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Yesterday I received a couple of messages alerting me that my witness was signing twice.
Something completely normal, because it was intentional.
Three years ago, when I started with this witness (10/02/2022), I had nowhere near the technical knowledge to even remotely understand what I was doing. I still wanted a witness node, so I collaborated with @balaz to help me with the technical details.
The day before yesterday I finally decided to take the plunge and assumed full management of the node. @empo.witness was signing x2 for that reason. Let the machine catching up and simply went to bed.
I started with the easiest option. The Privex preconfigured node Hive-in-a-box.
CPU: 4 Core
RAM: 16 GB
SSD: 500 GB
OS: Ubuntu 20.04
I know it's not the best option in terms of specs but for now it does the work while I get used to everything. I have plans to purchase a VPS with better specs in a few months max.
For the more tech-savvy, it may not be that big of a deal... but it's hard for me to put into words the satisfaction I feel at this moment.
It was a pending subject. A thorn in my side that was there, bothering me from time to time.
And I take this post to thank @balaz for all the patience he has with me. If you feel like setting up a witness node and you don't know how to start, he is your man. You know what they say:
''The only lost venture is the one that is never started.''
I'm very happy to move forward in this new stage as witness.
Question for witnesses. Is there any communication channel where I should be to solve technical questions or simply get assistance? I will probably need it sooner rather than later.
Thanks in advance!
You're not voting for my witness yet and love what I do? Don't ask me more:
Congrats, In my opinion witness should know tech how of managing their witness node.
I sometime feel Privex service defeats the purpose but in other hand it give startup so that you can prepare yourself in long run.
That's also my point. But is better a privex node than no node at all tho.
Thanks!
Sorry to be the bearer of the bad news but PWR distribution bot didn't work
Sorry about that, thx for letting me know
as far as I know, it's been solved.
you're welcome sir. thx for letting me know
Check again 😂
Sent 4h ago
Yep received
Congratulations! I'm really happy for this step you're taking. I'm still learning about Hive and everything it entails. Are the witnesses similar to what nodes would be in other networks? You have my vote—it's not much, but it's what I can contribute for now.
Exatly! Hive witnesses are the equivalent of block producers in other networks :)
Every vote matters, sir. Thank you.
our @synergy.witness is self hosted as well! I salute you sir, for continuing to learn! I will contact you soon about a date for interview, I have been doing 3-4 per week!!
Channel, I'm sure there are channels. Are you in the HIVE mattermost?
Siéntete libre compañero. Respecto mattermost, justo acabo de entrar :)
Included your witness into my votes now. 🤝🏻
😂🙌🏻
https://openhive.chat/ is the open public chat where you can follow the witness channel, channels here are bridged from mattermost. https://chat.hive.blue/hive is the mattermost (slack like chat rooms) it's invite only afaik, simply message guiltyparties for an invite to get in I think.
The main hive discord server also has a witness-info channel which I guess can also be used for questions.
hmmm i keep him in mind. very big congratulations to your achievement
Totally agree—starting somewhere, even with the basics, is way better than not starting at all. Good luck with everything; you're killing it!"