The latest articles on Developers Forum for XinFin XDC Network by 無 (@43c70858928adaf99f447b89174903). https://www.xdc.dev/43c70858928adaf99f447b89174903 https://www.xdc.dev/images/Q_6YwfoAvMYtCn1iDnxBfWlyBLVgeTv5OikssZJQcz0/rs:fill:90:90/mb:500000/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu/eGRjLmRldi91cGxv/YWRzL3VzZXIvcHJv/ZmlsZV9pbWFnZS8x/NzYxL2M3NTZiNDUy/LTg3YWYtNDdhOC05/YmNhLWY3NTE5YzBh/YmMwMS5wbmc https://www.xdc.dev/43c70858928adaf99f447b89174903 en 無 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:41:17 +0000 https://www.xdc.dev/43c70858928adaf99f447b89174903/new-here-questions-about-masternodevalidator-deployment-4g13 https://www.xdc.dev/43c70858928adaf99f447b89174903/new-here-questions-about-masternodevalidator-deployment-4g13 <p>Hello!</p> <p>Just to get straight to the point, the organization I'm part of is looking to host validators (master nodes) on the XDC network within Japan, and I have a few questions after my experiences within the past week. I'd appreciate all the help.</p> <p>Regarding Apothem/XDC's test network:</p> <ul> <li>It is stated in many places that one should use the web wallet when creating a public address for XDC. The wallet linked to from apothem.network, does not appear to exist: </li> </ul> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>~]$ dig +noall +question +an wallet.apothem.network ;wallet.apothem.network. IN A ~]$ # (here is mainnet for comparison): ~]$ dig +noall +question +an wallet.xinfin.network ;wallet.xinfin.network. IN A wallet.xinfin.network. 300 IN A 172.64.96.15 wallet.xinfin.network. 300 IN A 172.64.97.15 </code></pre> </div> <p>I could not find any information as to why the testnet wallet appears to be offline. <a href="https://medium.com/xinfin/setup-stand-by-node-or-backup-node-on-xinfin-mainnet-4e83e5f01c8f#a663">This article includes a screenshot of the testnet wallet</a>, so I believe it used to exist.... What happened to it?</p> <ul> <li>How does one reasonably obtain the 10 million XDC required to be a validator on testnet? The faucet has a captcha and only issues 1000 XDC, so it is far from reasonable to use the faucet for this purpose.</li> </ul> <p>Regarding KYC:</p> <ul> <li>Given the limited amount of info the KYC document requests, is one signed form for the organizational format of the document enough for running multiple validators?</li> <li>Furthermore, what about reusing the same document for both testnet and mainnet?</li> </ul> <p>Other questions:</p> <ul> <li>Are RPC (both HTTP and Websocket) required to be open to the public Internet? Or just port 30303/30304?</li> <li>What exactly are standby nodes? The official documentation hardly mentions them (only one passing mention on docs.xdc.org and zero on howto.xinfin.org). Am I right to infer that every master node deployment, once KYC procedures are complete, becomes a "standby node" by default and randomly gets assigned to become an active master node?</li> <li> <a href="https://docs.xdc.org/build-with-xdc/deploy-an-xdc-public-masternode#how-to-deploy-an-xdc-public-masternode">This document</a> states a master node requires "100% network uptime by IDC network" and "Minimum tier 3+ IDC environment". What exactly does this entail/imply? These lines seem to promote deploying validators in Singapore, but that doesn't sound like the intention behind these lines.</li> </ul> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> xdc