SPK Network
At long last we have an alpha release of the storage node software!
Oratr is the SPK Networks desktop app. It allows you to run SPK Network infrastructure with nearly no hassle.
Oratr wraps the all new spk-js which will allow SPK Network features at any website! We've built a graphql DB, HoneyGraph, that transforms HoneyComb data into an easy to digest structure. Which all means you'll be able to access your SPK Network files anywhere...
Quick start
- Install & run: Download the latest Oratr build for your OS and sign in with your Hive account.
- Choose IPFS: Let Oratr run IPFS for you (recommended) or point it at your own 127.0.0.1:5001 with PubSub enabled.
- Start storage: Open PoA Control Panel, set account/key, storage size, and start the node.
- Upload: Drag-and-drop files; Oratr will transcode (if needed), authorize, upload, and finalize.
Oratr - Download for WIN/MAC/LINUX
- Windows / Linux -> Trust unknown app
- Mac ->
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Oratr.appin Terminal - Build from source if you are savvy
There's More!
spk-js - NPM
- Let's any website integrate SPK Network features into their site.
ipfs-hls-player - NPM
- Support for HLS (http live streaming) Video and IPFS linked m3u8 playlists
Trole - Github
- The Validator set up for SPK Network
- Run it on a server for constant uptime. Requires a domain name so storage nodes can dial in and earn rewards.
- Accept uploads from websites and Oratr when not running a storage node (like a laptop)
Proof Of Access - NPM
- Binaries for multiple platforms
HoneyComb & Honeygraph
L2 infrastructure for Hive, smart contract layer and read replica GraphDB
Whole Network Alpha Testing
Not all the project features are in all the project places, but I believe most of the rest of the work is just making things work better, and not making things work. I'd love to invite everyone to try out the SPK network in what ever capacity you want. Run a HoneyComb Node, run Honeygraph, download Oratr... integrate the DEX or File Explorer into your website... support IPFS-HLS video!
Our goal is to test and improve the features and functioning of the network... when we transition out of a test network we intend to bring the file data from the testnet to the live net. You should be able to store your public / social files here with the expectation they'll be here longer than the test network.
We have discord servers like dlux & SPK Network
Progress & Funding
@spkproposal received ~$228,071.51 from the DHF
With ~$11,800 from the following accounts
@speak.delegation: -$7,109.91
@threespeakfund: -$4,117
@curatorhulk: -$200
@starkerz: -$300
@theycallmedan: -$100
With Payouts to the following accounts
@vaultec: $63,307
@disregardfiat: $54,843
@nathansenn: $47,012
@sagarkothari88: $28,639.31
@igormumba: $20,210
@adesouljay: $9,033
@pbsa: $8,500
@sqhell: $7,850
@vicypher: $5,500
@sisygoboom: $5,227
@psorigins: $5,050
@juneroy1: $5,000
@peerplays: $4,500
@kesolink: $3,400
@noakmilo: $950
@eddiespino: $700
@deathwing: $350
Additionally ~$289000 Has been funded to bring HoneyComb up to speed from the DHF
@disregardfiat ~$169,000
@markegiles ~$120,000
The Initial Proposal was 47 months ago and had some lofty goals. I have been involved now for 42 months and today most of those goals have been achieved in some manner or another. HoneyGraph enables CDN, Oratr has video transcoding... it's a complex monster of a project but it was built on Hive, with no native smart contract support.
I know Lines of Code is a terrible metric, Bill Gates once said it's like measuring the efficiency of an airplane by how much it weighs... But it does represent work.
Additionally HoneyComb & HoneyGraph
I won't bring dlux-io into this as most of the spk code we wrote there wound up in trole. But that's ~200,000 lines of code altogether. Not to mention building websites like spk.network, or the spk-claim chain code, graphic design, proof reading, meetings, research and developement, and dead ends. At the end of it we have major technical contributions by:
~ golang authored by @nathansenn
~ javascript/typescript by @disregardfiat
~ html/css by @markegiles
For me personally, that's $3,595 a month, minus expenses like running servers. Which is still less than half of what I was making at my previous job. At market rate that's roughly 1 year of paid dev work.
This is a $2-4 million dollar project in the US(which Mark, Nathan and I are citizens of), and should have been handled by a team of 8-12.
I personally can't continue to build on Hive full-time with out the support of the DHF. I believe I have lost roughly $600,000 building here for the past 8 years. SPK tokens were airdropped based on Hive holding, I won't gain much from their value either.
To that end Proposal 322 has been unfunded since the first week of May. Mark and I would greatly appreciate your support.
That's a lot, more than a decent salary. We have so many people building on hive, but it does not sell to the world, hope this project will do something different.
It is what it is... I spent a long time in school to be well paid. Though I believe HIVE will help make the world a better place than some other things I was trained to do. I hope it helps too. Solana saw a lot more investment, and their price has ~150x in the same time frame.
Yes, I feel, we need more and better advertisements to sell ourselves.
Thank you @disregardfiat and everyone else for seeing this through to a workable product even though you were underpaid for it. I hope there is a way for the community to back pay you and the others for this. Is my memory correct that the fate of the unclaimed air dropped tokens is still to be determined or am I confusing that with the Ragnarok airdrop?
If so, maybe there is a way for you and all the other major contributors of this soon to be awesome product to be paid with those tokens? I know you all have done this without a premine etc, so I would be interested to hear @theycallmedan and @starkerz thoughts on something like that, if it is even possible. I think those tokens or some percentage should go to Dan and Matt as well, but that is just my 2 cents. I know you all have worked to do this “the right way” but that shouldn’t mean working for free.
I mean, dang, think of all the projects that were paid and never delivered or were paid and left the community. We should make this right for you and the others, even if it is “overpaying” for you to continue the work. Something.
Ooh... I don't think that's a good way to start this out. The tokenomics of this ecosystem are pretty robust, and we have a lot more data to store from Hives image servers and 3speak videos... While 75% of the tokens did go unclaimed, that's 75% less selling pressure. We held 15% of claimed tokens to be put into a DAO, but building that DAO means more work :p
I'm not too worried about this in particular. It's not just me either... the DHF is a whim machine sometimes. I'd be much happier to see my recent Hard Fork Proposal to change the vote counting metrics of the DHF receive serious debate.
Having built L2s, DePIN, NFTs, DEXs... I'm not exactly unmarketable. I'd just rather build here than Solana.
You've sacrificed a lot for Hive! Thank you so much 🙏
Whales need to do better to support devs like you that advance us in tech. All the other big chains spend a lot on devs and marketing. If Hive fails at this, we won't see ATH prices again.
You're a real hero 🫡
@oflyhigh - Would you consider not voting for the return proposal or voting for Proposal 322 so this work can continue to be funded?
There is a lot to process here. I'm barely technical so I'm considering use cases for individual users who aren't running a website.
A: An end to end encrypted File Share
B: Replacement for Hive's image servers... and users can update or remove old images(to an extent, it's public after all)
C: It's generally so users can use rich media... and can be platform agnostic.
D: Let's you become the service provider for others who don't want to run websites.
E: Allows platforms to innovate with next to no costs, as users can bring their content and be responsible for storing it.
Thank you for the breakout, I'll make time to read the documentation this week.
This is excellent news, and big congratulations to you and your team for this momentous effort and contribution! I'm excited to see how it develops over time. Very cool. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Well done guys! 👏
Sounds like I need to do some reading.
Where can I get the LARYNX tokens?
Anybody who wants to test can just ask me... here or on doscord... i'll forward some test LARYNX to you
Great, I'd like to get a few tokens to run tests on the testnet, thanks.
I sent you 10 test larynx... you should be able to register your storage node now :)
Thank you very much, I will try it right away