BuildTeam Update - Public Node rpc.buildteam.io Now Offline

[buildteam]

BuildTeam has an important announcement to make regarding our recent node updates relating to the Steem blockchain.

Due to reduced interest in delegation to our bot, we have decided to terminate our Steem public node located at rpc.buildteam.io.

Effective immediately our public node located at (rpc.buildteam.io) has been taken offline.

It is our hope that the recent Hardfork20 update to the Steem blockchain brings renewed interest and increased activity on the chain. We also have strong hopes for additional adoption of Steem due to the monumental success of the Steem Monsters project.

To summarise, in order to better support our developers and BUILDTEAM token stakeholders, we have decided to work from a lean base and put certain luxuries aside for the time being. We will monitor the market closely and assuming conditions improve we will look to offer expanded infrastructure to the Steem community going forward.

We must work together to make the Steem ecosystem one that rivals even the biggest of competitors! Thanks for your patience and understanding.

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Comments

[netuoso]

Understandable to shut the node from public use.

Less understandable to not have a prior announcement and a period of time for developers to remove their dependency on the node or to not provide a proxy to the default steemit node temporarily.

Could have taken a few minutes and it would have shown your care for the community.

Edit: There is now a redirect in place so other developers and their apps have time to make the necessary updates. Good stuff @buildteam

[ausbitbank]

Sorry to hear this, we need more public RPC nodes :(
These are the current public RPC nodes I'm aware of and who's running them:

https://api.steemit.com - Steemit Inc
https://steemd.steemitdev.com - Steemit Inc
https://rpc.steemviz.com - @ausbitbank
https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org - @followbtcnews & @crimsonclad
https://steemd.privex.io - @privex & @someguy123
https://gtg.steem.house:8090 - @gtg
https://api.steem.house - @gtg
https://rpc.steemliberator.com - @netuoso
https://rpc.curiesteem.com - @curie
https://rpc.buildteam.io - @buildteam

I believe we have some partial nodes without all plugins also being run by @good-karma for esteem, and @jesta for vessel.
Please support witnesses that support the network.

[mys]

+1 definitely need more.
Its sad rpc.buildteam.io is down for near month and today is first info about that. It was one of the fastest nodes out there!

[masterthematrix]

Good strategic choice, its not easy to go thru market down turns like this one. Especially, when the ecosystem of Steem is fundamentally getting stronger, but there is a leck of overall interest in Blockchain and Cryptos from the public. I hope that markets soon find out about the great opportunity and community here on Steem!

[cardboard]

Totally understandable giving the post-HF20 STEEM condition...

[lizachong]

Thank you for the great platform.. I am now really like the system that you all done.

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[schlafhacking]

Meh. We need more nodes, not less :-(