Blockchain Wizardry

Time for updates (v1.27.4 is here)

Hello again, and as usual, later than expected. The reason remains the same as always: I’ve been busy with Hive, and I’m not great at reporting on it.

^{A new post is a perfect excuse for a new Hive logo reveal video}

Artificial assistant or not, or not at all?

Maybe I should consider using ChatGPT to process my notes and generate weekly updates? Unfortunately I’m too concerned about its poor signal-to-noise ratio, and the amount of nonsense it generates without proper fine-tuning. Babysitting an assistant until he/she/it produces satisfactory results? I don’t have time for that either. No matter if it’s GPT or DNA based. Last time it worked pretty well... as a harbinger of upcoming challenges, or a slightly more advanced lorem ipsum generator ;-)

v1.27.4

Most of my nodes are already switched, I still have some backups in case of unexpected. It's an optional upgrade, and requires a replay from scratch (--force-replay). Please note that with this release we are targeting Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. You can, and in many cases you should use docker.

API node

https://api.openhive.network

It is currently running hived v1.27.4 and a “legacy” hivemind (i.e. not-haf-based: v1.26.3 3ba5511b)

Seed node

gtg.openhive.network:2001

It is currently running hived v1.27.4 Hived uses this by default if you don’t override it in your config.ini file.

Downloads

https://gtg.openhive.network no longer supports old, uncompressed block_log (Now both compressed and uncompressed links point to same compressed block_log file)

Please remember that you can no longer simply continue downloading block_log files starting from a random offset, as was possible for uncompressed ones. Not a big deal, two use cases are the most common: You either don’t have a block_log and want to get a fresh one (either from my site or just by starting hived to get it via the p2p network) You have a block_log on one of your other hosts, and you don’t really need my site because it’s faster to restore from your own location even if it's slightly older.

Jump starting Hive services

The idea of downloadable resources is to jump-start your services, and it’s heavily used during new releases and HardForks. For consensus nodes, such as seed nodes, witness nodes, and broadcasters, it’s enough to get a block_log and snapshot for exchanges. Do not worry about it containing some tracked accounts within the account history plugin, you can safely comment out unneeded plugins.

Loading account history from my snapshots might not be the best option because, even compressed, it’s huge. Unless you have a really decent download speed (1Gbps+) it might be better to just start a replay, as it should complete within 24 hours or so.

Starting up hivemind is a different story, though, because resync time is significant, and database dump is relatively small. I only provide a dump for “legacy” hivemind, as that’s the version I’m currently running. In the near future I’ll be moving to a HAF based hivemind.

Other resources

For the sake of decentralization, besides https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive repository hosted by @blocktrades, I’m maintaining organization at GitHub: https://github.com/openhive-network that holds repositories for various Hive related software, you can use it as alternate source ( core repositories are push mirrors from GitLab ) So for example v1.27.4 release is available here: https://github.com/openhive-network/hive/releases/tag/v1.27.4 And also on Docker Hub https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/hiveio/hive/general

Core dev meetings

We are using a self hosted open source solution for those meetings (jitsi) which successfully replaced the old proprietary one.

You can listen to recordings on https://www.youtube.com/@Hivenetwork/videos

If you have any questions, feel free to join #dev chat (you can log in via hive.blog - that’s a new feature, that some of you might noticed already, but more on that in future posts, as currently tests are in progress)

Governance

Do you remember that governance votes (for witnesses and proposals) on Hive are expiring if you are not updating them? Please ~~like and subscribe~~ toss a vote for your witnesses, and review your proposal votes.

More to come...

There’s a lot going on in various projects with dozens of people involved behind the scenes that deserve their own posts. Better documentation, improved integration of instant messaging, better cli_wallet, public HAF database, and more.

Soon in your favorite blockchain.

Questions?

Comments · 21

@mnurhiver(76)· 1266d
hello friend @gtg how are you today. I hope you are always in good health and can participate in activities smoothly.
@hivebuzz(74)· 1270d
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@ammonite(73)· 1274d
A quick Question. Will HAF make it easier to get a list of Blog posts in a chronological order? For example: So that blogs can be displayed form oldest to newest.
@valued-customer(75)· 1274d
I could not help but LOL at the pic.

"Questions?"

"...remember that governance votes (for witnesses and proposals) on Hive are expiring if you are not updating them..."

Regarding that, do each and every vote require periodic update, or does updating any manage that responsibility?

Thanks for the hard work.
@marc5(55)· 1274d
Hello there, busy Hive enthusiast! It seems like you've been buzzing around with all the updates and upgrades. Don't worry, you're not alone in struggling with ChatGPT's signal-to-noise ratio, we're still working on perfecting that fine-tuning dance routine! But hey, kudos on being on top of the latest Hive version, you're definitely the Queen Bee of staying updated. And thanks for the heads-up on the block_log download changes, we'll make sure to put on our downloading capes accordingly. Keep up the hive-tastic work and remember to take breaks to enjoy some sweet, sweet honey from your favorite blockchain! 🐝🍯😄
@slothlydoesit(68)· 1274d
Can't seem to access the dev chat, heard a few dvvs mentioning it before. Would be great if there was an easier way for devs to get involved, maybe we could speed up the process of building on Hive and providing more tools and content to users!
@cryptogee(76)· 1274d
I can't power down or transfer from my wallet, where are the buttons? What's going on?

Cg
@lokumberi(56)· 1275d
The sound alone is great. Thanks for letting some of know these amazing things
@fitgeek(43)· 1275d
in my opinion AI can be used as a research tool, it can help us in many different ways rather than just producing articles and pasting them. it won't help anyone.
@wlffreitas(68)· 1275d
Great job Gandalf, finally someone doing something in the community without wanting to "own" Hive like some complaining whales have been doing. !gif mage
@mobbs(75)· 1275d
Oh, weird, I was just wondering where you disappeared to just yesterday. Thanks for reading my mind
@hivebuzz(74)· 1275d
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@mayckook(25)· 1275d
Very good post💯🆙️
@yidneth(74)· 1276d
Good to see you around, and sometimes absence can be also because focus is needed to bring something to completion. I know (on a different level) a bit about that.

About AI, I say the same as with art, I know it will be become a tool, and we traditional artists must not hide our head in the sand But I still take pleasure in portraying what js in my mind both in word and image. I cannot deny its power as a tule and fear its misuse too,those are the times we are living and we must accept that
I am way to chaotic but I think I would benefit of some ai beta reading for mistakes lol. Right now I just flow almost on automatic and then have to edit once published the typos 😂
@poshtoken(88)· 1276d
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@ibbtammy(75)· 1276d

Babysitting an assistant until he/she/it produces satisfactory results? I don’t have time for that either.

Hehehehehehe I like the way you put it here, for starters we aren’t even done babysitting babies 👶🏾 😂😂
@nonameslefttouse(77)· 1276d
Thanks for doing something.
@manniman(69)· 1276d
Cheers to the Wizard
@lordshah(69)· 1276d
I thought it was new logo work in progress in the video, lol it's same it's just the video animation.
@apiekarczyk(54)· 1276d
Really great Hive video logo! Congrats. Ah, and the question... When moon? 🤣
@steevc(81)· 1276d
Keep up the good work. We can understand if you don't have much time to post, but let us know when there is news.

I expect some people here are playing with the 'AI' bots. In some cases they may generate better posts and it's up to curators to decide what justifies rewards.