Pending Submission VPS_Expenses_2027_Jan-Dec_#1

[vampyren]

Hello everyone,

This proposal is to cover costs for our servers (details below) for the period in title!

We have in total 5 servers right now but they are different in spec. You find the details below!

Server Specs:
- 3x Shared CPU - 8 GB - 160 GB - $48
- 2x dedicated CPU - 8 GB - 160 GB $72
- Backup cost $10 for 4 server!

Costs:
All prices are in USD and there is also a 25% tax on top of above price.

So basically monthly cost will be
3 x $48 = $144 (shared servers)
2 x $72 = $144 (dedicated servers)
4 x $10 = $40 (backups)
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Total: $328 without tax and $410 including tax!
Total for all servers: 12 month x 410 =4920$
Total for all servers: 13 month x 410 =5330$ (read below)

The current price for PIVX is ~0.012 -> works out to ~444.166 PIV for the requested period. I will be adding some buffer (roughly 20% -->533.000) as i see a big risk we go further down.
So the total request i ask for is 533.000 piv this cycle + i also add for Dec 2026. I have actually been paying from pocket for some months now due to our price crash! I did mention this in prev request and have really tried to pay from pocket for some months now but now i can't anymore.

Reporting:
I will not be reporting out any further details.

Subject to change:
If price goes way down, i will have to adjust the months the PIV can cover as before. I have some buffer so i hope this will hold.

Note (risk):
I also like to raise a concern regarding swapping to stable coin and ability to pay to data-center. This is getting even harder now Maybe things get better in a year, maybe it gets worse. In the latter case we have to see how this can be handled!
There is also another hurdle on my side which is CEX:es going full retard removing PIVX like the latest with binance. So making the swap from pivx to stable coin is not as simple as before. Even sites liks trocador.app dont offer many options and price is not very favorable (today only 2 offer a swap even)!
I can't guarantee that swap will get stuck in KYC and i will have to risk not having some of the swap covered! Will try small batches for each payment but there is always the risk! in any case i will adjust the months if that happens.
Voting:
To Vote Yes:
mnbudgetvote many c29537d650d48ef3832a55d1c7452d75b1caa43b7329d830725192f992a3d657 yes

To Vote No:
mnbudgetvote many c29537d650d48ef3832a55d1c7452d75b1caa43b7329d830725192f992a3d657 no

 

[Eric_Stanek]

I wonder what these servers host. I am absolutely certain that they were all needed at one point. My guess is that many apps have been migrated away, but I do not know that. So, first order of business is to take some sort of 'inventory' of what is running on them. Does anyone know? I'm sure the webserver forPIVX.org is one of the apps.

Also, this statement is incorrect; "The current price for PIVX is ~0.012"

That price is because XT didn't turn off their API access for PIVX prices, even though they have PIVX trading suspended. The actual price was double that at the time, and has pumped a bit today. Currently it is at $0.036 USD.

For the server cost of $5,330 USD and at $0.036 USD per PIV, that works out to 148,056 PIV, or 34% of the monthly budget.

We absolutely need to know what is running on these servers and then decide from there.

 

[vampyren]

I wonder what these servers host. I am absolutely certain that they were all needed at one point. My guess is that many apps have been migrated away, but I do not know that. So, first order of business is to take some sort of 'inventory' of what is running on them. Does anyone know? I'm sure the webserver forPIVX.org is one of the apps.

Also, this statement is incorrect; "The current price for PIVX is ~0.012"

That price is because XT didn't turn off their API access for PIVX prices, even though they have PIVX trading suspended. The actual price was double that at the time, and has pumped a bit today. Currently it is at $0.036 USD.

For the server cost of $5,330 USD and at $0.036 USD per PIV, that works out to 148,056 PIV, or 34% of the monthly budget.

We absolutely need to know what is running on these servers and then decide from there.

Totally agree. We might be paying for things we dont need today.

This is what i have saved from long long back

And from linode to match that

I have not logged into them for ages and have no clue who is maintaining, handling them. so yes, i agree we need to do a overhaul.

I requested for roughly 1/4 of the amount for now so i can pay the next month(s) whether we need all of them or not. I will not be able to pay otherwise (already over 100 dollar and counting). This month was already tough so i barely made it. And yes i see price jumped up but i would not bet my house on it staying high specially considering so many delisting. Plus the difficulty to convert is also bothersome.

If anyone feel they want to take over i would not mind it to be honest.

ps. If any of the servers can be killed please do tell me asap so can stop the cost right away! Thanks!