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Greetings Hivers,

with some bumps on the road, we've finally reached Eclipse HF24 and beyond!

 Besides another airdrop required and the un-expected "soft-fork", I'd say that this went over pretty smooth and I, for one, want to thank blocktrades, howo, mariusz, bartek, eric, andrzej, marcin, gtg, all witnesses and everyone else that was involved.



<h2>Hive Witness Essentials</h2>

I've pushed a new version for `Hive Witness Essentials` which is HF24 compatible. This also includes the `dhive` [failover fix (v0.14.4)](https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/dhive/-/merge_requests/18?commit_id=c946639cd4b10200d05b92f6e93c0d1f4eb8073a).

<h3>Update instructions are simple:</h3>

```
cd hive-witness-essentials
git stash
git pull
yarn
```

I've also updated RPC nodes (copied from drakos pricefeed script) within the `example.config.json`, so if you want to use them:

```
# Choose a folder; in this case: cli
cd cli
nano configs/config.example.json
# copy it
nano configs/config.json
# paste it
```

For `remote` I've improved the security by deleting the password message, so it's not kept in your chat log. I'd recommend changing the password after updating.

<h2>Getting Started From Scratch</h2>

If you want to setup Hive Witness Essentials from scratch, then please checkout:
https://github.com/therealwolf42/hive-witness-essentials

Instructions for each module (cli, pricefeed, remote, watcher) are available in the respective folders:

- cli: https://github.com/therealwolf42/hive-witness-essentials/essentials/cli
- pricefeed: https://github.com/therealwolf42/hive-witness-essentials/essentials/pricefeed
- remote: https://github.com/therealwolf42/hive-witness-essentials/essentials/remote
- watcher: https://github.com/therealwolf42/hive-witness-essentials/essentials/watcher

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Hive on!

~Wolf