FAQ's
Please go through below Frequently Asked Questions to help you understand the RecordsKeeper's offerings.
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RecordsKeeper is a public, mineable blockchain for record keeping & data security. It can also be seen as an open-source platform for private blockchains, which offers a rich set of features including extensive configurability, rapid deployment, permissions management, native assets, and data streams.
You can publish your data in key-value pair format on the RecordsKeeper blockchain.
RecordsKeeper is a key-value pair based database running on blockchain. It stores every record as a key-value pair as a part of XRK transactions. Alternatively, you can regard it as an amalgamation of all three (storage, database and blockchain) as it offers storage as a database on the public blockchain.
Since RecordsKeeper is a public blockchain, it consists of several decentralized nodes (aka servers) which verify each and every transaction while adding new blocks into the blockchain. Each node participates in administration: all nodes verify new additions to the blockchain, and are capable of entering new data into RecordsKeeper. Traditional databases allow the modification of data, but with the RecordsKeeper blockchain the data is secured and cannot be tampered with, altered, or modified once published and confirmed in the RecordsKeeper blockchain ledger.
RecordsKeeper is based on a simple mechanism to utilize transaction size to store data as compared to other 3rd parties which uses the rental of other user’s hard drives to create a network of storage. RecordsKeeper blockchain is based on key-value pairs, which reduces the need to source storage space from other parties.
RecordsKeeper offers ease of access to the database. You can use the JSON RPC commands to interact with the blockchain, which keeps RecordsKeeper in line with the Bitcoin blockchain.
RecordsKeeper allows the user to upload data (in key-value pair format) onto the blockchain with ease and in a single XRK transaction. Users can upload multiple entries in the form of key-value pairs, but it has to be one pair per transaction. RecordsKeeper is a public blockchain, and it also allows users to retrieve their uploaded data by the use of a key. The cost of data upload is calculated as per the data size and awarded to the miners in the form of XRK.
RecordsKeeper allows different data formats, ranging from JSON, XML, Hex, or Objects, to Simple text. Users are allowed to upload data and retrieve data up to the maximum size of 2 MB per transaction. Please remember that the fees in XRK are determined by how much data you upload.
RecordsKeeper allows OP_RETURN transactions of XRK up to 2 MB per transaction and other transactions up to 4 MB. If you are using the key-value database in RecordsKeeper blockchain, then the maximum size allowed is 2 MB per transaction.
Technically, it is possible but it is not recommended. A file can have a large amount of raw data which does not necessarily need to be kept secure and may cost you a lot in terms of XRK fees. It is highly recommended to upload the textual juice of the file or record in the structures textual data like JSON/XML. In any case, the maximum size of published records can be up to 2 MB per XRK transaction. Alternatively, if you wish to upload larger files upto 5 GB in size, then you can upload the hash of the file over the RecordsKeeper blockchain to publish the proof-of-existence, proof-of-integrity tec. or contact us for further assistance.
The RecordsKeeper specifications are as follows:
- Avg. Block Size: 250 bytes
- Max Block Size: 8 MB
- Avg. Block Frequency: 15 seconds
- Mining Algorithm: PoW
- Premined Tokens: 300 million XRK
- Mining Reward: 10 XRK
- Max Transaction Size: 4 MB
- Max OP_RETURN Transaction Size: 2 MB
The maximum block size on the RecordsKeeper blockchain is 8 MB (8388608 bytes).
The average size of transactions on the RecordsKeeper blockchain is 250 bytes and the maximum size of a block is 8 MB (8388608 bytes). Thus, you can have up to 33554 transactions per block on average. The average block time is 15 seconds, so you can have up to 2236 transactions/sec if they are all small size transactions. If the transaction sizes are larger, the number of transactions decrease accordingly.
There are several use cases for RecordsKeeper ranging from KYC verifications, supply chain management, manufacturing, health record management, academic certifications, and employment credentials verification. You can view all the use cases in the RecordsKeeper whitepaper .
No. The data uploaded to RecordsKeeper is not encrypted by default. If you wish to encrypt the data to make it available on blockchain while keeping it private, then you can always encrypt it in your application layer. This will ensure its immutability, as well as its privacy.
Anyone who has the key or the transaction ID of the published records can retrieve the data. You can also retrieve records sent to a specific address on the RecordsKeeper blockchain using Blockchain Explorer or its native APIs.
To verify published records, you can access the data using the key from the RecordsKeeper blockchain, and then compare it with your locally stored record. If both the records match exactly, then your record’s integrity and immutability has been maintained in your local storage. If they do not, then it clearly means that someone has tampered with the local records.
The current fee for publishing records is 0.1 XRK/KB of data. This can vary due to supply and demand.
Trust & Security
Our Software is built using state-of-the-art technology framework and has SSL 256-bit encryption in place to ensure very high application layer security. Our software has also been audited by CERT-in empaneled Cyber Security Auditor for OWASP Top 25 Security Vulnerabilities and has been given clearance for the usage.
Yes. Our software uses SSL certificate to encrypt your communication with the server. So no one in between can read your messages at any cost.
Our servers are hosted to Google Cloud which is world's leading & most secure cloud service. Your data is very safely stored in servers hosted in Mumbai region of the Google Cloud keeping your data in India only.
Yes. All your data is being backed up regularly for a better recovery in case something goes wrong.
Once you want to close your account, you can either export your data in your local computer or hard drive and keep it with you forever. Or you can keep the data with us in archival format on our servers till next 3 years without any additional cost to you and can any time come back and interact with the interface. You must be a paid customer for more than 1 year with us to enjoy the free archiving service for next 3 years post the closure date.
You can just send us an email and request to wipe out your project data from our servers forever. Please note once this is done, it will be irreversible.
Mining XRK
Yes. Anyone can become a miner with RecordsKeeper. You need to send us your mining address for permissions, and then you can start mining. You can follow the mining guide for further instructions here. (Link to mining guide).
Follow the mining guide instructions from (Link to mining guide) to start mining XRK.
Anyone with a personal laptop/computer can begin mining for XRK. The minimum system requirements are as follows:
- Linux: 64-bit, supports Ubuntu 12.04+, CentOS 6.2+, Debian 7+, Fedora 15+, RHEL 6.2+.
- Windows: 64-bit, supports Windows 7, 8, 10, Server 2008 or later.
- Mac: 64-bit, supports OS X 10.12 (we hope to support earlier versions soon).
- 512 MB of RAM
- 1 GB of disk space
XRK (RecordsKeeper Token)
XRK is the name (or ticker) of the tokens which are used as an incentive and payment model for uploading records and data onto the RecordsKeeper blockchain. XRK tokens are used as fees for uploading the records over the RecordsKeeper blockchain.
XRK tokens are used to upload records over the RecordsKeeper blockchain. The Blockchain computes the required fees for the uploaded records and awards those fees to miners who confirm the transaction carrying the data.
The current value of XRK is 1 BTC (Bitcoin) = 20,000 XRK. This value is subject to change as per supply and demand.
The pre-mined XRK tokens are in total 300 million which you can buy and use for RecordsKeeper. You can also generate and earn more XRK through mining. Refer the mining guide to set up the mining for XRK (Link to mining guide)
XRK cannot be destroyed or burned. However, you can send XRK to a NOP_RETURN transaction thus making them ‘un-spendable’ for further transactions.
There are 300 million premined XRK tokens in total 300. Their value keeps increasing as more XRK tokens are added through mining rewards, which are 10 XRK per block.
Testnet XRK tokens are available for the community to build and deploy applications on the RecordsKeeper blockchain. You can get Testnet XRK through the RecordsKeeper faucet .
The RecordsKeeper Demo provides new users with 1 XRK coin over the mainnet, which can be used to publish transaction on the RecordsKeeper blockchain. The maximum amount of data which can be published is based upon the fees. If you want to publish large amounts of data, you need to buy more XRK tokens. To buy XRK, please contact us here.
The miner who confirms the transaction gets the XRK spent in transaction fees.
We have not been listed on any exchange as of now. However, we are in talk with multiple exchanges for this. Please subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on exchange listing.
To buy XRK in bulk, you can contact us here.
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