Happy Birthday to Me
Another November 14th, another year ticks by.
Today is my 40th birthday!
And Bitcoin has not wasted any time trolling me for the third year in a row.
Very rude!
Luckily I have some other things to focus on.
Block 80160647
I logged into my Privex node today and noticed that it was actually caught up.
Activated on the node (broadcast pubkey) and it immediately started working.
I'm now minting about one block per hour.
Pretty standard backup witness stuff.
Still it's exciting to have actually completed the task myself.
Hive-In-A-Box (HIAB) life support
While the current setup works and hasn't missed any blocks yet, I still consider my node to be somewhat on life-support. I would personally much rather own my hardware. I still haven't set up the bot that will automatically update the price feed. I don't have a backup witness. There's still a lot more I can do to contribute to the network at this point.
Of course I'll take any @hextech witness votes I can get at this point. I've bled down the ranks from #31 to #45 while the node was disabled. Ouch! I'm pretty committed to using the money I make as a backup witness to continue learning and dedicating more resources to a robust setup. Missing blocks is not fun, and I intend to avoid that scenario if I can.
The short short tutorial for running node-in-a-box.
su
./run.sh start
./run.sh shm_size 24G
nano data/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini
- Insert witness account name + a private key for signing blocks.
- Wait for node to sync
- Turn on node using pubkey @ https://hive.ausbit.dev/witness
Basically if you run into zero problems along the way this is all it takes to get a HIAB node up and running. Of course it is only this easy and streamlined when renting the prefabricated version from Privex, but still I find it somewhat impressive. I'm excited to inevitably buy my own hardware and report back on how difficult it is when starting from scratch. Shouldn't be too bad considering a now have a little more experience with the process.
Hm let's see what else?
Moody's is threatening to take away USA's triple-A debt rating.
I honestly have no idea what that means other than it's bad.Blackrock filed for a spot ETF for Ethereum.
Bitcoin maxis in disbelief.
- Apparently there was a big bank hack that forced analog security measures.
Crypto fixes this.
https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1723029611796152385
- Wrench attacks are still a threat to crypto users who dox themselves.
Perhaps we shouldn't be flaunting our wealth.
- I plan on speaking in a Twitter space tomorrow with theycallmedan, Khal, taskmaster, and anomadsoul. High roller alert!
Conclusion
All in all it's shaping up to be a pretty good day. Still annoying that crypto decided to take a dump for the third birthday in a row but these things happen. Here's to hoping for a swift recovery instead of more FUD and panic.
Feels nice having my @hextech node back up and running even if I still have a lot of work to do to get it up to a higher standard. Looking forward to buying one of these crazy NVMe drives for the first time. But for today I've already done a bit more work than I thought I would so I guess I'll be taking it easy until tomorrow.
At a minimum, it would mean that the Treasury would have to pay out more to service debt. Probably at least 10 basis points, likely more. A double whammy since something like a third of Treasury debt will mature within the next two years. Unless rates come down, that would be very painful.
Happy Birthday!!!
Nice to hear your Hive Witness software is working again. I'm going to head over to the Privex website and remind myself what the monthly cost is to rent a server. It would be cool to run a Hive node!
Hopefully today's dip is just a slight correction from the nice little run up we've had lately. Some say these corrections are good and a sign of a healthy market.
Have a fun birthday week!
Happy birthday may GOD continue to give you many years of life, health and prosperity, enjoy your day and your month, I wish you a thousand successes.
Happy birthday sir!
Looking to keep reading articles from you for many years to come :)
Happy birthday!
As for Bitcoin, there's always next year, or the one after that...
Happy birthday dear. May you have many more.
Happy birthday! 🥳🥳🥳
And I am just celebrated 35 years today! So best wishes from me and keep it up!
Happy birthday!
I've voted again for the witness. It's nice to see it back up.
Happy birthday mate.
You'll have my vote someday when I remember to update my witness votes.
Whenever that happens. 😂
congratz!
@tipu curate
Upvoted 👌 (Mana: 65/75) Liquid rewards.
Happy birthday, I wish you many happy and profitable years.
Happy Birthday.
Have a good one.
Happy 40th. Cheers to better days ahead
Happy Birthday! Bitcoin has trolled all of us for the last few years, but a thing that we should never forget about is hope. Keep making this platform amazing through your activity!
happy birthday and congratulations on such a wonderful milestone
Happy Birthday, mate! Three years older than me. Wish you all the millions the crypto market can offer and all the health in the world!
Happy Birthday, my best wishes to you.
For all of us who are on this BTC roller coaster we know that this is normal, let's wait for the next turn and see where the next high will be and how much it will be. We have already experienced lows that almost made us give up and highs that restore our hopes.
Happy birthday, man! Given that you often joke about the track record you have with predictions, bitcoin being down on your birthday should be a bullish sign, isn't it? :)
Great to see you started to get along with the witness node, even if it's a HIAB. For decentralization, your own hardware would be great, but the main issue I see for this is the reliability of home internet services, even the better ones.
Many happy returns, for today and the future!
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Happy Birthday Champ!
'Good that it was a Tron wallet....... ............. ..........' I swear CZ is using JS as a Frontman for is crazy side. It would make so much sense.
happy birthday.