In this post I announce that my Splinterlands Validation Node (SPS-Validator) under the username louis.sps is successfully installed and running. A few weeks before the official release, I was involved in various phases of development and testing to improve the SPS Validator Node software and check for bugs. The cooperation with the team was great, easy and fast!
For deploying my node and validating the blocks I rented my own VPS which has the following specs:
I monitor all my servers with the free tool - Netdata! They provide a simple code to copy, paste, send, done. The monitoring is running. If there are any unusual spikes in performance etc., I get an e-mail notification straight away.
I'm a Splinterlands Player for a long time! Battling since June 2018 makes me a long-standing loyale Player and Investor. I have always followed the development of Splinterlands. Some of the decisions I can't approve of myself, but on the whole I'm satisfied. In addition to my gaming successes at Splinterlands, I have devoted a lot of my time to the topic of security - both at Splinterlands and here on the Hive Blockchain. As a security researcher, I have been able to uncover a number of security vulnerabilities in the past and report them to the people responsible so that they can be fixed. I won't go into any more detail here - the people and companies already know ;).
Apart from that, I'm just a digital nomad - I like traveling the world, taking photos and interacting with people. In addition to my Splinterlands SPS Validator Node, I also run an HIVE Backup-Witness and an HIVE-Engine Validation Node (louis.witness). A VSC Validation Node is also planned for when the network goes live soon (louis.vsc).
That's quite simple - you don't have to. But if you want to support someone who has been active at HIVE and Splinterlands for many years, who cares a lot about security, that everything runs well and safely at Splinterlands and Hive - is available every day and also likes to help other people with their node, then you are welcome to vote for my node at:
https://thespsdao.github.io/SPS-Validator/validator-nodes?node=
Thanks.
