SPK Network

At long last we have an alpha release of the storage node software!
Oratr is the SPK Networks desktop app. It allows you to run SPK Network infrastructure with nearly no hassle.

Oratr wraps the all new spk-js which will allow SPK Network features at any website! We've built a graphql DB, HoneyGraph, that transforms HoneyComb data into an easy to digest structure. Which all means you'll be able to access your SPK Network files anywhere...

Quick start

• Install & run: Download the latest Oratr build for your OS and sign in with your Hive account.
• Choose IPFS: Let Oratr run IPFS for you (recommended) or point it at your own 127.0.0.1:5001 with PubSub enabled.
• Start storage: Open PoA Control Panel, set account/key, storage size, and start the node.
• Upload: Drag-and-drop files; Oratr will transcode (if needed), authorize, upload, and finalize.

Oratr - Download for WIN/MAC/LINUX

• Windows / Linux -> Trust unknown app
• Mac -> xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Oratr.app in Terminal
• Build from source if you are savvy

There's More!

spk-js - NPM

• Let's any website integrate SPK Network features into their site.

ipfs-hls-player - NPM

• Support for HLS (http live streaming) Video and IPFS linked m3u8 playlists

Trole - Github

• The Validator set up for SPK Network
  • Run it on a server for constant uptime. Requires a domain name so storage nodes can dial in and earn rewards.
  • Accept uploads from websites and Oratr when not running a storage node (like a laptop)

Proof Of Access - NPM

• Binaries for multiple platforms

HoneyComb & Honeygraph

L2 infrastructure for Hive, smart contract layer and read replica GraphDB

Whole Network Alpha Testing

Not all the project features are in all the project places, but I believe most of the rest of the work is just making things work better, and not making things work. I'd love to invite everyone to try out the SPK network in what ever capacity you want. Run a HoneyComb Node, run Honeygraph, download Oratr... integrate the DEX or File Explorer into your website... support IPFS-HLS video!

Our goal is to test and improve the features and functioning of the network... when we transition out of a test network we intend to bring the file data from the testnet to the live net. You should be able to store your public / social files here with the expectation they'll be here longer than the test network.

We have discord servers like dlux & SPK Network

Progress & Funding

Hive account@spkproposal received ~$228,071.51 from the DHF
With ~$11,800 from the following accounts
Hive account@speak.delegation: -$7,109.91
Hive account@threespeakfund: -$4,117
Hive account@curatorhulk: -$200
Hive account@starkerz: -$300
Hive account@theycallmedan: -$100

With Payouts to the following accounts
Hive account@vaultec: $63,307
Hive account@disregardfiat: $54,843
Hive account@nathansenn: $47,012
Hive account@sagarkothari88: $28,639.31
Hive account@igormumba: $20,210
Hive account@adesouljay: $9,033
Hive account@pbsa: $8,500
Hive account@sqhell: $7,850
Hive account@vicypher: $5,500
Hive account@sisygoboom: $5,227
Hive account@psorigins: $5,050
Hive account@juneroy1: $5,000
Hive account@peerplays: $4,500
Hive account@kesolink: $3,400
Hive account@noakmilo: $950
Hive account@eddiespino: $700
Hive account@deathwing: $350

Additionally ~$289000 Has been funded to bring HoneyComb up to speed from the DHF
Hive account@disregardfiat ~$169,000
Hive account@markegiles ~$120,000

The Initial Proposal was 47 months ago and had some lofty goals. I have been involved now for 42 months and today most of those goals have been achieved in some manner or another. HoneyGraph enables CDN, Oratr has video transcoding... it's a complex monster of a project but it was built on Hive, with no native smart contract support.

I know Lines of Code is a terrible metric, Bill Gates once said it's like measuring the efficiency of an airplane by how much it weighs... But it does represent work.

Additionally HoneyComb & HoneyGraph

I won't bring dlux-io into this as most of the spk code we wrote there wound up in trole. But that's ~200,000 lines of code altogether. Not to mention building websites like spk.network, or the spk-claim chain code, graphic design, proof reading, meetings, research and developement, and dead ends. At the end of it we have major technical contributions by: golang authored by Hive account@nathansenn javascript/typescript by Hive account@disregardfiat html/css by Hive account@markegiles

For me personally, that's $3,595 a month, minus expenses like running servers. Which is still less than half of what I was making at my previous job. At market rate that's roughly 1 year of paid dev work.

This is a $2-4 million dollar project in the US(which Mark, Nathan and I are citizens of), and should have been handled by a team of 8-12.

I personally can't continue to build on Hive full-time with out the support of the DHF. I believe I have lost roughly $600,000 building here for the past 8 years. SPK tokens were airdropped based on Hive holding, I won't gain much from their value either.

To that end Proposal 322 has been unfunded since the first week of May. Mark and I would greatly appreciate your support.