Quote from: allZuckedUp on September 09, 2016, 06:50:40 PM

Quote from: drays on September 08, 2016, 11:54:37 PM

Did the chain indeed stop? According to http://8bitcoin.netspecto.com/explorer.php the last block is 636889 and it was generated 9 days ago.
The wallet on my Linux box is struggling to sync from bootstrap - it is so slow and CPU hungry. I think it will sync in one week.. if not, looks like more powerful VPS is needed

In any case, a new chain seems to be the only viable solution to those sync issues.

The strength of the VPS is not the issue here... This one has multiple virtual cores, and 1.5g/dedicated ram (actually a lot for a VPS)... Annnnnd, all it's doing is one 8bit wallet, and a web server... (with ONLY the new 8bit site, the faucet, and netspecto.com on it, generating all of 100 hits/day total currently)

Specifically here's the CPU usage on the VPS: http://xymon.netspecto.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=server&SERVICE=cpu
Annnnnd, here's the memory usage: http://xymon.netspecto.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=server&SERVICE=memory
Really, no issues there.

It is conceivable that if we can get 8bit working/rebooted, and it REALLY takes off, this VPS might not be enough, BUT, as for now, we should HOPE that becomes a problem... Wink

(point of fact, if it does become a problem, I'm very capable of building something multi-honed, geo-diverse, and load-balanced.... I do that sort of thing for a living.)

Nice to see we have powerful server there!

But when telling "looks like more powerful VPS is needed", I meant "I need to get more powerful VPS", to be able to fast load from the bootstrap.dat

Even the loading from bootstrap needs quite a bit of processing power (I assume thats because all blocks are checked), not even speaking about synching the chain from the network...

I never had doubts about your server's power, or your abilities to manage those servers

Sorry for confusion.