Some of you may have noticed over the weekend that steemdb.com was offline with a message about it migrating servers. The database ended up finally growing to the point where I couldn't squeeze any more

Just a quick update to Vessel, for those using it. I had a few free moments towards the beginning of the week and ended up pushing out 0.2.8. There aren't a ton of changes, but they are listed below: Fixed

I'm not going to candy coat any of this, since I think the greater community needs a splash of realism and less pandering. At this point in time I have nothing to lose (besides wasting my time) and just

After the downtime experienced yesterday, many services are still coming back online and some connectivity may still be limited. I've received a number of messages today about using Vessel and not being

I just wanted to take a few moments now that the smoke is clearing to highlight what happened and why my witness missed so many blocks today. It was a combination of events that caused both my primary

I wanted to take a while today to update the Steem community on what's been going on over on my side of the blockchain. This post will be part progress report, part transparency report, and a touch of

I figured it was about time to write a recap of what's been going on the last few months in the world of @jesta. So here we go. 2018 so far has been full of challenges and learning, which is both great

It's a hard decision, but at this point I feel it's the right one to make. As I alluded to in my potential witness roadmap, I'm currently focusing on other needed aspects of the ecosystem and haven't given

Being that January has come to an end, I wanted to take a bit today to write and explain where my head is at for 2018 and a bit of a recap on 2017. Man, what a crazy year for crypto overall! Please note

Crypto is growing up a lot faster than many of us ever imagined. With mainstream adoption of the blockchain inching closer and governments taking notice, being personally responsible and trying to stay

This release is an update to address a security vulnerability within Electron/Windows and all Windows users are encouraged to update to 0.2.7 as soon as possible. Linux and macOS users are unaffected.

The reoccurring theme lately with Vessel updates seems to be just staying connected :) This minor release (0.2.6) is primarily that, with one potential security vulnerability also patched, and a few minor

If you have been experiencing connection issues with Vessel over the past week or so, and are unable to use the wallet, this update should resolve your issues. This update is purely maintenance and bug

Well, it took longer than I anticipated, but SteemDB.com is slowly coming back to life. The data migration I started a couple days ago completed earlier today and I'm bringing the services back online.

Once again, just a quick post to keep you all informed. I'm currently migrating SteemDB to a new server. To keep the transfer rate at it's maximum throughput I've disabled the site and it's APIs. I'm not

I've been digging around all day today looking for historical rates related to VESTS and their equivalent value in Steem that day. SteemDB.com tracks this value, but it's missed a couple days and doesn't

SteemDB.com is currently offline for an unknown reason. I've reached out to the hosting company to start resolving the matter and will update once it's back online. Host is back online, sorry about the

Since the release of Vessel 0.2.0, I've been busy talking to many of you and working hard to resolve the bugs you've encountered. The version now has jumped 3 revisions and is 0.2.3, with a few improvements

I'm incredibly excited today to release the next version of Vessel - which features a brand new way to interact with the Steem blockchain from anywhere on the internet. It is my hope that this effort helps

The past few days I've been working on a few new ways to interact with the Steem blockchain, and needed a tool that could create all of the various operations that users can perform. Here's the result,