To full Steem node or not? Help boost steem's and steemit's infrastructure/Zeartul 5k and Silverstacker
The last couple of days steemit has been having issues with overload and DDOS attacks many nodes seem to be down.
When this happends I go to this nifty site to check on the status on the.
Since I am running a witness server and I also run bellyrub both use steem's blockchain and servers I now think it is a time for @zeartul to set up a full blown Node server to help out with the load on steem and steemit.
In doing so it would take some load off and help with all functions I will be in contact with @someguy123 to get this up and running with in a weeks times.
The infrastructure of steem steemit needs more nodes if you have the resources I would suggest you set you up.
Side Note: You might have also noticed your drafts are not getting saved or even posted and your work is lost.
This is again due to the recent DDOS attacks and nodes failing. Make sure to save your work. another fast way to make sure your work is not deleted is You can also right click on the post tab, top right and click "open link in new tab" That would open up a copy of your post, just in case the one you submitted did not post. you can than try again.
@timcliff Made a post yesterday - Attention Steemains - Save your posts before clicking the submit button! Go read it.
Server Specs Needed for a RPC Node
RAM 256GB DDR4 ECC
Disk 2x500GB SSDs
Network 1gbit/s from Germany
If you would love to help put steem and steem to help it run more smoothly go on ahead and vote for my witness @zeartul by going here https://steemd.com/witnesses
You can also help by sending donations, to help out with the set up server costs, since at the moment it will be straight out of pocket. with being witness # 73
Some exciting news below recap of success post.
I am super stoked I finally hit 5K Steem Power, when I look back though that 5K could of been 10K, there are no regrets though none. Holding steempower is my end goal.
Bellyrub has 3,000 Steem Power
Something interesting though is 90% of SP has been earned by curating (running the bot itself).
Earning almost 10K with both accounts has been a nice journey and it will only keep getting better through here on out.
Are you powering up?
As far as Steemit goes I believe in this platform, I had a discussion with another member on here about Steemit is still in Beta and we seem to forget that. We are the testers we are the ones who are testing this damn wonderful site!
Witness
I have learned so much being on here and as well running my witness node and also running @bellyrub, The knowledge I am getting being on here is priceless. This platform has over 400K accounts but I say close to 30K-50K are truly active. Wow the numbers seems a bit odd but it sure does seem like it.
My Eden wallet:
could get better, still working on it.
I got these in the mail two days ago:
They came out great and only 1500 were minted and was only able to pick up 10... A bit sad but I still got a piece of steem/steemit history.
Any Private sellers?
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Love seeing the steem infastructure grow everyday and thanks for all your hard work
In the list I see 6 servers. There are many witnesses, isn't each witness maintain a server?
Also would you add an AWS calculator result for the mininal spec?
From my check its around 3000STEEM per month just holding the server... is that profitable?
AWS is rather expensive and I wouldn't recommend it for this purpose.
RPC nodes do not make any money, you might get some income from posts about it, or use your income if you're a witness.
So there is no motivation to contibute resources... how might the platform encourage resource contributors?
AWS is rather expensive and I wouldn't recommend it for this purpose.
RPC nodes do not make any money, you might get some income from posts about it, or use your income if you're a witness.
Good explanation.
Thanks for sharing :)
It is wonderful to see the update and, you are right, steemit is in beta stage. There are 400K (30K or so active) who are the test subjects. There is a lot of information being learned by the development team. I know @ned and others have huge plans for steemit. We are nowhere near the end of innovation but, rather, the beginning.
To me, we are already passed Reddit in terms of functionality since that is just a linking site. At some point, I believe the developers will put Facebook in the crosshairs. I hear some type of community feature is coming next...that will be amazing.
Thanks for all you do @zeartul.
@zeartul Thank You again for making STEEMIT better by putting so much work and effort into being a Great Witness and also explaining to others what can be done to help make for a better experience.
An excellent explaination, thank you
@papa-pepper is selling some...am trying to gather some dough too buy one too... ;]
great explanation and very useful tip about opening a new tab before posting.. one thing I find interesting is.. in who's interest is it to perform DDos attacks on steem ? If I put my detective hat on there could be quite a few suspects.. this is one for Columbo !! i didn't realise only 30-50k users were active on steemit. what a small group of explorers.. excellent, you can have my witness vote @zeartul, even if I seem to read it as tearful ! :)
I am also considering setting up a full node. Once the node is up, I would like have a look at the config files ... it will be helpful if you can share.