Thanks for the site-wide announcement, but I have one question:
What does it mean?
Most Steemians are developers and programmers and network admins, but for the 3% of us who are merely content-creators... is there a version in English? Thanks.
Thanks for the site-wide announcement, but I have one question:
Most Steemians are developers and programmers and network admins, but for the 3% of us who are merely content-creators... is there a version in English? Thanks.
By my underatanding things are moving ahead nicely with a rocksDB module implimentation. Using rocksDB (the DB standing for DataBase) will allow the system to store vast amounts of data on the hard drive, which up to now had been floating around RAM. This large amount of RAM required and (growing with the blockchain's growth) had been increasing the cost of running a seed and/or witness nodes. Running things with the rocksDB Module (MIRA) will drastically reduce server costs and increase the decentralization of the network with more nodes coming online.
Because of the module nature of MIRA it does not require a Hard Fork and running with or without it will not make a node uncompatable with the rest of the network, so can decide to make the upgrade at their own choosing.
Thanks fam! It sounds like more people are going to be able to get closely involved with the blockchain. I don't think this affects me directly but others will be happy!
It will probably ensure the network's survival. That affects us all. 🖒
WOW! Thank goodness somebody did that, and saved us all. Maybe it should have been done sooner if it was so imperative!
Its going to be somewhat easier for people to "run" the blockchain on their computer.
Ooooh, that DOES sound like a good thing.
Thanks for the translation!
I need to hire you to be my interpreter. lol
thanks
joy
It means greater efficiency for the network itself. It means nothing for content producers and consumers because you wont notice anything if it goes well.
There are only about 13-20 full nodes of Steem in the world (At least public nodes) because it is very expensive to run a full node. To rent a server that can run a full node, you need roughly 750 GBs to 1 TBs of RAM. We are talking about some 900 USD per month just for the proper hardware. The RocksDB implementation is a storage layer that takes the data out of the RAM and puts it onto a SSD instead. This means that the cost to run a full node can be significantly reduced. This also means more people can run the steem blockchain which further decentralizes the chain.