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RE: Calibrae Day 2 Progress Report
Have you heard of the AppImage project? Many software projects are now offering these stand alone packages for Linux now.
Have you heard of the AppImage project? Many software projects are now offering these stand alone packages for Linux now.
Thanks for the tip... if that works like it looks, this is gonna solve a lotta problems.
So, from what I am reading so far about it, this does require that I will have an ubuntu 14.04 environment, which I know it will build for. This is not a difficult constraint to satisfy, sounds like I should be able to just build an ubuntu 14 chroot environment (this may be a little tricky, but doable, in an automated way, like using debootstrap), then write the scripts that do the build inside that, and then voila. Binaries for everyone! Well, everylinux anyway :)
How does this differ from just using docker, which I'm fairly familiar with? You can do that with docker right?
I've been using https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker and love it. You can run one or multiple processes, and scheduled stuff. It's a PC in a docker container, and very widely supported by VPS providers, for really simple deployment.
I'm running the same docker container on my laptop, and when I make change, just replace the docker image on the remote machine, it saves state, it's great!
Am I missing some point?
https://www.reddit.com/r/docker/comments/5eptm9/are_docker_containers_cross_platform_or_no/
Docker also lets you run on any x86-64 system as well. I will be for sure updating and uploading a docker to the docker hub also, so it can be as easy as docker run calibrae-project/calibrd. The docker can be thus built on ubuntu 14.04, same as the appimage, and run on any linux, or within a docker.
There has recently been a privilege escalation exploit that can let the code escape from the container though - https://threatpost.com/docker-patches-container-escape-vulnerability/123161/ but since this project won't involve running arbitrary code, it should not be a problem. However, the appimage version will not have this problem run outside a container.
So it will be entirely arbitray, up to the operator how to deal with this.
Thanks - I didn't hear about that docker exploit, that's bad for bare-metal docker providers I guess, but won't affect most people who would use VPS or their own PCs.
I see, as long as there will remain a docker container, and preferably an easier to use one. It should not be anything like as difficult to set up a witness as it currently seems!
It absolutely should not! It should be just fill in a form, point, and shoot. Bam. Target destroyed!
I will be also making this feature too, thanks for making me think of it, it is very very easy to add this feature, a form to build the steemd configuration automatically. We can then also use a central repository of all available seed nodes on the network to automatically fill this important information as well.
A little note to @sneak, @ned, vandenberg, et al, this is how you do user consultations to determine necessary changes to a software project.
Excellent! =)
Even popular software such as Gimp is offering .appimage packages along with all of their other standard ones these day. Even Linus Torvolds thinks its a good idea, and he's hard to please.
There's quite a few bits of software that I run this way now, especially if I want to give new development versions a spin, since they may not have landed in the repositories yet. I'm an openSuse user.
I'm looking forward to getting involved when you have something up and running.
BTW, will you establish your own coin for this, or will you use Steem/SBD ?
We will be removing all the abstractions and SBD from the ledger - everything will be a renamed version of VESTS. The ratio of Vests per SBD and STEEM can be found by querying the chain at any given moment, and it changes according to the median of the witness price feeds. The snapshot has a specific state on this set up, and every balance will be queried by its VESTS base, and liquid VESTS will become JUICE and Steem Power (Vested VESTS) will become Stake.
We should have a testnet up and running within a couple of weeks I think.
Which accounts will be carried over? All or start from scratch? That also has implications for existing posts and comments.
The opt in thread is here:
https://steemit.com/calibrae/@elfspice/calibrae-strategy-change-opt-in-rather-than-algorithmically-determined-opt-out
Drop a comment in saying you want in, to be included.
The accounts will be copied over from a snapshot of the chain dated 5th of August, including the public key (enabling you to log in with the password that was current on that day) your json-data (location, website, comment, display name) and the account balances, which will all be converted to VESTS equivalent, and added to the relevant liquid Juice and Stake, and importantly, your reputation score.
Reputation scores will be calculated as a coefficient against your stake in Calibrae (your rank against the highest account in the platform, as a percentage, limiting your maximum vote power and ability to dispense rewards or punishments). This will enable community suppression of high stake mischief-makers and bots, and when the reputation is smashed down to zero, the account will only be able to make one transaction per day (either post, or vote, or transfer, or profile data change). This is a community based behaviour regulation system. Here on steemit, you can self-vote up your reputation, and people who have negative reputations, like berniesanders, can still destroy your rewards, which is entirely unjust.
We are not copying the forum data, at all, only the latest state of the account, as at the 5th of august. It will be a clean slate, except your account balances will be transferred. It's sorta like the BCC fork, except only including those who want to be included.
Thank you, I'll bring it to the attention of my Steemit artist friends.
Will the be at some point an attempt to get the VESTS or whatever the coin listed on the exchanges? How and if that all happens is something I do not yet understand yet about the crypto space.
Of course. It may take a month or two, but it will happen. In the meantime, possibly at least p2p exchange services like localbitcoins could be used to start discovering a market value. It basically requires enough people saying that they want to trade the tokens. We probably can find at least one smaller exchange looking to expand its userbase who will list it, and then, the ball starts rolling.
The token will be called JUICE, by the way... it's liquid, and it contains (energy and nutrient) value.
Hey @elfspice, are you aware of the fantastic work @paulag is putting into analysing the current profiles, voting habits and generally a wealth of information about Steemit. She is a statistical analysist and I believe her skills might be of use to you with your initial set up and ongoing development of the new Calibrae platform. She, like you is very interested in seeing things set straight.
Proposed Changes to the Trending Page Algorithm
https://steemit.com/steemit/@paulag/proposed-changes-to-the-trending-page-algorithm
Voting habits of the top 200 Whales - SteemitSQL Analysis
https://steemit.com/steemit/@paulag/voting-habits-of-the-top-200-whales-steemitsql-analysis
How well do Blog Posts Really do on Steemit – Analysis SteemitSQL Database
https://steemit.com/steemit/@paulag/how-well-do-blog-posts-really-do-on-steemit-analysis-steemitsql-database
Analysis of New Steemit Users July ’17 – Steemit Business Intelligence
https://steemit.com/steemit/@paulag/analysis-of-new-steemit-users-july-17-steemit-business-intelligence
Thanks, I've been catching up and reading the comment threads on the post and gaining a fuller picture of what has to be done, your motivations, intentions and plans.
I also don't have much of a stake here on Steemit. But, in the last couple of months, the payouts have been enough to pull me out of trouble and pay my bills. If I can be a stable platform, I could really have more of a solid footing pushing my artwork further in the "real world."
I hear you on the cold Winters. It was a topic in my most recent post. -20C while living a poorly "insulated" former East Berlin factory.
So wishing you full power, and good finances for ensuring a comfortable and cosy Winter, while you develop the Calibrae project further. =)