Good Day!!

This is an informal request for feedback on a potential delegate proposal we are working on introducing. We have not created the delegate yet, this is just really looking for your feedback to make sure this opportunity aligns well with what the community would like to see.. and of coarse vote for!

As many of you already know, we run an underground nuclear bunker data center.

We have been in the business of providing virtual and dedicated servers for several years now. Primarily with WHM/Cpanel management, since we are a NOC Partner with Cpanel.

During that time we developed a suite of tools called EZServerTools. These were designed to be STUPID EASY tools to enhance the performance of your Cpanel server, and gain access to easier reporting etc. It is quite literally an ON and OFF switch to install it. After that all the controls are available to you via the web interface. Some of our modules include:

EZNginx = Module that installs Nginx to Cpanel in a reverse proxy to Apache to boost performance and reduce load
EZPowerDNS = First and only module to enable use of PowerDNS, the most powerful and fastest DNS currently available you can now use in WHM/Cpanel
EZMysqlTuner = Automatically calculate the best database settings for your servers useage and continually optimize.
EZUptime = Uptime monitoring from your server that tracks your accounts and alerts you to any downtime complete with a history chart
and several others that are still in development but equally or more awesome.

This has been kept in closed beta while we developed it. Which is why you never heard of it till just now.

However, our customers have been using this suit successfully for some time. We have debugged it quite extensively and have a smooth updating process. We are ready for public beta essentially. The tool focuses on WHM/Cpanel now, but we put extensive work into making it with the ideal in mind of crossing over to other panels like Plesk and WebMin and other popular ones, not to mention vanilla servers as well. This would provide a basic web interface to install all these tools which would make it easier for administration. Not just easy though.. EZ!

With the public beta all these tools would be available FREE!

What we are considering is creating a 100% delegate that is dedicated to subsidizing the development of one more module, EZBitShares.

Our current plan with EZBitShares is to create a STUPID EASY installation of the web-wallet for the administrator of the server to use from his server. Within it, there will be configuration options to have the web-wallet be accessible to his end customers within Cpanel.

This will introduce their customers to BitShares, and potentially become a method for host providers to start accepting BTS or BitUSD from their customers for hosting.

Our marketing plans for the suite is to feature each module with its own website. When our EZServerTools suite is installed, people then have access to all the modules and can turn them on and off as they wish. So someone who maybe looking for an Nginx solution for his WHM/Cpanel server might install our app after finding it at the EZNginx website, and then discover the other modules, along with EZBitShares. This will likely lead to another new user in the least.

Likewise in a similar fashion there will be a site called EZBitShares.com which will also act as another funnel to bring new users to use the tool.

We are considering this in light of development updates and features we know are coming down the line to make processes smoother. If we don't see those processes happening in good time, then we may focus on building out our own wallet to simplify and reduce barriers to entry.

This work will inevitably lead to plugin development with popular billing solutions like WHMCS and Hostbillapp.

Further down the road, we want to introduce another module which would enable the server administrator to STUPID EASY install a delegate for BitShares and possibly other DACs to his server. This will require a lot more work and will be further down the road because it will mean creating a whole new repo dedicated to Red Hat Linux distro servers. Something that currently doesn't exist, but with our work, could. Again though.. FUUURTHER down the road. What I am talking about here so far is not going to happen overnight, so lets not get ahead of ourselves.

The 100% delegate would be run by the same team doing all this development to bring Bitshares into this segment of the hosting server population, which is by far the #1 hosting control panel used around the world today. It would be run from the bunker.

My question to you is simple... what do you think? Any suggestions? Got your vote? Terrible trash it? Love us just the way we are?

Just looking for feedback and your thoughts... this is NOT an offer .. We are just talking about a possible offer like this!

Looking forward to your replies!

Jonathan

Just thinking about bitGold and bitUSD etc all being out on BTER which is another public exchange.

I am curious now.. would a UIA be included in those exchanges as well?

If not, is it possible for a UIA to get listed in other Exchanges?

Would we be limited to only exchanges that include BTS in their exchange?

Soooo made some mistakes setting up a delegate for the company out of lack of documentation. I didn't think anything of our naming choice at the time because I saw dev.nathanhourt.com in the top 101.

I attempted to register a parent wallet account like subdomain.domain.com (real name not shown, this is just an example) with the intent of creating a full RDNS and webpage featuring everything about our delegate position and maybe even link to it for others to see in other forums and learn about bitshares.. .but anyways I attempted to register the name in linux to the network after successfully transferring 10BTS to it from another account and got this:

subdomain.domain.com (unlocked) >>> wallet_account_register subdomain.domain.com subdomain.domain.com
20039 unauthorized_child_account: unauthorized child account
Parent account must authorize registration of this child account!
    {"child_account":"subdomain.domain.com"}
    th_a  wallet.cpp:3036 register_account

    {"account_to_register":"subdomain.domain.com","public_data":null,"pay_with_account_name":"subdomain.domain.com","delegate_pay_rate":255}
    th_a  wallet.cpp:3068 register_account

    {"account_name":"subdomain.domain.com","data":null}
    th_a  wallet_api.cpp:1178 wallet_account_register

    {}
    th_a  common_api_client.cpp:4592 wallet_account_register

    {"command":"wallet_account_register"}
    th_a  cli.cpp:629 execute_command

I realize I didn't include the delegate command in this.. I essentially wanted to just get the wallet setup along with the server configuration prior to getting into the delegate pool.

After this happened I start digging into forums and find this reference to a naming convention that this guy found out the hard way too https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=11904.0

I went to the wiki on Best Practices on Account Names only to find it entirely blank.. why I have no idea: http://wiki.bitshares.org/index.php/Best_Practices/AccountNames

dev.nathanhourt.com is an inside developer that I couldn't find any presence on the forum so I couldn't PM him for the secret sauce to this. So I had to ask the question here:

How on earth did he manage to create this naming convention when the rules state that this would be essentially impossible allowing only one 'subaccount' . in the mix.

I didn't want to do a parent and sub initially.. but even if I was going to, I still have no way to do domain.com .. yet somehow dev.nathanhourt.com has managed too.

Can someone on the inside tell me exactly how this can be accomplished? I REALLY would prefer to have a complete hostname address that I can have advertised as my delegate address so that anybody can find my corresponding data/story/contact anywhere.

I am sure I will get some reply with a link to something obvious that I missed.. but at this point that's a chance I am willing to risk to figure out what to do next to accomplish this.

Thanks so much!

Jonathan

I was invited to comment on a new copyright law going into effect against ISPs in Canada this year.

I have commented already on how blockchain tech could solve the issues surrounding this.

I am going to be on the radio at about 1pm EST if anybody is interested in catching the show.

http://www.news957.com/category/sheldon-macleod-show/

You can listen to it live on the Internet.

Another media plug for bitshares.. so thought everyone might be interested.

Jonathan

Good Day

By request I am copying this question here in the hopes that it can be answered and help many others who maybe challenged at accomplishing the same.

I went about setting up my own in ubuntu delegate server.. no problem on the server side.. running on a dime.

The CLI has me lost however... particularly on one point.

I have an existing delegate account that was created using the Windows client interface.. now I want to get that delegate account imported into the new ubuntu delegate server.. but for the life of me I haven't been able to figure out what or where or how to port it in with the CLI.

Do you have any tips or suggestions?

I haven't been able to find the documentation to make this work either.. all the documents float around creating a new one.. and even some of those don't match with how current commands work.

Thanks again!