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how will you deal with abuse? scripts to just spin and mine bit coin etc. cool project!

• OwainX 10y ago
  This initial release is designed to test two things. 1.) Our abuse processes. The goal in this area is to both be very strict in preventing abuse while trying to do so with as little inconvenience for legitimate users as possible and 2.) Testing the ROI. Cloud servers are really inexpensive for short periods and we will be testing conversion rates to see if the project can be self-sustaining through the added time model.
  • nixgeek 10y ago
    At the point someone's wanting something for a month, why wouldn't they go pay $5 to DigitalOcean, vs. $10 to you?
    • hobofan 10y ago
      Why wouldn't Dply just become a DigitalOcean reseller and only cost $5? I could definately see this working out as a customer aquistion channel for DO, eith Dply getting a referral fee.
      • joantune 10y ago
        Because he works for AWS :D. But ditto for AWS
        • OwainX 10y ago
          Actually, I work for DO :) But Dply is not a DO project or product. It's my personal side-project and while I have DO's blessing to run it, it's otherwise unrelated and acts like any other DO customer reselling or running an SaaS. Automatic deletion, the built in user-data button system and our acceptance of Bitcoin and Alipay provide options that DO itself currently does not offer. This is the MVP/Initial Beta of Dply and we're hoping to learn a lot from it. One thing we are testing is whether we'll see high enough conversion rates by users adding time to their servers to cover the costs of the free servers and hopefully make a profit. Acting as a DO referrer is a backup option that could add credit to the platform to help cover costs if the current model proves unsustainable.
          • joantune 10y ago
            My bad! I can see the potential for this in the following scenario: People start using it to showcase the service/software by clicking on a button on GitHub. Or imagine yet: going to the docker hub, clicking on a button, and getting a server with that up and running. This might be huge. Providing support for an image with docker and allowing one to use docker compose or the such seems the way to go here. If this post doesn't reach some of the projects with more potential, you should try to reach out to them yourself.
• JulianMorrison 10y ago
  Nobody's gonna mine bitcoin on a machine with half a gigabyte of RAM and 1 CPU.
  • tlrobinson 10y ago
    Doesn't mean nobody is going to try...