[Passed] NuDroid trusted server “svr1” upgrade

[Cybnate]

The main issue is the memory as the Nu daemon is a real memory hog. 1Gb appears to inadequate as many forum posts from others have shown e.g. with Raspberry Pi. The processor can deal with it easily, it stay under 35% on the VPS all the time. I hoped that the problem would go away with the release of NU 2.1, but I doubt that would be the case, although it is likely to improve the memory issue somewhat.

Stepping up the VPS from 1Gb to 2Gb memory with my current provider would require a 20 NBT/month fee.

[mhps]

That sounds reasonable.

[Cybnate]

When no one else is wanting to comment on this I prefer to have it up for voting as per option 1 in first post (OP), but extend it for a year. Sounds fine?

[cryptog]

Seems reasonable. How many users are using NuDroid?

[masterOfDisaster]

At least one the I’m aware of!
And I’ve found that NuDroid is very useful to show people the utility they can have with NBT.
More than once I offered people to pay me some bucks with NuDroid instead of giving me cash - to no avail so far.
I won’t give up, though

[Cybnate]

NuDroid Server “SVR1” Upgrade

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Given the feedback, although limited I decided to put this up for voting with a few adjustments:

Summary:
Proposal to upgrade the original server for NuDroid and double the memory capacity and continue to host for another 12 months. The proposal takes into account already paid funds from the original NuDroid grant. Further details here:

https://daology.org/proposals/815f3c2497665557f778566b827b9175a7629192
Text hash: 12b334b957538ee2cda30a75d0c6aeddc1369226

Please add the following address and amount to your client:

B87mfnein7htqfUmk6Dtx5b6ye1SGxFXe1,600

[zoro]

B87mfnein7htqfUmk6Dtx5b6ye1SGxFXe1,600

wallet says “invalid address”. Perhaps i do something wrong?

[Cybnate]

Strange. Make sure you separate B87mfnein7htqfUmk6Dtx5b6ye1SGxFXe1 from the 600 NBT. It works in mine.

[zoro]

Oh, that was the error! i used
B87mfnein7htqfUmk6Dtx5b6ye1SGxFXe
with 1,600
thanks

[cryptog]

Although I am not a user of Android, I think it is important to offer a solid NuDroid experience because ultimately NuBits is about payment in daily life and we must show to the world that NuBits is not only about liquidiy on exchanges.
Also, NuDroid should pave the way for releasing an equivalent app on iOS.

Voting.

[masterOfDisaster]

ultimately NuBits is about payment in daily life and we must show to the world that NuBits is not only about liquidiy on exchanges.

Exactly!
Nu can’t afford to be used only on exchanges fot hedging forever.
The NBT/BTC pairs cost Nu a lot of money just to prove the concept and to advertize Nu’s product(s).

The future of Nu will be products for payment, other profitable services - or bankruptcy.

[Cybnate]

Also, NuDroid should pave the way for releasing an equivalent app on iOS.

That would be in the long term at best. It costs about 20k to develop and there is the uncertainty that Apple rejects it from their App store at their whims. In my opinion not a very compelling business case unfortunately.

[masterOfDisaster]

And we need to take into account how far Android is distributed in difference to Apple IOS:
http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp

Even if Windows Phone has much less market share, it might be better to create an app for that as Microsoft is much more blockchain friendly than Apple:

Azure Blockchain as a Service Update #3

[zoro]

It passed.

[Cybnate]

Great to see this passing finally. Thanks.

Just upgraded the VPS to the new environment with 2CPU and 2Gb RAM. The server also runs Nu v2.1. Together that should vouch for a much more stable server going forward.

All just tested with NuDroid and appears to work fine. Blockexplorer is also up to date. Please let me know if you encounter any problems with either of those or drop a comment in gitter: https://gitter.im/Cybnate/NuDroid

[Cybnate]

Just a quick reminder and update:
NuDroid is still ‘on air’ and functional. Just upgraded the server with the new v3.0 client. Hoping this provides a better stability going forward.

[Cybnate]

I’ve just upgraded the NuDroid server to 4Gb of memory. It is no longer possible to run the current blockchain in 2Gb as per the last contract in the OP.
This also fixed the problems with the blockexplorer: https://svr1.nubitsexplorer.nu/chain/Nubits which is now up to date again. Although you can still keep and spend NuBits in NuDroid the Shapeshift functionality is broken as NuBits was delisted late last year. Apparently there was no reliable blockchain available and calls to respond from Shapeshift went dead when some key members of the community went MIA.

I have reached out to Shapeshift today hoping to have at least NuBits and possibly NSR relisted again in the next few weeks or months. If this is successful I hope the shareholders will support me again in hosting and maintaining NuDroid going forward. I will also have to reassess any new developments for NuDroid as the last roadmap is becoming at least partially outdated. I will come back to that later, most likely when I have secured Shapeshift and shareholder support.

The current contract for the NuDroid server has run out last January so I’m now funding this myself at ~ USD50,- / month which I believe is not a desirable and sustainable situation for such a key service.

Edit: there still appears to be another problem with the blockexplorer as it has stopped at 6 March due to unknown addresses and reorganisations.

[backpacker]

version 4 and 3.0.1with bans doesn’t sync if your blockchain older than 6th of march, you have to run previous version to be able to sync up to date.

[Phoenix]

version 4 and 3.0.1with bans doesn’t sync if your blockchain older than 6th of march, you have to run previous version to be able to sync up to date.

@sigmike is this true? If so, can we get a 4.0 release that can sync from beginning to end please?

[sigmike]

4.0 should be able to download the chain from the beginning.