Hello everyone, Today In this video I gonna show you how to setup a witness node for blurt. If you really want to setup a witness node for Blurt, this video will very helpful for you.
Machine Spec:
- Recommended Debian 10 physical or virtual machine.
Your Witness machine spec is entirely your choice. This recommended spec should be relatively low cost ($5-20 per month) and should also run your Blurt Witness very effectively.
Blurt Witness Spec
| Component | Size | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | RAM | Storage |
| 2+ Cores | 4GB | 80+GB |
Provider
- hetzner.de
- privex.io
- vultr.com
- digitalocean.com
- contabo.com
- time4vps
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Question @zahidsun!
Are you using your own machine? or are you using cloud server? Do you have a backup machine too?
I am using on cloud server.
Which one are you using?
Debian 10 server, 4Gb Ram, 80GB Storage.... time4vps
If you have an extra computer at your home, and you forward the ports correctly on your router, you should be able to run a witness in your home, and I would like that. If you end up running a witness in your home, I will vote for your witness.
Having witness machines outside the cloud makes our network more resilient.
It doesn't matter if witnesses miss a block or two from time to time, what matters is that if pieces of Internet infrastructure fail, does the blurt network continue to operate?
I have been thinking about a backup server at home... I was wondering what other people are doing
I am currently 100% in the cloud but that will change in a couple of ways over the next few months. First of all, I am going to move and I am going to install and service at my home, and at my new home, I will run at least one blurt node.
Additionally, I have been trading and stuff.
I made a little mistake trading earlier today but it was a happy mistake and it left me with some extra blurt so I am going to create a second, higher bounty for a big big goal of mine, a proper arm64 blurt build.
Then, blurt runs on Pi.
Wow nice.
I am
mine won't be fancy like yours, but at least I will have something that is not cloud...
American ISPs have data caps on home internet and it'd be quite hard to run one at home here. Blurt is small for now, but when the block_log file gets to be as large as Hive, it will cost me 1/3 of my total cap just to download it.
Same problem down here in México. Our only option for now is the cloud hope this changes in the near future.
Is there a current list of nodes?
nm. I found this https://gitlab.com/blurt/blurt/-/blob/dev/doc/devs/networknodes.md
thanks for the information. I have also chosen you as my witness.
thank you
Perfect. Thanks. What computer do you recommend ?
Debian 10 server, 4Gb Ram, 80GB Storage
Hello @blurtart, the machine specs required to run a witness node is mentioned here:
https://gitlab.com/blurt/blurt/-/tree/dev/doc/witnesses
CPU: 2+ cores
RAM: 4Gig
Storage: 80+ Gig
If you don't have a physical machine with those specs, I recommend purchasing one of the servers from privex.
Here's my referral link if you choose to purchase one.
https://pay.privex.io/order/?ref=blurtopian
I believe I'm running my witness on a VBLURT2-SE VPS from Sweden.
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what is the meaning of witness?
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@zahidsun,
Thanks will think about step up my own node.
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This is interesting! Maybe I should think of running a witness node?
yes, you can
I am currently reading the official documentation, this is a topic I want to address to enhance the blurt platform. I have some doubts about it, but once the configuration is done or I manage to make everything work well I will share the recipe, the recommendations and above all my experience
Can I use for witness a ubuntu 18.04?
It's a virtual machine on Microsoft Azure.