I've just upgraded one of my witness nodes to v1.28.3, which means I'm now ready for HF28. The other one will stay on v1.27, just in case we need to switch back.
I have to say, I'm really impressed by the work @blocktrades and his team have been doing.
Hived — the software powering our blockchain — has been quite efficient for a long time, even back in the Steem days. So I honestly didn’t expect there to be so much room left for optimization.
Not only has the replay time (the time it takes to replay the entire blockchain) been significantly reduced, but the RAM requirements for running a node have also dropped drastically. We're getting to a point where, technically, Hive could be run on a smartphone in the future.
Of course, there have been many other improvements over the years since Hive’s inception, but these two alone are reason enough to celebrate — even if our price is currently down.
That said, I’m really looking forward to the HF!
Wolf
> I can´t hear that anymore "we all are responsible". Sounds like a cheap excuse that nothing happens.
Do you mean a cheap excuse from those saying it?
> Fact is though, that there are 10-15 users with lots of influence, nothing happens without them. They should go ahead and address the problems, at least start an open and honest dialogue.
That would be great, for sure. But in my view it's also very problematic that we say we are on a decentralized platform yet the initiative is with a few people. I'm not sure we can have it both ways.
Anyways, somehow we have to organize ourselves better is what I'm thinking. So that we can be effective at making changes. Shouldn't be that difficult to gather multiple people, put together ideas, and find ways to implement some of the easier ideas. Just my thought.
Well, the people with most stake have the most to lose from the token depreciating, I think the passive income for them is peanuts compared to what they have invested and what they have to lose/gain. So they are strongly incentivized to be active and to look for ways to grow the network. At least in theory. In reality, and I am simply guessing here, maybe they are not super concerned about their own financial wellbeing since they are doing more than fine anyways, and at the same time they can only put so much focus/effort into Hive, and they are also limited by their own skill set. It also takes time for things to happen, and it takes adoption by the users even if someone comes out with something.
I think we definitely lack clear and actionable ideas for growing the network. There's just not agreement between ourselves on what to do. Btw, have you seen the Distriator project that is onboarding businesses to accept HBD? What do you think about it?