01:07:50 <narf> how good is monero
01:08:46 <Torr> Pretty good
02:45:37 <Mochi101> narf, what sort of scale are we using?
16:11:52 <sportscliche> I have been running a monero node for 5+ years, but in the last several months I haven't been able to get more than 1 incoming connection
16:12:12 <sportscliche> ./monerod --block-sync-size 10 --enable-dns-blocklist --limit-rate 256
16:13:02 <sportscliche> I have checked and re-checked my port forwarding setup and it looks OK
16:15:29 <sportscliche> Running v0.18.2
16:15:44 <sportscliche> v0.18.1.2
16:23:13 <Mochi101> sportscliche, maybe there're way more other nodes available now than there were before.
16:24:41 <sportscliche> Earlier this year, I would have 50+ incoming connections. Now it is either 0 or 1
17:36:47 <Mochi101> sportscliche, you have the latest version?
17:37:16 <Mochi101> If you have an old version you may be helping keep a fork alive. :)
17:38:07 <Mochi101> oooh... I never seen
17:38:13 <Mochi101> that you posted your version number
17:38:55 <Mochi101> sportscliche, what block height do you have?
18:28:34 <yang2> Is there a chance of earning XMR by mining with a CPU only, or would ASIC miners work better?
18:29:14 <yang2> also are there mining pools to join ?
18:30:09 <hyc> ASICs cannot mine XMR
18:31:10 <yang2> so, the CPU mining is sufficient to be successfull?
18:35:29 <DataHoarder> sufficient to be successful? what would it look like to not be successful?
18:38:22 <sportscliche> My current block height 2745726
18:39:27 <sportscliche> and no incoming connections
18:40:46 <yang2> DataHoarder: I am thinking if mining works in the same way as btc, where CPU mining is useless.
18:41:09 <DataHoarder> it uses RandomX, that is why CPU mining is more efficient than GPU/ASIC
18:41:22 <DataHoarder> basically a monero ASIC would... implement a good CPU
18:41:52 <DataHoarder> see https://github.com/tevador/RandomX/blob/master/doc/design.md
18:43:08 <yang2> Is it posssible to cluster the miner nodes together using the same wallet on each ?
18:58:02 <dEBRUYNE> yang2: Do you mean multiple machines with a CPU?
19:09:41 <yang2> right
19:13:53 <hyc> you can point multiple PCs at a single p2pool node
19:26:28 <Mochi101> send nodes
19:57:26 <yang2> ok thanks
20:38:01 <hyc> another bitcoin mining company on hard times, share price falls 72% after attempt to raise $27M fails https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/ARB/strategy-company-ops-update/15693615
20:38:10 <hyc> more ASICs being sold to raise cash...
23:05:49 <great_taste> meaning more centralization?
23:06:32 <NorrinRadd> well it's the corps that are going bankrupt.  likely plebs buying the used asics.  so it's probably increased decentralization actually 
23:07:39 <NorrinRadd> an s9 is like $200 and an s19 like $1800 down from $19000.... so you can see how plebs could be incentivized to jump in 
23:08:58 <great_taste> plebs be eating ze bugs...