15 Dec 2017: Witness Announcement

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Last updated: Jan 16, 2018
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PBSA Announcement to Peerplays Witnesses

Starting in early 2018, PBSA will make recommendations for Witnesses to deploy software related to the Bookie betting exchange on the Peerplays Public Testnet. This will enable testing of Bookie in an environment that mirrors, as closely as possible, the live Peerplays blockchain.

Deployment of Bookie software by Witnesses on the live Peerplays blockchain will be recommended by PBSA (a) when testing on the Public Testnet is successfully completed and (b) when PBSA considers the entire Bookie product to be ready for launch.

In preparation for this, PBSA asks Witnesses to consider the following points:

1. Public Testnet
In a Bulletin released on September 5th, 2017, PBSA made the following recommendation:

"To continue to achieve the highest standards of software security for the Peerplays
blockchain, PBSA strongly suggests that all Peerplays witness node operators immediately begin​ ​to​ ​participate​ ​in​ ​a​ ​parallel​ ​public​ ​“testnet”​ ​blockchain(s)."
https://www.peerplays.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Peerplays-Public-Testnet.pdf

PBSA repeats this recommendation. Active support of a Public Testnet by Witnesses is a crucial element in the secure and timely roll-out of new software and decentralized applications on the live Peerplays blockchain.

PBSA suggests that Witnesses use the same Account Name on Public Testnet(s) as on the live Peerplays blockchain where possible. This will make clear for PPY token holders which Witnesses are actively supporting Public Testnet efforts.

2. API nodes & seed nodes
PBSA strongly recommends that all Peerplays Witnesses run both a public API node and a seed node. While public API node and seed node can be identical, it is highly recommended to have the block-producing Witness node on an entirely separate machine.

3. Witness Communications
PBSA plans to implement new communication channels with Witnesses. The intention is to facilitate better knowledge sharing, more effective community discussion, and timely handling of new software releases, bug-reporting, and other issues that may affect the Peerplays blockchain. More details to come in January 2018.