On the verge of the Bitcoin hardfork I am out of BTC entirely, waiting to see how things shake out. I have prepaid my server fees to avoid any delays in Bitcoin processing and moved it all into BitUSD. Here is the market summary: (all prices via CMC): BTC=$2916.51, BTS=$0.128, STEEM=$1.24, PPY=$6.73.
This month I shutdown the troublesome dedicated seed node server in Singapore that I reported about last month, replacing it with a 16GB VPS server in Japan. I could not locate a dedicated server in Singapore or Australia with at least 16GB RAM, adequate internet connection that accepts payment in Bitcoin at a reasonable cost so I had to settle for a VPS. I now have two 16GB VPS nodes and two 32GB dedicated server nodes for BitShares.
In addition, I have another 32GB dedicated server for use on both PeerPlays and Bitshares testnets. PeerPlays does not have an operational public testnet at the moment, but I did setup the server so it can be used on both testnets simultaneously. Currently only the BitShares testnet is running. I have it producing blocks and feeding prices there now. I encourage any witness that wants to join the ranks of active BitShares witnesses to first come and join the testnet established by @xeroc. It is an ideal place to perfect your operation and test your scripts so that you'll be ready to go into live production for the actual BitShares ecosystem. Moreover, it can help you bootstrap your reputation and give you something to write about in your witness proposal.
All nodes are running the latest release of bts_tools (version 0.4.14) and the BitShares witness_node and cli_wallet (2.0.170710). The systemd configuration is working well which I described previously. I truly appreciate all who upvoted and commented on that article.
Are these reports useful? Is there anything missing you feel would add value to them? As always your feedback and comments are appreciated very much. Finally, here are the graphs of all the nodes in operation for BitShares:
France
Romania
Germany
Japan
And the testnet server:
Verbaltech2
is greatly appreciated! Thanks for your time and attention
