B&C Explorer upkeep concern

[Sabreiib]

Jordan has disappeared, RSOT motion not passed, so I guess no one will take charge of paying the fee of explorer.But I welcome you provide the source code.

BTW, I am curious about the apathetic of B&C holders, they seems not going to do anything but just sitting there for failure.

[backpacker]

i would run a backup instance for sure

[JetJet13]

Alright, the domain and SSL for the explorer expire today, so I turned off SSL on the site and linked one of my personal domains to the explorer as a temporary fix (until I open source the explorer). You can now visit the explorer through kenilworth.io.

[JetJet13]

Great. You might even want to pick up the bcblockexplorer.com domain when it expires at the end of the day.

[backpacker]

Domain name is not very important as long as software is running, in my opinion. What do you think eta of open source might be?

[JetJet13]

In terms of an ETA, I’d say early next week (Aug. 15 or 16). The code base needs some touch up and documentation.

[backpacker]

Take your time, earliest I will have enough time will be early September

[JetJet13]

Hey guys,

As it stands, there are no more funds to keep the explorer running past Aug. 31st. Meaning, the explorer server will go offline on Sep. 1st.

I hope the community can figure something out before then.

Cheers.

[Phoenix]

Here is a PM @JetJet13 sent me and said I could share:

Hey Phoenix,

For one year, the server costs are ~ $340 USD ($25/month + 13% tax).
In terms of upkeep, hosting and maintenance responsibilities, I would say $50/month ($600 USD/year).
If you want, the domain name bcblockexplorer.com also expired which costs ~$10 USD

This gives us a total of $950 USD (including domain name).

Should we try to pay @JetJet13 what he is asking for?

[Sabreiib]

Give up the explorer, we have insufficient money, the only way out is B&C begins to operate.

[Phoenix]

Give up the explorer, we have insufficient money, the only way out is B&C begins to operate.

That surprises me. Yes, B&C needs to begin to operate, but the issue of paying for the block explorer is barely related. It will take about 1% of the budget to fund the explorer. We need an explorer so normal people can look up transactions and the results of voting.

I am operating under the presumption current funds will be insufficient to complete the exchange unless they are converted to NSR and NSR goes up quite a bit while they are held. So, paying for the explorer is unlikely to have a material impact on whether the project needs additional funding.

I have heard that exchanges often won’t list an asset that doesn’t have an explorer. It is considered very basic.

Will others comment please? I suspect @Sabreiib is very much in the minority on this question.

[Sabreiib]

If we do nothing, B&C will die silently. So let’s go bold, I would rather like violent death than silent death.

[Cybnate]

I have heard that exchanges often won’t list an asset that doesn’t have an explorer. It is considered very basic.

I agree, we need the explorer. Essential basic infrastructure. Probably need to sell a few NBT from the development fund at a loss ($0.85) for this. Unless someone has a better solution? Fundraising of some BKS, not sure if @JetJet13 agrees to be paid in BKS.

[JetJet13]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to remind you guys that the explorer will go offline in less than 12 hours.
If you guys agree to keep it going, than I can certainly do that for you guys. If not, I’m sure @backpacker will have one up and running at some point.

I’ll be around all day. Cheers.

[JetJet13]

Good news everyone,

I received the proper funds to maintain B&C Explorer for the next 12 months.

In regards to the agreement,
If I received $950USD, then I oblige to continue to host and maintain the block explorer for the next 12 months.

Thanks for your cooperation guys,
Cheers.

[JetJet13]

On an added note, bcblockexplorer.com is now pointing to the explorer.

[mhps]

I received the proper funds to maintain B&C Explorer for the next 12 months.

Thank whoever funded this.

[Dhume]

@JetJet13

Blockexplorer is not loading at the moment seems some sort of server issue.

[JetJet13]

Hey @Dhume,

I just tried connecting, and it worked. I think you are trying to connect through https. http://bcblockexplorer.com should work.

[Dhume]

Ah yes that was the problem, thanks!