# SPK Network

At long last we have an alpha release of the storage node software!
**Oratr** is the SPK Networks desktop app. It allows you to run SPK Network infrastructure with nearly no hassle. 

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/23t7572dRQkybsfFCE7H6xkHnT17qN3J41yUcio9rmt2CtTzMwvZ7hTevtMQX3bbHMf1k.png)

Oratr wraps the all new spk-js which will allow SPK Network features at any website! We've built a graphql DB, HoneyGraph, that transforms HoneyComb data into an easy to digest structure. Which all means you'll be able to access your SPK Network files anywhere... 

![WebDAV](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/23tHZEG7L7ZXBGjVsjh3LwRbLSvqWCW4L5D9YNGPNBvGFhNunD9jxk2wKE3QJmXdaGWJD.png)

#### Quick start
- **Install & run**: Download the latest Oratr build for your OS and sign in with your Hive account.
- **Choose IPFS**: Let Oratr run IPFS for you (recommended) or point it at your own 127.0.0.1:5001 with PubSub enabled.
- **Start storage**: Open PoA Control Panel, set account/key, storage size, and start the node.
- **Upload**: Drag-and-drop files; Oratr will transcode (if needed), authorize, upload, and finalize.

[Oratr - Download for WIN/MAC/LINUX](https://github.com/spknetwork/oratr/releases)
* Windows / Linux -> Trust unknown app
* Mac -> `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Oratr.app` in Terminal
* Build from source if you are savvy
## There's More!
### [spk-js - NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@disregardfiat/spk-js)
* Let's any website integrate SPK Network features into their site.
### [ipfs-hls-player - NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-hls-player)
* Support for HLS (http live streaming) Video and IPFS linked m3u8 playlists
### [Trole - Github](https://github.com/spknetwork/trole)
* The Validator set up for SPK Network
   * Run it on a server for constant uptime. Requires a domain name so storage nodes can dial in and earn rewards.
   * Accept uploads from websites and Oratr when not running a storage node (like a laptop)

### [Proof Of Access - NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@disregardfiat/proofofaccess)
* Binaries for multiple platforms

### [HoneyComb](https://github.com/spknetwork/honeycomb-spkcc/tree/1.2-poa) & [Honeygraph](https://github.com/disregardfiat/honeygraph)
L2 infrastructure for Hive, smart contract layer and read replica GraphDB

# Whole Network Alpha Testing
Not all the project features are in all the project places, but I believe most of the rest of the work is just making things work *better*, and not making things *work*. I'd love to invite everyone to try out the SPK network in what ever capacity you want. Run a HoneyComb Node, run Honeygraph, download Oratr... integrate the DEX or File Explorer into your website... support IPFS-HLS video!

Our goal is to test and improve the features and functioning of the network... when we transition out of a test network we intend to bring the file data from the testnet to the live net. You should be able to store your public / social files here with the expectation they'll be here longer than the test network. 

We have discord servers like [dlux](https://discord.gg/Beeb38j) & [SPK Network](https://discord.gg/YEHvWEvvey)

## Progress & Funding
@spkproposal received ~$228,071.51 from the DHF
With ~$11,800 from the following accounts
@speak.delegation: -$7,109.91
@threespeakfund: -$4,117
@curatorhulk: -$200
@starkerz: -$300
@theycallmedan: -$100

With Payouts to the following accounts
@vaultec: $63,307
@disregardfiat: $54,843
@nathansenn: $47,012
@sagarkothari88: $28,639.31
@igormumba: $20,210
@adesouljay: $9,033
@pbsa: $8,500
@sqhell: $7,850
@vicypher: $5,500
@sisygoboom: $5,227
@psorigins: $5,050
@juneroy1: $5,000
@peerplays: $4,500
@kesolink: $3,400
@noakmilo: $950
@eddiespino: $700
@deathwing: $350

Additionally ~$289000 Has been funded to bring HoneyComb up to speed from the DHF
@disregardfiat ~$169,000
@markegiles ~$120,000

The [Initial Proposal](@spknetwork/spk-network-funding-proposal) was 47 months ago and had some lofty goals. I have been involved now for 42 months and today most of those goals have been achieved in some manner or another. HoneyGraph enables CDN, Oratr has video transcoding... it's a complex monster of a project but it was built on Hive, with no native smart contract support.

I know Lines of Code is a terrible metric, Bill Gates once said it's like measuring the efficiency of an airplane by how much it weighs... But it does represent work.  

![spk-js](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/Eq7QoK7uzjEDa1w5RqwJShzBCm9FArsX2djMsMFsoNkQ135jncZ7DDyyTazLDHsCgwc.png)


![ProofOfAccess](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/243BuFiznZ4MezxxtcVov8MFU7PCZVGzGp1CogJo9eTCkw16A7baZUWv9497VrAi4ghNj.png)


![Trole](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/Eq3AwkgstSbQaar1DESD9cCP1XJoxH8o86ptaXrSozb1jakKGU4NyRMbD2KrmF7j9AB.png)


![Oratr](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/242P4SuZwbWRgLDvZBbPnZioFaYj91GYdVnWhYQDGvPsz6Rnf4QozeuoT94mopLZLXVEo.png)


 
Additionally HoneyComb & HoneyGraph

![HoneyGraph](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/242sC1Ju7ripZzq1jJy32YwjWgUFtZCK1ffkuMMcDPvAPo67cB78vKfDReEn2xEKEZSXL.png)


![HoneyComb](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/disregardfiat/2432dFZdRRAX9Bkjy5VhtwyKLf9okNPia9cxeAQUS4zKctruJ2yMcCnMH2KbdHFNZRTnk.png)

I won't bring dlux-io into this as most of the spk code we wrote there wound up in trole. But that's ~200,000 lines of code altogether. Not to mention building websites like spk.network, or the spk-claim chain code, graphic design, proof reading, meetings, research and developement, and dead ends. At the end of it we have major technical contributions by:
~ golang authored by @nathansenn 
~ javascript/typescript by @disregardfiat
~ html/css by @markegiles

For me personally, that's $3,595 a month, minus expenses like running servers. Which is still less than half of what I was making at my previous job. At market rate that's roughly 1 year of paid dev work. 

This is a $2-4 million dollar project in the US(which Mark, Nathan and I are citizens of), and should have been handled by a team of 8-12. 

I personally can't continue to build on Hive full-time with out the support of the DHF. I believe I have lost roughly $600,000 building here for the past 8 years. SPK tokens were airdropped based on Hive holding, I won't gain much from their value either. 

To that end [Proposal 322](https://peakd.com/me/proposals/322) has been unfunded since the first week of May. Mark and I would greatly appreciate your support.