#seed-nodes

I need to come up with some excuse why I’m late with this update. Ooops, I guess it’s too late for that now. Hello, Hive! Day of the Programmer The Day of the Programmer is an international professional

Updates once a week? I don’t think it’s possible, but I’ll keep trying. Same with “Hive Power Up Month”. So far so good. (it's like recent "gtg's abbrs." but with more meaningful name, so I don't

Purpose of Seed Nodes Seed nodes are crucial for the reliability of the Steem blockchain. They provide a way for other Steem blockchain nodes to "sync", and download the latest blockchain data.

(Source) In order for Steem apps and sites to work, they must connect to full nodes over an API. Several witnesses including myself are providing such nodes. Here are the ones I know of: ConnectionDetails

Requirement to run a full node while dealing even with basic functionality of the Steem platform might be a significant barrier for developers because of the huge amount of resources that can be consumed

Things look bad, really bad. After reviewing steem seed nodes list, which many of us use in their config.ini, I found that 12 nodes were not working at all. That is 36% of all the nodes on the list. Hard