What peer-config to help the network?
What peer-config to help the network?
Hey,
I think monero is interesting and want to support it a little. To do so i setup a public full node on my home-server (3900x with NVMe SSD) and configured it so that it is allowed to use up to 50% of my bandwidth (i have 500 MBit/s down and 40 MBit/s up)
I'm now not that sure how to configure in-peers and out-peers in a way that strengthens the network. My assumption would be that a high number of out-peers is bad because my server would be blocking in-connections of other nodes, and a high number if in-peers is good because i allow more people to download the chain.
Are these assumptions correct?
What would be some good values for in-peers and out-peers?
I currently configured 128 out-peers and 1024 in-peers. Is one of these exessive or not enough?
Update: I decided to go with 64 out-peers and 256 in-peers for now. See this comment for an explanation
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I currently configured 128 out-peers and 1024 in-peers. Is one of these excessive or not enough?
This is likely excessive. There are over 20k nodes out there so just set up your node with reasonable settings like 16-32 peers and more importantly get some Monero and use it in the real world economy.
When it is running you can use commands like
monerod print_net_statsto see what it is consuming in terms of bandwidth.Thanks for pointing out
monerod print_net_stats! Will leave it running for a day or two and see how much is used. Currently the network usage is minimal, but that is probably because i only increased the peer-count 2 hours ago.get some Monero and use it in the real world economy
easier said than done, but i do keep my eyes open for opportunities to use monero instead of other currencies. My next mullvad payment will be in monero
My next mullvad payment will be in monero
That is a good start, paying for online services with Monero is very convenient.
Other places where you can spend Monero and buy almost anything you need.
I'm working on yet another directory site as well c: