Topic: Full node hosting for Altcoins (Read 1014 times)

yes it's definitely him (user has regained account back)

It's true, my account was compromised.  I believe I have it back now completely.  If the reporter believes that to be true, please update the posts.

1AbeVXarkhemHcWfu7EYyV1KomGPka4m2x BTC  0.1 this is you refund address

This persons account has been compromised DO NOT GET SERVICE

BUMP

It's my reputation to not do that, but you can do any amount in escrow if you'd like.  Feel free to recommend a couple escrow members and I'll pick one that looks good.  You can put 100% in escrow, as long as it's paid out at the end of the service month for the agreed upon amount (not minus escrow fees, if any).

How can you guarantee that you will stay hosting the node after we pay you? For all we know, you could run off with the money. Can we pay 50% before and put the other 50% in escrow?

bump

I should add that this service is primarily for Altcoin developers and teams that need to keep their new coins strong.  For well established coins, this service is usually not needed because there are already many people offering public nodes that keep the network well meshed.  Perhaps that's where the confusion was.

Thanks for asking.  The distinction is that when a new coin is released, there's no magic way for nodes to know about other peer nodes.  The ways that each wallet bootstraps is often by one of the following methods:

1) Have other 'super' nodes hardcoded in the wallet source, so that it can connect to someone immediately,
2) In the OP, have each user add some lines to their config (e.g. mycoin.conf) like "addnode=N.N.N.N." to tell it where to connect,
3) Some IRC channel negotiation (not as common anymore)
4) Have a DNSseed server (e.g. dnsseed.mycoin.org) which caches all other nodes that start up and can pass along a list of nodes for the newly downloaded wallet to attempt connections with.

In all cases, you need some other reliable node(s) with good uptime and the most current blockchain so that each downloaded user wallet won't see the dreaded 'out of sync' errors indefinitely.

Also, most downloaded user wallets are behind firewalls and while they can connect out to the public nodes (which is what I'm offering), peers usually can't connect to them directly without opening the port required for the coin.  So having a set of public nodes helps ensure that all users can connect and receive blocks quickly.

This is a cool service. But will people need to use it? As soon as people start downloading wallets they act as nodes, so why would someone need to pay for a node.

I am offering unique IP full nodes for your Altcoin network. Strengthen the network of your coin on the cheap with high bandwidth nodes!

Each node is 0.025 BTC per month (at today's rates) without DNSseed support (i.e. not running a DNSseed server for your node).  Each node is 0.04 BTC per month with a DNSseed server installed*.

What's included:

I will prepare a new VPS node, install your coin from source (it must compile cleanly on Linux), and offer managed service.  If/when you need the full nodes updated (e.g. new wallet is released), just let me know and I can guarantee a reasonably quick turnaround time.

What are full nodes?  These nodes are used for your coin's configuration file:

addnode=N.N.N.N

And each node would be 1 line.  Having many full nodes allows your community of users to quickly download the blockchain and have a more secure method of making sure your transactions are propagated efficiently.  Now you can afford to have 5 running for your coin to keep the network strong and allow new users to quickly get sync'd!

PM with a link to your coin's github (or an archive of the source), the number of full nodes that you'd like, and if you'd like the DNSseed option.

*If DNSseed support is desired, you can point your DNS zone (i.e. dnsseed.yourcoin.com) to the assigned IP address for that node after it's configured, or just hardcode that assigned IP address into your client code.

Ask about discounts for multiple node setups!