Activate the blocklist in the Monero GUI wallet or Monero node.
I’ve written this here before, but even if it only draws the attention of a few wallet and node operators to the banlist, it’s already worth it. It reduces the connections to suspicious, potentially useless or even counterproductive nodes in the Monero network.
Monero GUI wallet
If your run your own local node through the GUI wallet, go to Settings. In the “Daemon startup flags” box, input “–ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>”. Then click the orange “Stop daemon” button. It will take a few seconds for the daemon to shut down. Then click the orange “Start daemon” button. If you use a remote node, whoever operates the remote node will decide if the ban list is enabled.
✋ node operators enable a ban list
The Monero Research Lab (MRL) has decided to recommend that all Monero node operators enable a ban list
https://github.com/Boog900/monero-ban-list/blob/main/ban_list.txt
Download the ban list and:
./monerod --ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>
🧐 https://gist.github.com/Rucknium/76edd249c363b9ecf2517db4fab42e88
Needing to use a ban list is indicative of broken node software. This flaw has existed in Monero for a long time, is it a fundamental issue that will never be addressed?
Drop acid and watch aronofkys Noah for a good time (trust me) instead of talking crap you don’t understand
Shouldn’t the node network be able to automatically ban offending peers without needing a centralized ban list? Can you explain where my understanding falls short?