As mentioned by @edicted here, the Privex hosting company that supports Hive was recently the recipient of some police action that led to some of their servers in Scandinavia being taken offline. In theory this is because these servers are 'shared' and any user will be sharing computer resources with other users who could potentially be breaking a variety of laws in various jurisdictions.
So for now my Hive witness is disabled as I no longer have access to that node, but I will be setting up a new node shortly and expect to be back serving blocks within a few hours of now.
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Sucks to have to deal with this kind of thing, I shared my thoughts on @edicted post so won't repeat here.
Hope your back online soon mate.
Thanks, yes, convenience always comes with a cost!
True, find the right balance is almost a art in itself. Can you send me a witness vote, I would appreciate it.
I don't vote for many witnesses because there aren't many I'm aware of who both openly advocate for free speech and who also participate in some kind of activity that expands the usefulness or marketability of Hive. I actually offered a vote to any witness who would just publicly state that they supported free speech a while ago, but this was apparently too threatening for almost everyone and I don't think a single witness responded positively. lol
What is your position on free speech?
All very import aspects of a decentralized blockchain, all people have the right to speak their mind without fear, they also have the freedom to listen or not again without fear. I support this 100%. Sadly there is too much fear and not much freedom in this world.
As far as "activity that expands the usefulness or marketability of Hive" We have an thriving community here in Adelaide, we meet in person every month to learn about crypto and blockchain and exchange a token every now and then.
Thanks for the question.
Woah, ouch!
You know you got my vote and will stay there. Sucks about the servers 😒
Thanks! Yeah, it's not the best idea to have multiple witnesses using the same host company, but at the same time there are only so many hosts in the world and it's going to happen to some extent.
I've got a few servers with them but all in different locations and luckily, was not affected. They're a standup crew, so sure it'll be rectified.
Good day. Thank you for the good work
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Update: The syncing of this new Privex server is estimated to take around 19 hours - much longer than I anticipated. So the node should be back tomorrow.