04:53:48 <Alex|LocalMonero> https://localmonero.co/the-monero-standard/weekly/63
07:52:40 <Nacho[m]> how do I use fednow
07:56:06 <naphtha[m]> get the vaxx
07:56:10 <naphtha[m]> its embedded in the chip
07:56:26 <naphtha[m]> you can pay just by thinking about it
07:56:33 <naphtha[m]> thats so awesome
07:56:37 <naphtha[m]> just like my favorite marvel movie
07:57:28 <TrasherDK[m]> Do they accept Monero?
07:57:40 <naphtha[m]> its free!!
07:58:58 <TrasherDK[m]> Muh freedom 🤬
08:28:36 <azizLIGHT> i have a old data.mdb and lock.mdb file for the gui wallet and i pointed the wallet's blockchain location to it. is that all thats needed to re-use an older copy of blockchain and resume adding to it? does it need to be checked? what kind of statuses should i expect 
08:30:36 <azizLIGHT> i see "waiting for daemon to sync" with no progress on the bar and "daemon blocks remaining: xxxxx" with slowly increasing progress on the progress bar
08:37:23 <TrasherDK[m]> <azizLIGHT> "i see "waiting for daemon to..." <- So, what is unclear ?
08:39:57 <azizLIGHT> what is the next step after this status
08:40:08 <azizLIGHT> are there more steps
08:40:53 <azizLIGHT> and is it working, what i did
08:40:54 <azizLIGHT> or will it error out once it reaches the end
08:41:02 <TrasherDK[m]> Wait for the daemon to finish syncing the blockchain, which might take a while.
08:41:42 <plowsof11> It will need to complete before you can use it.  Please confirm the version you are using e.g. in gui go to settings -> info 
08:41:57 <azizLIGHT> are there copies of the blockchain i can download myself (and verify) and plug into the dir
08:42:21 <azizLIGHT> 0.18.2.2-release (Qt 5.15.10)
08:42:59 <azizLIGHT> when i went to sleep yesterday it seems like it did get stuck and didnt move. what was that about. i restarted the wallet and now the number is moving
08:44:24 <azizLIGHT> why are there 2 progress bar
08:46:03 <TrasherDK[m]> One is the wallet, waiting for the other, the daemon, to finish syncing, a that point the wallet will start syncing, after which you can start using the wallet 😆
08:46:06 <plowsof11> Perfect, version is good. The daemon needs an up to date version of the blockchain. Your wallet then checks for transactions belonging to it. 2 separate processes that take time
08:47:19 <azizLIGHT> TrasherDK[m]: thanks, that makes a lot of sense. wish it was labeled a bit better
08:48:00 <azizLIGHT> Wallet: waiting for daemon to sync Blockchain: blocks remaining
08:48:25 <azizLIGHT> maybe. idk
08:48:31 <TrasherDK[m]> Yup, that's the one.
08:49:56 <TrasherDK[m]> Oh, I don't remember the actual message in the wallet 😳
13:02:01 <powerhouse555[m]> If I added tor onion monero node sites from monero.fail with the flag --add-exclusive-node would that then force syncing through those .onion websites and other traffic? or would other traffice not go through those nodes?
13:59:25 <ofrnxmr[m]> No
13:59:57 <ofrnxmr[m]> 1. Those are rpc node ports
13:59:57 <ofrnxmr[m]> 2. Onion p sync isnt a thing 
14:00:15 <ofrnxmr[m]> onion blockchain*
14:01:06 <ofrnxmr[m]> Add-exclusive for onion and i2p only works to add anonymous-inbound configurd nodes
14:01:52 <ofrnxmr[m]> Reading the readme on monero-project/monero ctrl-f exclusive
14:02:21 <ofrnxmr[m]> It explains that if you use exclusive flag for anon-inbound nodes, you also require clearnet
14:03:03 <ofrnxmr[m]> Also require ie you also must use add-exclusive for clearnet nodes
14:04:22 <ofrnxmr[m]> Is it technically possible for monero to sync over onion? Yes. But its not (currently) designed or implemented to support that
14:09:02 <wizeguyy[m]> I'm curious who would want to _sync_ over TOR. Syncing over normie-net only reveals that you are running a monero node. I wonder if some users find that an unaccepatble risk
14:13:19 <MajesticBank> Last time I did some deeper dive into monero over tor sync, I've noticed it worked best in feather wallet
14:13:46 <MajesticBank> since tobtoht did some serious optimization on his end