Topic: [ANN] SpreadCoin | Decentralize Everything (decentralized blockexplorer coming) - page 321. (Read 790414 times)

The more I look into this, the more we should do this.



https://medium.com/@lopp/bitcoin-nodes-how-many-is-enough-9b8e8f6fd2cf

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1scd4z/im_running_a_full_node_and_so_should_you/cdw3lrh?context=3

err, wtf 

yeah, right

Alright.  I'm going to give this a go.  I have an unexpected free hour to get this going.

Pal from DRK has given me some guidance based on running many masternodes:

* Uses vps providers mainly found on http://lowendbox.com/

* Worth looking at but not on lowendbox: Digital Ocean or Vultr

* Too cheap gets you into trouble with deamon crashing

> min 256 RAM + 256 vSwap, better 512 MB

> Monthly bandwidth is ~150 - 180GB for one DRK masternode

[If you're reading, thanks  ]

Maybe I'll run a full SPR node and full Bitcoin node on the same server

I'm a definite.  Any ideas on approx bandwidth usage?  

Time is the only issue for me.  Will spin one up ASAP.

EDIT:  Actually, any suggestions for all round specs?  I'll prob stick with AWS for ease.

So 4 dev or project members have already volunteered to run a static full spreadcoin node,
and their servers are already up an running.

Anyone else?

What about you...

...Gladimor?
...Stonehedge?
...e1ghtspace?
...defunctec?
...ScamAlert?
...a-russo?

Would be great to get atleast 8 people on board.

EDIT: I will release a new wallet soon.

Check out new ponzi game for SpreadCoin.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/spreadponzi-spreadcoin-ponzi-1051128
http://www.spreadponzi. tk/

looks like him.

the local time zones are different from Mr.Spread.

It's this user here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/susel-394660

Hasn't been very active (only 1 month), and exactly during the time when Mr.Spread made the "logo contest".

Whatever happened to NoobKidontheblock?!

Mr. Spread:
The rewards will go to:
1. 5000 SPR goes to Susel (I contacted him and still waiting for the original vector logo).
2. 2000 SPR goes to hardroad, for the 2nd place (I excluded from the list second logo from Susel and original).
3. 1000 SPR goes to LitcoinCollector, for the 3rd place.
And a present for everyone else who participated - 300 SPR. This is e1ghtSpace, coolmancarl and zeca pagodinho.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=715435.975;wap2

There is a graphics studio in Australia called Susel...

Does anybody know who "Susel" is?

He/She is mentioned in the About-Section of the spreadcoin-qt wallet:

"The logo is made by Susel."

Might get some spread today I like the project.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/34xjk5/number_of_nodes_is_at_an_all_time_low_how_is_a/

Bitcoin Nodes/ and or the lack there off seems to be a topic that is really heating up!

Bitcoin nodes have gone from 10k, to around 6k in about 12 months.



Feedback from nodes

As part of the bitcoin core developer team, Mike Hearn sees the issue of nodes dropping from 10,000 down to under 7,000 as a significant problem. To Hearn, the core of the issue is disinterest in both expending computing resources and electricity toward something that may have diminishing value.

On the bitcoin developer mailing list, Hearn has proposed added functionality that would allow communications between nodes and the developers to better understand why so many are dropping out.

Hearn also wants to exclude consumer wallets installed on laptops and desktops from the network as well.

This is because their number will continue to decline no matter what – and they appear to only be working when users are awake during the day.

One of the reasons why lots of nodes are important is redundancy, according to Hearn:

"It makes [the bitcoin network] 'seem' bigger, more robust and more decentralised, because there are more people uniting to run it. So there's a psychological benefit."

Moving forward

Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik believes that community attention to the lack of nodes supporting the network is what the industry needs in order to boost numbers:

"I agree we need more full nodes. I've long been a proponent of such calls for more nodes."

However, such calls for voluntary support might not be enough motivation for people to do so, though, so, one logical idea that has been floated is to give nodes some sort of incentive.

However, that's probably not feasible right now: over the past six months, miners have been averaging a daily reward of 15.98 BTC per day, according to Blockchain.

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-nodes-need/

The price's you refer too (.000205) will be smashed if servicenodes are released.

I saw a peak of around 0.0006+ when MrSpread was testing masternodes.

So SPR SN's will be profitable... Potentially very profitable!

If everyone used AWS, then we wouldn't have decentralization. We would become an Amazon subsidiary.

Also, its worth remembering that this is a for-profit-project.


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10656234

The services that will be underpinning everything will need to make it very financially attractive to own a servienode and run a bitcoin full node.

I don't see services as being only marginally attractive. They should be good enough to provide a high primary or secondary income depending on where you live and how many servicenodes you set-up.

This does more to highlight the prohibitive cost of outgoing/upload traffic on AWS.

There are VPS providers who can provide the required bandwidth for a full bitcoin node for far less it seems.