What peer-config to help the network? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by heikomat@lemmy.world to c/monero@monero.town

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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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[-] tusker@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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_stats to see what it is consuming in terms of bandwidth.

[-] heikomat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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