Overview of improvements to validator and node tools

Convenient validator administration tools are essential for stable network operation.

Over the past six months, we have introduced new solutions and significantly improved existing tools:

💎 Six updates to MyTonCtrl, the most popular tool for validators. These include:

— A convenient interactive installer for validators and nodes in various modes.

— A quick backup recovery tool that allows you to quickly move a validator, for example, in case of force majeure in a data center.

— Export of metrics to Prometheus.

— Remote validator controller for extra security and easy migration.

— And much more.

💎 Improvements to validator telemetry, which is now collected from all validators at the protocol level even if they do not use MyTonCtrl.

💎 @validators bot for alert notifications, as well as the ability to run a local bot so that validators can receive timely notifications about malfunctions.

💎 @tonstatus_notifications public channel, which keeps a history of penalties in the network.

💎 Dashboard validators.ton.org — clearly displays the distribution of validators, their efficiency, software versions used, and other metrics.

💎 Public technical support @validators_help_bot, as well as personal technical support for large validators — including conference calls.

💎 TON Proxy technology that hide the validator's address and protect against DDoS attacks. The test network validator has been operating in this mode since launch and has successfully passed load tests.

💎 Ability for full nodes and archive nodes to monitor only a separate shardchain and store only a specified period of history.

💎 Ability to download archive blocks and states via TON Torrents.

We would like to thank all TON network validators for supporting the stability of the blockchain, timely software updates, and for participating in votes held to improve the protocol.