I calculated that it would take 8 months to sync 1 year's worth of blockchain data 04:25:20 ouch 04:28:36 hyc: Do you have one of those fancy pies that supports external boot drives? 04:28:55 no, haven't bought any recent pi 04:29:07 I now have a RockPro64 tho 04:29:34 I have a 4 port SATA controller in its PCIe slot and 2 sata SSDs 04:30:14 works well running my LAN's monerod and p2pool 04:31:03 Since when do pis have pcie? Or is it the rockpro? I don't really play around with mini computers, all my stuff is virtual. 04:31:22 rockpro64 yeah has 1 PCIe slot 04:31:55 uses a rockchip rk3399. very nice chip. way better than the broadcom crap that raspberry uses 04:32:21 I think rpis are just popular? 04:32:26 yeah 04:33:01 Lol I just realized that every time I refered to the raspbery pi, I used a diffrent shortening, sorry if thats confuseing. 04:33:16 no prob, was clear 04:33:53 I just can't stand em now. spent too many hours making them work, only to find nobody would ever have the patience to use them for this stuff 04:34:47 just a shitty use of resources 04:34:50 I know someone who uses both, looks like all their cool stuff is on the rock ones. (Tryna find their post rn) 04:41:20 hyc: Ok found it https://artemislena.eu/posts/2021/05/major-overhaul/ 04:41:55 Thay use a bit of everything. 04:43:40 heh I still have my original pine64 with that acrylic case 04:44:16 haven't done anything with it since the rockpro64 took over 15:48:48 The estimated time left keeps growing, could someone look at the log https://ttm.sh/eUd.log 15:50:07 Is it 10 or 3 "2021-11-26 15:49:08.390 I Synced 231724/2210018 (10%, 1978294 left, 3% of total synced, estimated 3.2 months left)" 15:59:15 scara: estimated time remaining will increase because of changes in the protocol over time, more recent blocks are on average bigger and it's been a while since new checkpoints were added 16:00:03 the first 45% go very quickly, slows down from there and very slow the last 5% ? or so 16:00:24 No hard limit on size? 16:00:57 I think that it estimates based on what it has already verified which is why the time will increase 16:02:15 there is a large hard limit and also a blocksize increase needs to be a sustained one or it will incure fee penalties 16:02:47 Not sure if this is the right channel to ask in but is there any technical reason why nfts aren't on monero? And yes I know its a scan just like tulip mania. 16:03:00 scam* 16:03:23 300kB is the no penalty size and virtually all blocks are at or below that 16:04:34 I need to make tulip NFTs 16:04:44 (Quick explaination of tulip mania: Thay sold contracts to recive a tulip in the future and people kept buying these from eachother at increaseingly higher prices untill thay realized that this its worthless) 16:08:16 I guess, technically, any Monero transaction with a note attached could be considered a non-transferrable NFT of sorts, but the privacy characteristiccs of Monero would render that pointless. 17:15:07 scara: what kind of hardware are you using for getting months left as estimate? 18:25:22 selsta: Its built into monerod 18:25:42 yes, what computer are you using 18:25:47 raspberry? 18:26:00 x86 18:26:25 Encrypted? 18:26:32 no, what CPU 18:26:39 and what hard drive 18:26:50 ryzen 5 3600 iirc 18:29:31 ST8000DM004-2CX1 18:29:55 the estimated time remaining works by simply measuring how many blocks you sync per minute 18:30:07 Couldn't remember the module and I also could remember the command to find it but now I found it. 18:30:16 model* 18:30:30 if the time remaining increases it simply means your daemon gets slower at syncing 18:30:53 now why does it get slower? monero usage increased, cryptography got more complex 18:31:05 but even with HDD it shouldn't take months 18:31:20 Bad nodes? 18:31:27 unlikely 18:31:31 which version are you using? 18:31:48 0.16.0.0-2build2 18:31:57 that's super outdated 18:32:01 you need at least v0.17 18:32:06 Its from ubuntu repo... 18:34:22 selsta: https://github.com/monero-project/monero 18:34:37 https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=monero 18:34:42 there is v0.17 too 18:35:04 I'm on 21.04 18:35:43 well v0.16 in incompatible with the network 18:35:45 is* 18:35:54 so you have to update 18:36:32 Just verify that this is the latest git commit 6d94953be259c6bf4a1407ec552a570a66b6179d 18:36:52 I want to be sure I'm not downloading some fake version. 18:37:27 are you compiling yourself? 18:37:45 yes that's the latest commit 18:37:49 make sure to clone recursively 18:38:07 https://gitlab.com/whonix/monero-gui <-- can you use this with ubuntu + apt? 18:38:16 Yea, ubuntu has outdated version so what else is there to do? 18:38:32 I'm not useing whonix. 18:47:18 you can also use the linux binaries from getmonero.org 18:56:10 ugh. element won't reconnect to matrix server 19:12:07 2021-11-26 19:11:55.027 I Monero 'Oxygen Orion' (v0.17.3.0-72e778a04) 19:12:09 Good? 19:15:41 It's not 6d94953be259c6bf4a1407ec552a570a66b6179d (at least it doesn't report that) but it's good enough to sync to the current chain AFAIK.