B&C Exchange needs people to host seed nodes

NubitGuy 2017-02-05 02:27:22 UTC #38

so how do how do i proceed do i ask for a grants or something? in NBT/NSR or btc to an address

cryptopia BTC:
1Lrnd147igRJK2HzaY5AKbxZcMxv3u2z9i

Polo NSR:
SaroJUBkaGzNGKzsgNht7fUJb4FBfQpxpU

bittrex
BGtUR1ockTdUtqq1m1vuGGV3V6ZJFf6G4d

once the founds are deposited ill start the listing process if nubits have the founds
and prefer doing it them selves its fine i can provide the information thx

Phoenix 2017-02-05 07:59:03 UTC #39

@NubitGuy I love what you are doing here. I hope to see more of you. @jooize has been in contact with Cryptopia, so I would like him to coordinate with you regarding that.

jooize 2017-02-07 22:12:49 UTC #40

Thanks a lot for the discovery of Cryptopia! It’s just what we need. I’m unsure of the possibility or legality of a reward. I paid for BTC/US-NBT and NSR/BTC pairs on behalf of Nu a week ago. I’m awaiting funds to apply for a BKS/BTC pair for B&C Exchange.

We need a B&C Exchange block explorer running to be listed. https://bcblockexplorer.com is down. That’s something you can get paid for running. Instructions and the software are available at GitHub. See what if would cost to run, and propose a maintenance fee.

Is there any other B&C Exchange block explorer available?

Cryptopia listings are permanent unless any of the criteria below are broken, according to their support.

As long as the network has active nodes it will remain listed.

Delist Reasons:

Broken Blockchain

Blockchain rollbacks

Coinswaps

Can @staff break out these posts to a thread called “List BlockShares at Cryptopia” or the like? Probably best with this post as OP.

Cybnate 2017-02-08 07:38:09 UTC #41

Given the database and architecture I think you’ll need a $80/month VPS. You will also need to understand Mongo database as it is based on that as far as I know. There are threads about this if you dig a bit deeper. It is out of my technical support knowledge. Databases beyond mySQL are not my strength.

Is there something you are waiting for I missed or is it still on your to do list? The nodes are up and running for almost 3 weeks by now.

Phoenix 2017-02-09 22:01:01 UTC #42

I am sorry. It actually was on my task list, third priority to be exact. I am hoping to get it done in the next day. I appreciate what you are doing @Cybnate.

Phoenix 2017-02-10 22:17:32 UTC #43

@Cybnate two payments of 125 US-NBT were just sent to BB4zs25JG8Bz5NacsCEnSQNNAacvFHunh5, one from B&C and one from Nu.

Thank you so much for hosting these seed nodes. Please regard the start of the contract service period as when you set the nodes up, not when you were paid.

NubitGuy 2017-02-28 21:23:15 UTC #45

great hopefully we get it listed on Cryptopia

NubitGuy 2017-03-10 20:18:10 UTC #46

what is the update on Cryptopia BKS/BTC pair?

jooize 2017-03-10 22:18:34 UTC #47

A block explorer is necessary unless they’re willing to make an exception for us. Can you check with them?

Cybnate 2017-03-11 08:58:16 UTC #48

@JetJet13 Is Johny no longer around to get http://bcblockexplorer.com/ going?

JetJet13 2017-03-11 19:26:24 UTC #49

Hey guys,

I just wanted to remind you guys that I am still obliged to maintain bcblockexplorer.com for 6 more months (until August 2017).

Unfortunately, I’ve been really busy with work so I haven’t had time to periodically check the state of the explorer. I am currently in the process of getting it synced up again.

One issue I am currently having is displayed in this image.

As you can see, the bcexchange daemon is occupying 62% of the server memory. I am running into segmentation faults when running the parser scripts.

An obvious solution to this issue is to scale the server up one tier to 4GB memory & 40GB SSD storage for $40USD/month. The current server costs $20USD/month.

Let me know what you guys think,
Cheers.

Cybnate 2017-03-11 23:36:54 UTC #50

I think it is worth to upgrade infrastructure for blockexplorer and with that having a good chance on a listing. If not immediately, then in a few months. Not doing this would just diminish any remaining value in the token close to zero. I believe a blockchain without blockexplorer is basically dead. It is like a house without doors and windows in colder climates. Some rudimentary shelter in some corners, but basically useless.

@phoenix will need to advise whether he would support the idea and how funds can be arranged. Do we need a motion for this?

@JetJet13 BTW the site is now entirely down

JetJet13 2017-03-12 17:30:36 UTC #51

Alright,

Give me shout when you guys are ready to move forward. The sooner the better.

Cheers.

Phoenix 2017-03-12 22:50:29 UTC #52

I would still like @JetJet13 to provide his block explorer, but given the trouble we have had keeping them up some redundancy might be in order. I have secured an agreement with @woolly_sammoth to host a B&C explorer on an going basis as well as perform block explorer maintenance and feature implementation. I know he has made progress on it in the last day. I would guess he will giving us a url and more info soon.

Thank you @woolly_sammoth and kudos to @JetJet13 for the original and ongoing work you do to provide us with a block explorer.

If Nu is even modestly successful and NuShares get up to $5 per voting block (around $1.40 now), I suspect we will see B&C Exchange completed. It is important and practical. The design is solid. It just needs funding. Right now NSR funding is what we have, so we have to get that up.

It is unfortunate the senseless and illegal Augeas default halted B&C development last year.

Phoenix 2017-03-12 22:57:49 UTC #53

I should also mention that once we get the block explorer back up we plan to list BlockShares on Cryptopia.

As an aside, @backpacker is currently working to get the Nu explorer back up after we struck an agreement to complete the work.

Phoenix 2017-03-12 23:04:05 UTC #54

@JetJet13 are you asking for an additional $120 ($20 X 6 months) to help with hosting?

JetJet13 2017-03-13 03:00:06 UTC #55

Yes, $120USD will cover the additional cost of hosting for the next 6 months.

Phoenix 2017-03-13 20:28:20 UTC #56

@JetJet13 am happy to pay an additional $120 to buy better hardware for the B&C explorer you host. Where would you like your US-NBT payment from B&C shareholder funds sent to?

woolly_sammoth 2017-03-16 10:33:48 UTC #57

As mentioned above, I’ve taken a look at hosting a backup B&C blockexporer using the existing code from https://github.com/JetJet13/BCExplorer_OS. It’s currently hosted here https://bc-xplor.mj2p.co.uk although that will change in the future as that is a personal domain.
I was hitting a fair few errors with earlier blocks in the block chain (Uknown Address Type). There are also some issues with some of the javascript for pulling data to the front end. I’m putting in fixes that work for me as I go and will feed that code back into the main github Repo through a pull request when ready. One important change is to read the blkindex file byte by byte which makes it a lot less memory intensive than the current method.
As mentioned, some of the earlier blocks are missing as the code hits an error before saving them to the database. Once I know the full extent of how many are missing I will report back here. I’ll likely write a patch script to pull the missing blocks straight from the B&C daemon rather than parsing them out of the blkindex file.
I’ve also put a bit of work into getting the various services running under supervisor which can automatically restart them if they fail (should make it a bit more stable as a block explorer) as well as covering the service with an Nginx reverse proxy. That means that the block explorer itself can be run as a non-root user which increases the security a bit. It also means I can enable HTTPS with a certificate from LetsEncrypt. I’ll feed the information on that as well as the config files back into the main project too. Just need to check over the code and write the pull request.

Edit: here is the pull request https://github.com/JetJet13/BCExplorer_OS/pull/3
The Block explorer is still up and the latest changes to the block import script seem to have done the trick.

crypto_coiner 2017-04-17 09:11:33 UTC #59

Is the client up and running?
Can we expect a service coming up soon?