#proposal

Proposal: Public Hivemind SQL service

Hivemind, a tool by Steemit inc., is a backend API service currently replace some of the endpoints of steemd. It's in use for a good amount time.

I've been running a public Hivemind node, distributing daily database snapshots almost 9 months. There is also tower, a REST interface for Hivemind data, is developed and maintained by me, so far.

RPC and REST interfaces are just the tip of the iceberg since the underlying database -PostgreSQL- offers much more flexible queries. (Check some examples)

I want to offer read-only public accounts to query the Hivemind database. This requires new infrastructure planning. Can't offer public accounts on the master PostgreSQL instance due to obvious reasons, I need new at least one or two replica instances where people can query and benefit the power of the Hivemind.

These come with additional development/maintenance/server costs. While I am happy to do that with my witness earnings, I already run a lot of dedicated servers.

Didn't really do the math, but probably get into a loss if we compare the costs with witness earnings. Here is my server list for STEEM related things:

Two dedicated servers for witness
One dedicated server for Hivemind
One medium-sized virtual private server dPoll
One small-sized virtual private server for scripts (witness backup failover, etc.)

TL;DR What will be delivered?

A reliable, fast, public SQL service (direct connection) of the Hivemind. I expect to deliver it before 2020. The plan is exposing Hivemind's database directly to the public with a good, old PostgreSQL user. (read-only)

Timeframe of the funding

1 year

Daily request amount of SBD

12 SBD

Q.A

What will happen when the funding window is closed? Will you shut down the service?

1 year is a lot, I cannot promise anything at this time. But, worth to mention, I already served free public Hivemind node for 9 months, and I expect to keep this service is up as long as I can, financially.

Will you cash out the funding instantly?

My plan is to power up the SBD, instantly after converting to STEEM. I will cover the server costs with fiat and don't create sell pressure on STEEM with the steem dao funds. However, this might change in upcoming months depending on the costs, my financial status, etc.

Are you eligible for that kind of thing?

I am a software engineer with 10+ years of experience. Also, experienced with Python (the language powers Hivemind), and PostgreSQL. (My github account @emre might be a good indicator about what can I do.)

What will be the outcome for community?

This is useful mostly for software developers, data people. Applications, dapps, reports can benefit this direct SQL access.

Difference between SteemSQL?

SteemSQL is a general blockchain data service, while Hivemind only stores a partition of the blockchain data. Mostly social part like posts, accounts, votes, relationships (follow, ignore, resteem), etc. It's also planned to store communitiesdata at Hivemind.

Voting for the proposal

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If you have any questions or suggestions, shoot in the comments section.

Comments · 22

@steemchiller(73)· 2495d
I'm in ;)
@proxy.token(55)· 2497d
@proxy.token supports your proposal !! I've already upvoted.
@jacobyu(71)· 2497d
I voted your proposal!
@jekhy(7)· 2500d
Thanks for the post.
@jiujitsu(63)· 2502d
Support this!

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@arcange(79)· 2502d
Congratulations @emrebeyler! Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade in the following category:
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@murattatar(67)· 2503d
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@nuancedthought(42)· 2503d
Your proposal is lacking... to 99% of us. It seems to be a proposal written directly for developers... and maybe that's smart because maybe you're only here to get the votes of whales and developers but you could at least tell the rest of us why we'd care about SQL hivemind and how it will impact our day to day activities... or don't because our votes aren't gonna really get you anywhere and maybe you only care about the votes of those who know the value of this database you're talking about.

Anyway thought you may want to know what most of us think about these proposals. We want to go through and vote on stuff but then we see that the proposers just don't care to write a post directed at us. But then again they're all being done by developers and I mean that's not their strong suite i guess. So i mean I'm not castigating you (you're doing what you need to do) i'm just saying it just sucks for us.
@mytechtrail(64)· 2503d
I have voted for your proposal.

What kind of hardware resources would I need if I wanted to run my own copy of Hivemind/Tower?

Thanks for all the hard work you do.
@paulag(74)· 2503d
Thanks for the reminder about tower.

I'd like to see a hive mind all db.

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@minnowvotes(6)· 2503d
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@steemium(62)· 2503d
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@inertia(75)· 2503d
This would be awesome.
@mahdiyari(73)· 2503d
Just curious how many people are using your hivemind? or how many services?
@irisworld(72)· 2503d
So you wanna implement it on Steemit?
@sofiripepple(42)· 2503d
Please explain to the average guy like me who has no idea of what your saying
@voxmortis(72)· 2503d
voted :)
@contrabourdon(73)· 2503d
!SHADE 5
@contrabourdon(73)· 2503d
@organduo A good one to vote on. Will be helpful for our @untersatz witness activities.
@meesterboom(81)· 2504d
Voted, what a great idea
@contrabourdon(73)· 2504d
Is this similar to the @arcange database but for PostgreSQL?

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@miti(76)· 2504d
@tipu curate