heikomat

ok, so if i read this correctly, then the p2pool folks say: if you have 10 MBit/s or more use 32 in-peers (that's 40KB/s per in-peer). Don't use more than 1000 because of the linux file limit (which can be changed)

So according to their numbers, with my 20 MBit/s limit i set i should choose about 64 in-peers.

I just looked at the upload-traffic of the last 21 hours. In total i used 44.55 GB of upload-bandwidth in that time, which is about 4.71 MBit/s or 603 KB/s. There were about 130-140 connected peers in that time. That equals about 0.03492 MBit/s or 4.47 KB/s per connected in-peer

With my 20 MBit/s limit that should allow for ~573 peers. This is average speed though, and there are probably spikes in network usage all the time. So if i apply a buffer of ~50% i should be able to serve about 256 in-peers with an average of 10 KB/s per in-peer.

I'll set it to 64 out and 256 in and let it run a couple of days and see how it goes :) There have not yet been more than 150 connected peers anyway

That's kinda what i want to find out - how much bandwidth does a peer need on average?

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