A lot has happened in the last few weeks. I personally just got off a 24 hour plane ride, dropping into a quarantined city. It is a stressful time for many of us. These last few weeks on Steem have been

While many people simply use Steemit.com to use Steem, this isn't the full story. You might not know it, but every single time you interact with the Steem blockchain, you need to go through an API node

In an article I wrote almost a year ago called How Vote Incentivization Degrades Delegated Proof of Stake, I explored a very crucial aspect of DPoS: how voter kickbacks (explicitly or implicitly) degrades

TL;DR: This proposal seeks to help reimburse the recurrent costs of the public, free-to-use anyx.io Steem API infrastructure. If you use sites or services such as Busy.org, Splinterlands (SteemMonsters),

TL;DR: The anyx.io API will become hivemind only post-hardfork 21. Developers using Tags or Follow API plugins will need to update their code; if you don't use these, no changes are needed. I offer a steemd

For developers using Steem APIs, most resort to libraries that can interface between the language of their choice for their application (e.g. Javascript, Python) and the steem blockchain. Trying to do

A few months ago, I announced anyx.io, a high performance Full-Node API. The goal of this infrastructure project is to create a high throughput, high availability alternative to Steemit Inc's own API offering

As an academic at heart, I find myself often at odds with the "popularity contest" that Steem witness positions most often converge to. While I’m a quiet person more often than not, as @lukestokes

In my previous posts (part 1 here, and part 2 here) I talked about what makes a dApp a dApp, and about the decentralization of the Steem ecosystems. When I realized how fundamentally critical it is to

Introduction Steemcleaners know that communities are a crucial part of the Steem ecosystem. We are readjusting our sights to make sure that we serve communities. In this readjustment, we aim for mutual

In the previous post here (please do read this first!), I talked about two key issues that affect dApps: the bootstrapping problem, and the issue of outsourced verification. The first problem I somewhat

There has been a big push in the cryptocurrency space about “dApps” lately, with many cropping up as potential replacements to a lot of centralized services we currently are using. Like with the big push

A view over Blackcomb mountain, skiing in Whistler BC. Photo by me. Well, it’s been a while since I’ve last written a proper witness update, hasn’t it? But since I’ll be joining @aggroed’s Witness Forum

One of the discussions that keeps coming up is the topic of ‘Vote Buying,’ or ‘Witness/Block Producer Dividends.’ I’ve been thinking about how these topics relate to Delegated Proof of Stake for quite

As many of you might know, there have been several phishing attempts on users here on Steemit, aimed at stealing your private keys. As a reminder to all users, please be careful when clicking links and

It's not just programs that crash! Photo by me, a few weeks ago in Vancouver. At least the bus is sorry? Cheetah Fun fact: Did you know Cheetah is approaching $300/day in operational costs? Fortunately,

Hey everyone, this post has been rattling around in my brain for quite some time, and I finally got around to finishing it. I think I've really distilled my thoughts on this subject, and it's an important

The middle of the Andy Livingstone Park, in Vancouver. Photo by me. Turns out it's been quite a while since my last "witness update" -- almost 3 months. Oof. But if you're aware of what I do,

Photo by victoriawhite on flickr, labelled CC2. I haven't done a discussion post in forever, so let's see how engaged I can get my followers. :) I'm sure most of you have heard the old parable, "Which

Aboard a ferry, from Gibsons to Vancouver. Photo by me. If I had a nickel for every time I said "been a while since my last update", I'd have.. well, a couple nickels. Yet, once again, it's true