<j​k:vin.ovh> henlo

<m​onerochad> Nothing happened we good bought monero to make monerochan happy. 😹😞😉

<m​onerochad> Nothing happened; we good some bought monero to make monerochan happy. 😹😞😉

<c​honky.rocks:matrix.org> m-relay: njal.la by those fun people who built piratebay

<c​honky.rocks:matrix.org> njalla also runs a covert domain registration thing if you need reasonably non traceable domain name

<c​honky.rocks:matrix.org> my own setup is njalla VPS paid with XMR + running .onion service, no domain name access at all

<m​onerochad> Nothing happened; we good bought some monero to make monerochan happy. 😹😞😉

<c​honky.rocks:matrix.org> dumb question I get asked lately, is there something like localmonero but in the reverse

<c​honky.rocks:matrix.org> or is localmonero available for anyone to sell their xmr for people who want to buy

<p​atchy319> Yes you can both buy and sell on there

<1​23bob123:matrix.org> i remember years ago pirate bay was seized by fbi and the main guy got arrested in Thailand or somewhere there

<n​aphtha:kyun.host> njalla sucks cock

<1​23bob123:matrix.org> tell us what you really think

<n​aphtha:kyun.host> i think that njalla sucks cock

<x​fedex:matrix.org> cockbox > njalla

<n​aphtha:kyun.host> kyun >>>>>

<n​aphtha:kyun.host> absolutely 0 bias

<s​uitslie:hackliberty.org> surprised to see how few nodes received donations on your platform

<s​uitslie:hackliberty.org> or rather

<s​uitslie:hackliberty.org> that was worded wrongly

<s​uitslie:hackliberty.org> surprised to see that few donations have been made on your platform

<s​uitslie:hackliberty.org> like 0.3 XMR in total?

<n​aphtha:kyun.host> reiya.io?

<n​aphtha:kyun.host> yeah i kinda put the shilling and development on hold for now

<s​uitslie:hackliberty.org> ok

<p​oyo_poyo_ploof:matrix.org> question

<p​oyo_poyo_ploof:matrix.org> does the community have an in-depth exploration of how XMR actually works?

<p​oyo_poyo_ploof:matrix.org> like a code walkthrough for someone that's a developer

"Zero to Monero".

Jep: getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-2-0-0.pdf

I think you can only start to "walk through the code" after you understand the theory behind everything

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> do you guys use your monero for daily transaction?

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> currently is very giftcard dependent and cash would be better for privacy in this case.

<p​atchy319> I wish it was possible to use

<p​atchy319> I wish it was possible to use XMR as a bank account

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> with the help with local xmr it will work but no practical due to fees

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> i have a prepaid card & mobile payment which i can add credit by selling my xmr.

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> i don't think it will work in the US , cause PayPal required to linked your name & bank acc

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> i can withdrew to cash but again (fees) , people usually charge 5-10% for cash by mail or atm withdrawal.

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> i want to remind you that it is not trocador fault , is the exchange problem.

<m​lcboss:matrix.org> please read their terms

<k​arano:poddery.com> xmr hasn't got much attention yet.

<k​arano:poddery.com> Maybe the next gen will.

<m​onerochad> Gen alpha 😺😭

<k​arano:poddery.com> though currently their is heavy pressure from governments on crypto market , but eventually they are here to stay.

<k​arano:poddery.com> i hope they stay alive atleast in my life span :)

<k​arano:poddery.com> you can keep some xmr as an investment for now.

<k​arano:poddery.com> I agree there is a lot of fee involved for just acquiring it. So its okay to not transact in it for now.

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> miningpoolstats.stream/monero

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> Are we getting majority hash attacked right now? What's up with hashvault crazy hash spike

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Maybe just CIA needed some Monero for one of there ops

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> That info is legit though right? That some entity just suddently decided to flare up a bunch of hash?

looks like that is whats happenin

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> If they aren't mining empty blocks then we can assume they aren't behaving in "maximally malicious", right?

thats a reasonable assumption at this point

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> It's the best way for state operated cover ops to obtain monero...

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> That way they don't have to find place to buy them and to the whole cash->btc->xmr dance

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> And it's the most anon way to do it

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> You think that's really true though?

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> Wouldn't it be easier to just open a trade on Local Monero for like $4,000 USD?

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> Because they would've accumulated just shy of that from this recent stint

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> I say it's a very possible situation.

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> It's not the first time we have huge surprise hash rate applied temporarly on the network

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> It leave a trace on local monero.

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Then you have to find a peer with enough capacity and a good price, like not +30% with is normal in some places

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> Probably not a US gov actor though, because they could just do an over the counter trade with exchange. I could see how your theory would make sense if it was a government entity that didn't have good relations with the West (US) and therefore exchanges

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Can they really just buy it from exchange if it's for a secret (or higher) security clearance ?

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> But what would they do with that Monero? The only marketplace that has robust acceptance of Monero is the Dark Net (drugs and carding) as far as I'm aware

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> Then again China probably is heavily involved with the dArk net drug scene, so this would make sense if they wanted to get some

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Finance illicit operation in another country.

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> I'm sur some of there operatives will gladly accept monero

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> maybe

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> but the operatives would have to possess a method of converting back to fiat

<e​dge7:matrix.org> Some other theory a part from that?

<r​ucknium:monero.social> edge7: The leading theory is always that someone took control of a lot of machines through an unpatched exploit. Then they mine XMR for their own benefit.

<r​ucknium:monero.social> The hashrate disappears once the machines are patched or shut down.

<k​4r4b3y:karapara.net> Why discount large hangars full of Epycs?

<k​4r4b3y:karapara.net> Or threadrippers

<k​4r4b3y:karapara.net> Finally, monero mining goes industrial..

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> I find it hard to believe it was profitable for the entity to fire up such large hash to just accumulate about $4,000 USD minus their fees paid to hashvault and therefore I agree with Rucknium

<r​ucknium:monero.social> k4r4b3y: Because the hashrate doesn't last. And it doesn't ramp up slowly.

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Can use localmonero or maybe he want to keep them for 10 years or something

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> I think Rucknium's theory makes the most sense. Because if you were the botnet naughty boy who went out of your way to perform the hack, then you would mine with great urgency as you would expect to get caught at some point shortly after the exploit is executed

<f​r33_yourself:monero.social> Nobody is willing to take on such risky work without being able to spend their income on goods or services so the 10 yr hodler black op contractor is out of the cards IMO

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Maybe the black op contractor have already money so he don't care hodling the surplus

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> at the end, we don't know

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Rucknium can also be right

<g​fdshygti53:monero.social> Maybe someone found his way into some ovh server provisioning code and provisioned ell unused machine with miners... until he got caught and all machines deleted

"77 blocks in the last 90 minutes". Yikes.

<r​ucknium:monero.social> Transactions confirming lickety-split 😎

<h​00:feds.punked.us> Hey guys, need some help getting p2pool working

<h​00:feds.punked.us> - Im using monero-wallet-gui on a MacOS host with VPN.

<h​00:feds.punked.us> - I'm using a Local node with the "prune" option set

<h​00:feds.punked.us> - I can mine "Solo" just fine

<h​00:feds.punked.us> But when I select the "P2Pool" mining mode, it says in the bottom left "connected+mining" for a split second before going "Disconnected". In my logs I have repeat messages of `2023-08-18 18:13:39.860 I Monero 'Fluorine Fermi' (v0.18.2.2-release)

<h​00:feds.punked.us> Error: Couldn't connect to daemon: 127.0.0.1:18081` The daemon is running as I can mine locally just fine, and in my logs it shows its connecting when I mine locally: `[8/18/23 2:12 PM] 2023-08-18 18:12:32.006 I Monero 'Fluorine Fermi' (v0.18.2.2-release)

<h​00:feds.punked.us> Height: 2954850, target: 2954850 (100%)

<h​00:feds.punked.us> Downloading at 1 kB/s

<h​00:feds.punked.us> Next needed pruning seed: 2

<h​00:feds.punked.us> 1 peers`

<h​00:feds.punked.us> What do I have to do to get p2pool mining working?

Run everything with a higher log level. "Couldn't connect to daemon" seems wrong.

"Couldn't connect to daemon" is not a p2pool error message

It's coming from GUI

You can open p2pool folder and check what's in p2pool.log

p2pool folder is inside gui wallet folder

<h​00:feds.punked.us> ok thanks, I'll increase logging and recheck there too

<h​00:feds.punked.us> Switched over to Gupax, not having any problems now

<h​00:feds.punked.us> My hashrate is real slow though, does anyone have any links regarding XMRIG / CPU optimization?

<e​dge7:matrix.org> If you provide a minimum config.json to xmrig it usually set up the best setting in according to your machine specs.