you can set download and upload rate limits with a startup flag on the daemon. The new release doesn't change the bandwidth usage per se.
but ultimately, the amount of data being dloaded and uplodaded is going to depend on how much traffic is on the network!! if there's enough traffic to force blocks up to a constant 50 kb, then there would be significantly more bandwidth usage.
Although that would be an interesting option feature. I setting to make a data cap for capped people, so say you know you can only afford to give 1 gb of data transfer for monero, then once that amount is reached.... the daemon stops? Hrm, but then you just run into the same problem every month
Thanks. I will look into the rate limits.
I remember discussion quite a while ago in which it was stated that bandwidth would be used up to whatever was available and that it wasn't necessary to do so. I believe this is where the bandwidth rate limits came from. Maybe this is where Quicken' question came from.
I haven't looked closely since the 0.9 beta but with 0.8.6.6 it used to max out my bandwidth. I have a fast connection with no monthly limit. I am now syncing 0.9 to compare.
Yes, I have a metered broadband connection at home and foolishly launched the daemon with over 150 days to catch up yesterday - promptly hitting my broadband cap two weeks early - oops. It must have used several GB (unsure exactly how much as my supplier is useless with available stats). I need to look into general utilities to limit total daily data usage.
Currently syncing up the 0.9 beta at work.. just finished actually while I was typing the reply (height 844220). Very smooth. Lightwallet syncing now...
EDIT - synced @844226. All very nice. Side note - how about a 1 million blocks celebration?
