Rucknium releases 'Monero Stressnet Node' v250.18.3.3.2, announces stressnet monitor

Rucknium¹ has released Monero Stressnet Node² version 250.18.3.3.2³ and announced a new page dedicated to monitoring the stressnet⁴ in today’s -community meeting⁵:

The stressnet monitor is here [..] Usually it is accurate and up to date. Sometimes it goes down. The blockchain explorer isn’t working now since it’s hard on the node: https://explorer.stressnet.net/

Changes overview

src: update internal data structure to boost::bimap. by @0xFFFC0000
Revert "src: update internal data structure to boost::bimap." by @0xFFFC0000
Peer ban duration to 2 minutes by @Rucknium
Sync blocks 1 by 1 by @Rucknium [..]

It is worth mentioning that 0xFFFC0000 made their first contribution in PR #5⁶. The full changelog is available on Github⁷.

Consult the previous Monero Observer reports⁸ and join the #monero-stressnet channels⁹ to learn more about the issue and get involved¹⁰.

Note that the anonymity set of running a node on this stressnet will be in the dozens at best. If you have an extreme threat model, this may be an unacceptable risk for you.

This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.