Skeet lanceert India's enige Solana Blockchain-datacenter
Skeet lanceert India's enige Solana Blockchain-datacenter
ELSOUL LABO B.V. (Hoofdkantoor: Amsterdam, Nederland, CEO: Fumitake Kawasaki),
together with Epics DAO, which it established to operate a Web3 NFT card game
supporting open-source software development, is driving innovation and
sustainable development in blockchain technology through the development and
operation of 'solv', an open-source tool for Solana blockchain validators. This
tool has proven its performance and reliability over approximately one year of
operation and is now extensively used by many users on both the mainnet and
testnet of the Solana blockchain.
Similarly, the Skeet development team, also established by ELSOUL LABO, has been
leveraging its software development expertise for validator operations, aiming
to enhance the sustainability of open-source development by allocating rewards
to cover necessary costs and utilizing 'solv' in operating Solana blockchain
validators.
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the only Solana blockchain data
center in India by the Skeet development team.
The Decision to Establish India’s Only Solana Data Center and the Inside Story of Skeet Development
Currently, there are about 1,700 Solana mainnet validators operating worldwide,
distributed across 317 mainnet data centers.
However, as of May 2024, there were no Solana data centers in India.
Looking at the global distribution of Solana data centers, many are concentrated
in the USA and Europe, while Asia, Oceania, South America, and Africa still have
far fewer data centers.
One reason for this is server costs. Large data centers incur significant
cooling costs. Additionally, the maintenance expenses of data centers are
heavily influenced by the location's environmental conditions, making operations
in regions with harsh climates like India difficult and costly.
These server costs directly impact validator operational profits, creating a
barrier to entry. This trend is pronounced; the higher the server costs, the
fewer the validators in that region.
Furthermore, launching and maintaining validators is costly. Especially in
regions with few validators, preparing the right machine specs and managing
operations becomes more complex, and initial setups are particularly
challenging.
At one point, the few Solana validators operating in India withdrew due to these
high costs.
For the Solana network, and indeed for the proliferation and development of
blockchain technology, it's crucial to distribute data centers globally.
Users in regions without nearby validator nodes experience degraded network
performance, which stifles development and results in lost opportunities for
innovation.
In 2018, the founding members of ELSOUL LABO set up an offshore app development
company in India, working on numerous projects alongside many Indian IT
professionals.
India boasts a vast number of IT technicians and numerous development projects.
The fluidity of developers, who typically move from project to project, is high.
Therefore, Indian IT technicians are very proactive about new technologies and
eager to learn.
However, unifying team perceptions and development methods was challenging.
We relied heavily on open-source application frameworks to standardize
development methods and deeply appreciated their value.
However, organizations using application frameworks faced several challenges,
especially in deployment.
Issues that worked in the development environment but failed in production and
errors due to differences in environment among team members degraded development
efficiency. Ultimately, difficulty in unifying development led us to withdraw,
which was regrettable.
This was not a flaw in the application frameworks themselves but an inherent
difficulty in deploying applications.
We felt the need to integrate a robust (environmentally stable without
unexpected errors) environment into the framework entirely, which led us to
start researching serverless frameworks immediately after withdrawing.
Our third open-source serverless framework, Skeet, was presented at the
international conference ENASE 2024 and received high acclaim from many
participants.
To give back to India, where we made this significant discovery, we decided to
establish the only Solana data center in the country.
This will contribute to the proliferation and development of the Solana network
in India, providing many Indian IT technicians with opportunities to tackle new
innovations where we see significant potential and value.
In fact, when we began our business in India in 2018, QR payment systems like
Paytm were already widespread, enabling transactions at street vendors and food
stalls. PayPay, which has become commonplace in Japan today, was launched in
October 2018 and developed based on Paytm's technology, showcasing the rapid
pace of technological adoption and innovation in India.
We look forward to numerous blockchain-based innovations emerging in India in
the future.
Solana Mainnet Data Center (India, Mumbai):
https://www.validators.app/data-centers/396982-IN-Mumbai?locale=en&network=mainnet
Skeet has set a 0% fee for users who stake SOL, with an annual percentage rate
(APR) of rewards at 7.58%.
To facilitate the participation of subsequent validators in regions with very
few Solana validators and to aim for high validator scores, we use high-spec
machine resources of 112 vCPUs + 896 GB RAM and have established a robust
operating system.
Even if there is a problem with the hardware, we can quickly and easily relocate
using the open-source 'solv'. The status of this new data center in Mumbai,
India, is constantly monitored by ELSOUL LABO, ensuring rapid fixing in any
emergency.
We would be very pleased if you continue to support our activities.
Skeet - Solana Mainnet Validator:
https://www.validators.app/validators/LionBN8UQ69Amea77CurDSCnRDVGTMND9oyv74ZteE2?locale=en&network=mainnet
ELSOUL LABO en Epics DAO
Het kernteam van ELSOUL LABO en Epics DAO is ook actief betrokken bij de ontwikkeling van open-source software.
Zij beheren twee open-source softwareprojecten, "solv" en "Skeet".
"solv" is een open-source tool die het opzetten en beheren van Solana Validators en RPC Nodes vereenvoudigt. Om beloningen te verdienen als Blockchain Validator zijn machineresources met de juiste specificaties nodig, en moet de Validator-software worden geinstalleerd en ingesteld volgens de documentatie, gevolgd door meerdere updates per week.
Met "solv" kunnen Solana Validators eenvoudig worden gelanceerd met slechts drie commando's. Updates vereisen slechts een commando, waarbij gebruik wordt gemaakt van het open-source karakter zodat een enkele persoon wereldwijd de update kan beheren en anderen deze kunnen downloaden. solv-documentatie: https://solv.epics.dev/
"Skeet" is een open-source serverless app-ontwikkelingstool met TypeScript, die een modern applicatieframework biedt voor infrastructuurbeheer, snelle app-ontwikkeling, AI-ondersteuning en dApp/Web3-ontwikkeling.
Skeet-documentatie: https://skeet.dev/
De onderzoekspaper van het Skeet-ontwikkelteam, "Skeet: Towards a Lightweight Serverless Framework Supporting Modern AI-Driven App Development", werd gepresenteerd op ENASE 2024, een internationale conferentie over software engineering gehouden in Angers, Frankrijk, op 28-29 april 2024. Dr. James vertegenwoordigde het team en ontving hoge waardering voor zijn presentatie.
ENASE 2024: https://enase.scitevents.org/
Dit onderzoek stelt een lichtgewicht serverless framework voor ter ondersteuning van moderne AI-gedreven applicatieontwikkeling. Het onderzoek is gepubliceerd in de conferentie-proceedings en geindexeerd in Google Scholar, Scopus en andere belangrijke databases, waardoor het breed toegankelijk is voor de onderzoeksgemeenschap.
「Skeet: Towards a Lightweight Serverless Framework Supporting Modern AI-Driven
App Development」 - SciTePress:
https://www.scitepress.org/PublicationsDetail.aspx?ID=Rza3TGE30Xw=&t=1
Wij zullen innovatie blijven bevorderen, betrokken blijven bij open-source softwareontwikkeling en de algehele ontwikkelomgeving van open-source projecten ondersteunen.
Bedrijfsoverzicht
- Naam: ELSOUL LABO B.V.
- Oprichters: Fumitake Kawasaki, Shota Kishi
- Activiteiten: Softwareonderzoek en -ontwikkeling (AI, Cloud, Blockchain)
- Opgericht: september 2020
- Locatie: Weteringschans 165, 1017XD Amsterdam, Nederland
- Certificering: WBSO (geavanceerd onderzoek en ontwikkeling) van de Nederlandse overheid, Google Cloud Build-partner, ENASE2024 paperselectie
- Bedrijfs-URL: https://labo.elsoul.nl
- Officiele Discord: https://discord.gg/H2HeqRq54J
- Perskit: https://labo.elsoul.nl/en/press-kits
DAO-overzicht
- DAO-naam: Epics DAO
- Oprichters: Fumitake Kawasaki, Shota Kishi
- Activiteiten: Onderzoek, ontwikkeling en exploitatie van maatschappelijk nuttige Blockchain-games
- Opgericht: juni 2022
- Prijzen: 5e plaats bij Solana Summer Camp Hackathon 2022
- URL: https://epics.dev
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpicsDAO2
- Discord: https://discord.gg/GmHYfyRamx
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