Here comes the Hivemind...
Only need one headline today.
Steemit Inc has released Hivemind.
This is a major advance for the efficient running, and decentralisation, of the steem blockchain.
Hivemind is Live!
Steemit Inc has now released Hivemind.
This is a major advance for the blockchain as it reduces the memory requirements, and thus costs, for running full API nodes significantly.
Hello Steemians, we are excited to announce that Steemit’s APIs are now powered by Hivemind! By routing most of the social APIs to Hivemind, we are able to dramatically shrink the size of the full nodes we run.
Hivemind is a service that syncs a traditional database with the blockchain. An added benefit of Hivemind is that since it’s written in Python, developers can modify its behavior and APIs with ease, instead of relying on C++ developers and modifying code which can interact with critical consensus logic.
Steemit Inc have managed to reduce the memory needed down from 488GB to just 61GB...
We are extremely excited to see Hivemind running in production, on-disk, and utilizing AppBase. After completing this task, we have decreased our steemd instance sizes from 488GB RAM to 61GB RAM instances.
This reduction in memory, and subsequent reduction in server cost, will make it much easier for many more full nodes to be run. This will lessen reliance on Steemit Inc's nodes and greatly enhance the decentralisation of the steem blockchain.
The next step will be the completion of the MIRA RocksDB developments which will bring further optimisation to the blockchain and the nodes.
If you would you like to know more about the current nodes you can check 
Hive account@holger80's regular Full Node Update posts...
Just a quick one ... PayPal and Coinbase
Witness 
Hive account@justyy has reported that PayPal withdrawals are now available on Coinbase.
That seems interesting. I must check it out...
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price |
US$ 0.256 |
2019-01-14 04:27am UTC |
| SBD price |
US$ 0.720 |
2019-01-14 04:27am UTC |
| Market Cap |
US$ 79,168,128 |
2019-01-14 04:27am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking |
#51 (n/c) |
2019-01-14 04:27am UTC |
| No. of Whales |
36 (n/c) |
2019-01-13 |
| No. of Orcas |
314 (-1) |
2019-01-13 |
| No. of Dolphins |
1970 (-1) |
2019-01-13 |
| No. of Minnows |
9100 (+2) |
2019-01-13 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) |
#4119 (+2) |
2019-01-14 21:22pm UTC |
Follow 
Hive account@penguinpablo for more statistics.
NEWS FROM STEEMIT INC
Hive account@steemitblog - Hivemind is Live!
Hive account@bryan-imhoff - Ned Lives! (Some May Consider That a B Horror Movie Title...)
NEWS FROM THE WITNESSES
#2 
Hive account@aggroed - Steem(it) Town Hall with @ned hosted by @aggroed and @llfarms and a personal perspective on the challenges we face
#4 
Hive account@good-karma - Desktop eSteem Surfer 2.0.4 brings 😎 emojis, Power Up & more
#11 
Hive account@lukestokes - Exchange Transfer Transparency for 2016, 2017, and 2018
#22 
Hive account@therealwolf - Witness Essentials: CLI (Update)
#29 
Hive account@themarkymark - Is Magic Dice Provably Fair?
#59 
Hive account@dragosroua - Witness Update - DragosRoua
#65 Hive account@justyy - PayPal withdrawals now available on Coinbase!
#70 
Hive account@steemcommunity / 
Hive account@abh12345 - Thank You Steemit Inc
#74 
Hive account@bobinson - Bring it on - Primary and Secondary Witness Servers
#105 
Hive account@quochuy - Witness Earning Reports - 2019-01-14
To keep up to date with more posts from witnesses follow 
Hive account@witnesspage ...
NEWS FROM KEY PLAYERS & INFLUENCERS
Hive account@denmarkguy - So Now There Is Advertising...
Hive account@edicted - What is Steemit Inc Telling Us With This Power Down?
Hive account@gadrian - Transparency, but not for us!
Hive account@imacryptorick - All We Need Is RockDB
Hive account@inertia - Improving Steem
Hive account@lostmine27 - 3 recent hot issues in the STEEM chain
Hive account@meno - Magic dice is trouble!
Hive account@penguinpablo - Weekly Steem Stats Report - Monday, January 14, 2019
Hive account@socky - The GitHub STEEM Fork Is a Non-Issue
Hive account@socky - How to Make Money Selling STEEM Accounts
Hive account@steevc - Some Steem tips for newbies (and maybe others too)
Hive account@tarazkp - Flirting with Steem
Hive account@taskmaster4450 - The SMT Economy: Steem's Hidden Gem
Hive account@vlemon - Steemit Statistics & Big Data: End of December 2018 Update
NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
Hive account@air-clinic - NEW UPGRADE: Aircoin Token Transfer Has Been Activated!
Hive account@dsound / 
Hive account@edprivat - Do you support the music community on Steemit?
Hive account@dsound / 
Hive account@harrisonmir - Dsound needs your delegation!
NEWS FROM EVENTS & MEETUPS
JANUARY 2019
Hive account@redrica - First London Steem Meetup of 2019 | Friday 18th Jan 12pm onwards | High Street Kensington
APRIL 2019
Hive account@steemcampuk / 
Hive account@lloyddavis - Save The Date - Saturday 6 April, SteemCampUK event in the Midlands, UK
MAY 2019
Hive account@dtube.forum - State of the Project @dtube.forum 14/01/2019
DECEMBER 2019
Hive account@steemfiesta - SteemFIESTA 2019 - The First Five Days of DECEMBER - Summer in the South!
NEWS FROM DAPPS, APPS & DEVS
Hive account@tcpolymath - Steem Python with Beem tutorial - creating a stream to take commands in transfer memos
Hive account@emrebeyler - [instasteem] A CLI App/Library to cross-post instagram content into your STEEM profile
Hive account@esteemapp / Hive account@good-karma - Desktop eSteem Surfer 2.0.4 brings 😎 emojis, Power Up & more
Hive account@magicdice / Hive account@meno - Magic dice is trouble!
Hive account@steemhunt - Massive Inflow of CES Products in Steemhunt, HUNT Token Price, Term 11 Influencers | Sponsor Report - #39
NEWS FROM GAMES
Hive account@magicdice / Hive account@themarkymark - Is Magic Dice Provably Fair?
If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...
- https://github.com/steemit/steem/branches
If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness Hive account@holger80 provides this via 
Hive account@fullnodeupdate...
- https://steemit.com/full-nodes/@fullnodeupdate/full-api-node-update---1412019
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This is #43 (14 Jan '19) of this daily news service.
Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921
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