Questions tagged [nodes]
Devices connected to the Monero network. Nodes that enforce all network rules are classified as full-nodes
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How do Monero nodes propagate information
I searched online for info about how Monero nodes operate, but I couldn't find a good source that explained my question. My question is: how do Monero nodes propagate information? In the Bitcoin ...
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Am I running `XMrig` correctly?
I was trying to run a monero node on my machine but didn't want to download the whole chain so I thought to use the Xmrig program. What am I doing wrong? And I let it run for 16-18 hours daily then ...
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What is the path to the blockchain for a pruned node in the GUI wallet?
I went to the advanced section for the GUI and set the path for the node as: nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ ls -hal Monero/lmdb/ total 11G drwx------ 2 nicholas nicholas 4.0K Jun 5 00:47 . ...
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If transaction amounts are hidden, how can nodes and miners confirm whether I have enough monero in my wallet to send the amount I want to send? [duplicate]
Basically, suppose I want to send 1 Monero to a random address that I found. If I were to write my own Monero client wallet that didn't perform any validation whatsoever and just broadcast any ...
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Should I prune "From Scratch" or should I prune "From going forward", using the GUI version 0.17.1.9, and why?
I've tried and tried to run my full node about 15 different times over 3 weeks now. It just goes too slow and never syncs. I can never find the answers I need to figure out my personal situation with ...
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Issues starting Oxen Node after installing debs package on a fresh server
I'm trying to setup a Monero forked project: Oxen and doing a fresh install of its node on a new ubuntu 20.4 machine. I'm following these instructions https://docs.loki.network/ServiceNodes/...
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Could recent DoS attacks be avoided if Dandelion was not implemented?
Dandelion or Dandelion++ was not implemented in Bitcoin because few bitcoin devs thought it could result in DoS attacks: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/81504/ I was reading the blog post https://...
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Does running 2 Monero nodes behind the same LAN help the Monero network?
I've got two machines running seeds/nodes for other projects, and one of them runs a Monero node as well. If I put a Monero node on the other machine, and it's behind the same IP, does it help the ...
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Can an ISP swap out Monero's default peers? Would this be detectable?
As I understand, P2P networks work by first connecting to a fixed set of peers and learning about other peers based on them. Since those peers are hardcoded into the Monero software, could a malicious ...
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How does a wallet using a remote node select ring members?
If I'm going to have decoys in my transactions, I need to know about them somehow. How does Monero prevent the remote node I'm connected to from feeding me known ring members, effectively ruining that ...
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How to reduce the CPU consumption of my Monero node?
I have both a testnet and mainnet node running on my Intel i7 CPU, and the CPU is completely maxed out, leaving little room for my other services. Given that the nodes are both in complete sync, what ...
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How should I approach the issue that bans do not persist after ending the monerod process?
I've been manually banning peers that are (a) clogging up my logs and (b) taking away space that would otherwise be used for legitimate in_peer connections (which I have limited for data usage reasons)...
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What ports should I forward on my router to be most useful to the network?
I'm running monerod --rpc-bind-port 18081 --restricted-rpc, and want other people to be able to sync off my nodes. If I port-forward on my router, which ports should I open? Edit: According to https:/...
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Is there a way to see all the transactions coming through my Monero node?
I'm running monerod on my Ubuntu server and if I create a transaction using Monerujo using my node to process it, can I see it in my monerod console? If not, how can I see the transactions going ...
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Is it possible to connect to multiple remote nodes?
A big drawback with connecting to a remote node is adding a central point of failure by trusting that node. Being able to connect to multiple remote nodes would reduce this significantly - is this ...