Name: LRP - Labs Infra
Term: 3 Cycles
Cycle Amnt: 8,500
Total Amnt: 25,500
Author: JSKitty
Receiver: PIVX Labs
Address: DLabsktzGMnsK5K9uRTMCF6NoYNY6ET4Bb
Created: 18-6-2025
Status: Active
Vote Hash: a1717ee917839befd1621b203d4c718736712455366115541447feebe19d8962
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).
No infrastructure changes have occured in the last three months.
Note: This proposal increases from a total of 16,500 PIV to 25,500 PIV, due to current market conditions.
A minor buffer value was kept, in case of potential downward swings in the next three months - spare server funds are eligible to be contributed to the Labs Community Reward Pool.
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).
- Official My PIVX Wallet RPC and Shield Params server (hosted at rpc.pivxla.bz). - Labs Home server. (PIVXLa.bz CDN, home page, and micro-services).
- 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). - 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 660 to 860 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 may stretch and stress our servers beyond capacity, leaves little headroom for upgrading, and prevents changes of plans under a month (superblock cycle), this is especially considered in the rare event of a failed superblock.