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RE: The State of Steem - August Expansion
How about the STEEM core (steemd)?
Currently, a full RPC node uses 104 GB of RAM (with shared memory in RAM), I've found that not even NVME SSDs are enough to brunt the intense load of the shared memory, so forced to hold it in RAM.
Is anything going to be done about that? In the next year if nothing changes, it could require 1 TB or more RAM to run an RPC node.
Yes that's a critical focus - we've added several guys to the steem side to scale this thing and bring down those requirements.
Ned, positive to see you engaged and commenting on areas of focus and improvement. Lack of engagement previously was leading to concerns on whether your heart was really in steemit, or were getting ready to jump ship like Dan?
You have something in your hands that has the potential to be as big, and much more influential and positive than Facebook. No need to chase after Dan and his focus on new technology - which is fine
Your focus on making steemit better and bigger and more useful is also a VERY USEFUL pursuit.
Dave is so right, the potential of Steemit is huge and could literally bring facebook to its knees. People scoff at that possibility but there was a time MySpace was thought of as invincible. Combined apps like Dtube or others could seriously together overhaul the entire existence of social media. There is so much upside here and so many people are wanting an alternative to the heavy handedness of other outlets. If Ned is the one that eventually gives them what they want, history will be made.