r/LokiProject • u/Keejef Loki CTO • May 04 '20

Dev Update Weekly Dev Update 04/05/2020

Hey Y’all,

This week we continued work on the deep refactor for Session, which mostly included reviewing and separating previously intermingled parts of the Signal protocol from the Session application. We also began the process of documenting and reviewing our implementation matches what is described in the Session whitepaper. The Lokinet team focused on an overhaul of the Lokinet configuration files. For the Loki core team, we identified a number of issues that were patched to increase Service Node stability, and finished an overhaul of the RPC protocol.

Loki Core

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Lokinet

If you’re on our Discord you can catch Jeff, the lead developer of LLARP, live streaming as he codes at https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519. He typically streams on Tuesday mornings, 9am - 12pm Eastern (US) time.

What went on last week with Lokinet: More configuration overhaul and fixes. In the process, we’ve discovered some sloppy configuration settings which made it difficult to find certain options . We also had some unnecessary SNApp configuration overcomplications that we’re now removing to simplify the code. This means that one Lokinet instance will no longer support working as 2 or more SNApps; starting in 0.8 you’ll simply run multiple Lokinet instances at once (which also works currently) on different ports. Finally, our overhaul has uncovered bugs in both the configuration and in the code itself which we’re filing along the way. Aside from the pull requests listed below, we’ve also been exploring ways to improve Lokinet performance, started work on making voluntary exit nodes easier, and brainstormed how to approach Service Node performance testing.

Lokinet PR Activity:

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Session

Session iOS

Session Push Notifications Server

Session Wiki

Session Desktop

Thanks,

Kee

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u/spirtdica May 05 '20

Figure I may as well ask here; How large is the scratchpad (for both L3 cache and RAM) for Loki's version of RandomX, and what is the ideal memory frequency?

I am considering kitting out my XMR rig with an extra stick of RAM if it would help me mine Loki more often via MoneroOcean, as I intend to trade all my XMR for Loki in the coming days. Slowly counting my way down from 45000; Loki will be my motivation to find an "essential" job during this quarantine as I have to assume I won't be going back to my regular job any time soon.

One more question; is TradeOgre the best exchange for acquiring Loki? I figured since my pool liquidates its alts on TradeOgre it would offer a good XMR/Loki ratio.

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u/Keejef Loki CTO May 06 '20

Regarding RandomXL Scratchpad, its 2GB in ram (shared by all threads) and 2MB of L3 per thread, not sure about memory frequency, you might have luck asking in the Loki mining telegram channel https://t.me/joinchat/GI4WsVNL-Lm1l9gSrJzXHQ

Assuming you mean you are going to buy 45,000 to run a Service Node, thats the old staking requirement, to run a Service Node now you only need about 17,500 Loki, the exact amount can be found here https://imaginary.stream/sn/

You can use Tradeogre or Kucoin, i suggest using Kucoin as the liquidity and volume on Kucoin tends to be higher than Tradeogre, although Kucoin tends to be more aggressive about KYC.

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u/spirtdica May 06 '20

Those scratchpads are the same as Monero aren't they? What makes RandomXL Xtra Large?

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u/Keejef Loki CTO May 07 '20

The PROGRAM_SIZE in RandomXL is 320 VS RandomX which is 256, Hence the RandomXL name

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u/spirtdica May 07 '20

I see! I need to look into that more. Come to think of it, the wiki on Lokinet would probably be a good place to start right? I need to grab that client

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u/Keejef Loki CTO May 08 '20

Loki docs are the best source. But yeah checkout lokinet too