New HIVE public API node: hived.emre.sh

A new public Hive Node

Serving a public HIVE node to the community was a long time to-do item for me, as of today, that to-do item becomes a reality. The node is accessible at https://hived.emre.sh.

I've been silently testing things on the node in the last couple of days, and so far it's running stable.

The server is located in Finland, at the moment. As time passes, and I get more time budget and experience with the public API maintenance, I plan to add one more instance (preferably somewhere different than Finland) and load-balance the domain.

Even though I've maintained a Hivemind instance for a year before, the whole API node setup is new to me, and I'll be learning in the process. So, there may be some bumps in the road, but I will try to keep the node with a good uptime record.

If you're a developer, if you have an app, if you want a different node in your Keychain, you can just use https://hived.emre.sh as a node, contribute to testing and decentralization. :)

Use the node on PeakD

https://hived.emre.sh is a whitelisted node on PeakD, and you can select it as a default node on your settings page. You can also check out the API benchmark tool to see which node works best for you.^{(Greetings to @asgarth for quick reaction and update on PeakD)}

Credits

Credits go to @gtg for setting up the starter kit, and @deathwing for the occasional help in the process, and @themarkymark for the initial testing.

Vote for my witness

If you appreciate what I do, consider casting a vote on Hivesigner or on PeakD.