EOS block producers briefly crash due to RAM misconfiguration

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Fledgling cryptocurrency EOS can’t seem to catch a break. Over the weekend, top block producer, EOS New York, took to Twitter to notify users that several other block producers had crashed due to a RAM-related complication.

It appears that shortly after the overall RAM usage on the platform passed the 1GB mark, the nodes of a number of block producers – the EOS equivalent of Bitcoin miners – suddenly crashed. The malfunction occurred despite an agreement between block producers to support a maximum limit of 64GB.

EOS New York has suggested the issue likely had to do with a failure to configure nodes accordingly. The block producer further added the mishap might be in violation of the reg producer agreement (put in place for accounts interested in registering as block producers).

It was later confirmed that the RAM issue was the result of a faulty configuration, and not strictly a violation of the terms.

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EOS Block Producers Vote to Raise RAM Supply to Lower Cost of Running dApps

Opening an account on the EOS network might soon no longer require you to break the bank, thanks to a new proposal that has been activated on the fifth-largest cryptocurrency’s network.

On Thursday, block producers — the organizations that validate transactions and enforce the rules for the EOS network — voted to double the network’s supply of RAM, the resource that developers must purchase (with EOS tokens) to run applications on the blockchain platform.

The price of RAM is determined by supply and demand, making the network a playground for speculators. RAM prices have spiraled out of control at several points since the network’s launch in June, making it expensive for developers to deploy decentralized applications (dApps) and for new users to create accounts.

https://www.ccn.com/eos-block-producers-vote-to-raise-ram-supply-to-lower-cost-of-running-dapps/