Active LRP - Labs Infra

[PIVX Labs]

Name: LRP - Labs Infra
Term: 3 Cycles
Cycle Amnt: 3,250
Total Amnt: 9,750
Author: JSKitty
Receiver: PIVX Labs
Address: DLabsktzGMnsK5K9uRTMCF6NoYNY6ET4Bb
Created: 17-12-2024
Status: Active
Vote Hash: 96a895423dd5ca349959b7676fa7a0614a1b4208e76919b575f660256ffff17e

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Proposal Abstract
This is the routine PIVX Labs infrastructure proposal, covering the costs of Servers (monthly), Domains (yearly), and AI rental and/or GPU-time bills (monthly).

Since the last proposal, no additional infrastructure has been acquired (unless you count swapping out a Proxy, which costs the same as previously, so no cost difference) - we've been running smooth-sailing with our current setup for a few months, so no changes were necessary.

Note: This proposal drops from a total of 12,750 PIV to 9,750 PIV, thanks to the recent price increase.
A minor buffer value was kept, in case of potential downward swings in the next three months - spare server funds are eligible to be contributed to the Labs Community Reward Pool.

Our Server and Domain provider is Njalla: "Considered the worlds most notorious "Privacy as a Service" provider", Njalla has the same founder as The Pirate Bay and countless other infamous anti-censorship services, including supporting WikiLeaks, Njalla have the same attitude as Labs, and we have a direct PGP-encrypted chatline to them - why wouldn't we use them?

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Njalla (Onion) - Njalla (Clearweb)
Njalla's hardware is based in Sweden, and unlike most; they are not a reseller, but direct hardware-as-a-service.

/ˈɲalla/ (Sami),
Small hut in the Sápmi forest, built to protect against predators.
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Proposal Plans

This proposal aims to cover all Infrastructure costs, including but not limited to: (New additions are highlighted in bold and marked with a purple circle)
- All current and future Labs domains (MyPIVXWallet.org, PIVCards, PIVX Rewards, PIVX Labs Home, and room for additional if needed).
- Official My PIVX Wallet RPC and Shield Params server (hosted at rpc.pivxla.bz).
- Labs Home server. (PIVXLa.bz CDN, home page, and micro-services).
- AI GPU-time. (Instead of an independent AI-only proposal).
- MyPIVXWallet Primary server. (Hardened MPW-dedicated server).
- MyPIVXWallet Backup server. (Hardened MPW-dedicated server, used for load-balancing and/or test deployments).
- PIVX Rewards server. (Used for the PIVX Rewards platform, hosts a PIVX full node and all PIVX Rewards data).
- Labs Cold Server. (Used for Labs micro-services such as Labs Cold Pool, PIVi, Prodder).
- PIVCards Master Server. (Runs full nodes of PIVX Core, DogeCoin Core, as well as the PIVCards Codebase).
- PIVCards Proxy Micro-Servers. (NOT hosted under Njalla due to Proxies needing to be located internationally, these servers allow PIVCards to operate in select global regions, like UK, US, EU, Canada, etc).

The costs are estimated to be around 610 to 810 Euros a month, including headroom for potential upgrades, converted to PIV at current rates, as a 'maximum band' number, meaning we could theoretically run lower, but it may stretch and stress our servers beyond capacity, leaves little headroom for upgrading, and prevents changes of plans under a month (superblock cycle), this is especially considered in the rare event of a failed superblock.