Well it happened, I missed my first block. 18 days witnessing, and the internet my server is on had a hiccup yesterday. Routing across the network was down for around 30 minutes and missed a block during that time. Was not a power outage, just something with the ISP it would seem.
If I had all my ducks in a row I could have broadcasted the STM1111111111111111111111111111111114T1Anm signing key to disable my witness. But something to think about in the future.. And if the internet ever dropped out while I was sleeping or not in my office then that would not even help. Maybe I need something automated to resolve this.
So since I did not disable my witness during the short outage I missed my first block. Not much I can do about that now, just next time maybe have a contingency plan in place. Maybe a bot could be made that runs on a small VPS somewhere else the witness is not at that just pings my witness. And if it stops responding it broadcasts the STM1111111111111111111111111111111114T1Anm key disabling the witness until I can solve the issue.
So in the future having a bot for this could help, or if I catch it while its happening have a way to broadcast the disabling signing key.
Thanks for everyone's support in the last 2 and a half weeks I have been running my witness. All of the kind words and votes for witness... Just wanted to give an update on what is going on and again. I am now back up and running, strong.. just got tripped up for a short time yesterday.
