Yesterday's tests were a true war. If you didn't participate, you missed a lot. I'll try my best to describe the whole thing:

1. 16:00 – 2 hours before the tests we start to prepare the wallets: 100 wallets with $20 in each
2. 16:30 – A lot of users opened their wallets, the servers slowed and the application started to “take its time to think”.
3. 17:00 – Even more wallets running, it's harder for us to make new ones and our progress slows.
4. 18:00 – Over 600 people starts the wallet at the same time, nervous awaiting for the first backups begins.
5. 18:05 – First 20 wallets with passwords are published.
6. 18:06 – Server I fails; that was not the intended scenario. According to plans the server should have passed the surplus traffic to Server II and they should both work on synchronizing the wallets. Since this failed, Server II took the entire traffic and also slowed, through it kept working.
7. 18:30 – Some impatient people turned off their wallets and the server started to improve its performance, the application was still a bit slow but usable.
8. It turned out 4 of 20 backups were empty – the servers were congested during sending funds to these wallets, and sending was interrupted after a moment.
9. 19:30 – All wallets are restored.
10. Summing up the results, licking the wounds, burying the dead – these still take place.

We will soon publish our conclusions as well as fixes to the application which will make the second round of tests (81 wallets with $20 on each) go more smoothly. We are definitely happy with the enormous interest the community displayed towards HODLER Wallet and our infrastructure tests, which surpassed all expectations.