It appears the only seed node on the B&C Exchange network is being run by sigmike. We ought to have at least one other. I would like to solicit offers from the community to do this for a fee. Out of fairness, I will offer sigmike the same fee.
Providing a seed node is quite simple. The requirements are that you have a permanent, static IP address so it can be hard coded in our source code in the next release, and in the .conf file before the next release. You will need to set server=1 in your config file, which means you will be serving the blockchain to other nodes, instead of just the blocks you mint. Practically speaking, you will need to run this on Linux. Given the decentralized nature of the network, 99% up time is probably sufficient. We want you to commit to it long term, preferably at least a year.
If interested, please reply indicating what you would charge and how long you are willing to commit to keep the seed node up. I’ll pick who does this (I expect it to be a modest expenditure), unless there seems to be a consensus from shareholders to have a direct vote about it. In that case, candidates will need to submit a motion proposing a contract to shareholders and then we will vote. I will disburse funds according to the terms of any passed motion.
I started one, let me know if it shows up on the network. I’m not interested in getting paid, but I will probably not have 99% up time. I will just check every few days if it’s still running.
I was wondering, why not use some kind of dyndns forward? like idk,… seed1.bcexchange.org , if the ip changes only the forward has to be changed , some other problems come with that?
Just started hosting a seed node using some redundant CPU/memory. It reports 15 peers right now. It uses about 1CPU/1Gb memory on a larger cloud server. Good to offer a sustained service for 200 NBT/year with at least weekly monitoring and Supervisor.
Can also run a Nu node on it. Together 250 NBT/year.
it keeps crashing on windows
initial syncing works fine, when close Nu and start it again it will crash after a short while.
some problem with ntdll.pdb idk RtlpLowFragHeapAllocFromContext(void)
I’m interested. What does everyone think? Perhaps a few formalities should be addressed (like a contract?). Also, it isn’t clear funding a Nu seed node is within my proper duties, which are only clearly defined as having a scope within liquidity operations. On the other hand, I would like to make positive contributions like this simple and easy. Thoughts everyone?
i could also run seed node on b&c exchange daemon on nuexplorer.ddns.net without paying for extra server, just by putting more ram into it. that would bring the cost down to 200 USD.
not sure if that’s ok for nu, but since they are so intertwined nowadays it probably won’t hurt.
@sigmike any chance you could investigate the widespread reports that the B&C client doesn’t run on Windows or OS X please? B&C needs to support Windows and OS X, the two most popular operating systems.