Name: LRP - Labs Infra
Term: 3 Cycles
Cycle Amnt: 2,200
Total Amnt: 6,600
Author: JSKitty, Mirela
Receiver: PIVX Labs
Address: DLabsktzGMnsK5K9uRTMCF6NoYNY6ET4Bb
Created: 07-06-2024
Status: Active
Vote Hash: ddd5dd8a0f63b066ab3feadd8d50b29daffb2b27b569831aa21ee75ea928c7a3
Proposal Abstract
This is the routine PIVX Labs infrastructure proposal, covering the costs of Servers (monthly), Domains (yearly), and AI rental and/or GPU-time bills (monthly).
Since the last proposal, we've gained another domain (PIVXLa.bz) as well as a new large server to host the upcoming Labs Home website, which includes sub-services such as the soon-to-launch Labs Oracle (PIVXLa.bz/oracle), in addition we will be moving the cost of AI-time to this proposal, which is typically only a small fraction of our infrastructure costs, including headroom for unforeseen budget events, new domains, servers, or influx in AI GPU-time usage.
Our Server and Domain provider is Njalla: *"Considered the worlds most notorious "Privacy as a Service" provider"*, Njalla has the same founder as The Pirate Bay and countless other infamous anti-censorship services, including supporting WikiLeaks, Njalla have the same attitude as Labs, and we have a direct PGP-encrypted chatline to them - why wouldn't we use them?
Njalla (Onion) - Njalla (Clearweb)
Njalla's hardware is based in Sweden, and unlike most; they are not a reseller, but direct hardware-as-a-service.
/ˈɲalla/ (Sami),
Small hut in the Sápmi forest, built to protect against predators.
Proposal Plans
This proposal aims to cover all Infrastructure costs, including but not limited to: *(New additions are highlighted in bold and marked with a purple circle)
- All current and future Labs domains (MyPIVXWallet.org, PIVCards, PIVX Rewards, PIVX Labs Home, and room for additional if needed).
- 🟣 (NEW) Labs Home server. (PIVXLa.bz CDN, home page, and micro-services).
- 🟣 (NEW) AI GPU-time. (Instead of an independent AI-only proposal).
- MyPIVXWallet Primary server. (Hardened MPW-dedicated server).
- MyPIVXWallet Backup server. (Hardened MPW-dedicated server, used for load-balancing and/or test deployments).
- PIVX Rewards server. (Used for the PIVX Rewards platform, hosts a PIVX full node and all PIVX Rewards data).
- Labs Cold Server. (Used for Labs micro-services such as Labs Cold Pool, PIVi, Prodder).
- PIVCards Master Server. (Runs full nodes of PIVX Core, DogeCoin Core, as well as the PIVCards Codebase, securely holding up-to 0.1 BTC worth of funds for operation). - PIVCards Proxy Micro-Servers. (NOT hosted under Njalla due to Proxies needing to be located internationally, these servers allow PIVCards to operate in select global regions, like UK, US, EU, Canada, etc).*
The costs are estimated to be around 550 to 750 Euros a month, including headroom for potential upgrades, converted to PIV at current rates, as a 'maximum band' number, meaning we could theoretically run lower, but it leaves little headroom for upgrading or changes of plans under a month (superblock cycle), this is especially considered in the rare event of a failed superblock.