RE: BlockTrades RocksDB proposal to Steemit
In the era of automated upvotes, my 100% vote for this idea might not be a clear message ;-) but I'm all for this.
Some time ago I was hoping to move to std::allocator, which combined with a deterministic snapshots to save/load state will help a lot in maintenance of steemd nodes. That was before RocksDB, which is now not only a well proven solution, but also opens our way for some more fancy features, and all that without re-inventing the wheel (fast persistent storage).
It will help not only to reduce costs of API nodes (they will eventually move into steemd + bunch of microservices) but more importantly - consensus nodes.
We really don't want the exchanges to abandon us just because our state (file) is fat and ugly.
2-3 months, however, sounds very risky (I'll be guessing twice as much), especially that it needs to be tested throughly.
You would all be very wise to listen to this inhabitant of your planet.
If you need some assistance finding new ways to motivate these people to embrace this proposal, I am willing to lend a hand.
Specifically this one...
I think if they work together with Steemit's team, they can speed things up.
Do you know why Steemit isn't accepting outside help?
"Ned asked that I also share this information with the whole Steem community and see how the idea is received." Everyone seems to think this is positive offer and yet he decided to decline it... Now he's been silent for 16 days after not doing a promised livestream and has been in full power down for quite some time. What's happening?
Nobody knows what's going on in his head 🤷♂️
Shit, sounds bad. If only we'd had Vitalik with us
Evergreen content reduces spam thus reduces ram. The exchanges would abandon Steem because of low trading volume, Ned paid a pretty penny to get listed on binance, did you know that? He paid money. Over 100k, and that pays binance's nodes. Also ned delegated them. It seems the only people trading are the whales trying to dump on each other. Why would I ever invest into a coin the owner of majority (ned) is powering down? Many investors think the way I do.