SPK Network Announcements

# 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](https://github.com/spknetwork/oratr/releases) * 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](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@disregardfiat/spk-js) * Let's any website integrate SPK Network features into their site. ### [ipfs-hls-player - NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-hls-player) * Support for HLS (http live streaming) Video and IPFS linked m3u8 playlists ### [Trole - Github](https://github.com/spknetwork/trole) * 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](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@disregardfiat/proofofaccess) * Binaries for multiple platforms ### [HoneyComb](https://github.com/spknetwork/honeycomb-spkcc/tree/1.2-poa) & [Honeygraph](https://github.com/disregardfiat/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](https://discord.gg/Beeb38j) & [SPK Network](https://discord.gg/YEHvWEvvey) ## Progress & Funding @spkproposal received ~$228,071.51 from the DHF With ~$11,800 from the following accounts @speak.delegation: -$7,109.91 @threespeakfund: -$4,117 @curatorhulk: -$200 @starkerz: -$300 @theycallmedan: -$100 With Payouts to the following accounts @vaultec: $63,307 @disregardfiat: $54,843 @nathansenn: $47,012 @sagarkothari88: $28,639.31 @igormumba: $20,210 @adesouljay: $9,033 @pbsa: $8,500 @sqhell: $7,850 @vicypher: $5,500 @sisygoboom: $5,227 @psorigins: $5,050 @juneroy1: $5,000 @peerplays: $4,500 @kesolink: $3,400 @noakmilo: $950 @eddiespino: $700 @deathwing: $350 Additionally ~$289000 Has been funded to bring HoneyComb up to speed from the DHF @disregardfiat ~$169,000 @markegiles ~$120,000 The [Initial Proposal](@spknetwork/spk-network-funding-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 @nathansenn ~ javascript/typescript by @disregardfiat ~ html/css by @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](https://peakd.com/me/proposals/322) has been unfunded since the first week of May. Mark and I would greatly appreciate your support.