Hive-naija Engagement #19 - "Hive witnesses"

"One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.."
•Jean Vanier

Beautiful friday to you my people.

How are you all doing today? Last week, I wasn't available. However, the engagement chat continued thanks to Hive account@starstrings01. He brought a very interesting discussion about the riot in Abuja stadium.

Thank you all for sharing your lovely opinions.

If you missed last week engagement post, feel free to back track it here Hive-Naija Engagement #18

Some months ago, I thought,I shared and I asked "Why don't we Chat on hive every Weekend?"

And you all said...

_{Well,we won't be the first as there are some weekend engagements trends already on Hive! But this would be THE NIGERIAN VERSION!}

So Shall We ?

I will drop a topic every friday(Today's topic is below), share your thoughts on the matter,reply someone else opinion, interrogate the opinion if you like. Keep the discussion on. If you don't have anything to say about the topic. Just reply someone else's comment.

Do all these in the comment section, as that it where it all goes down.

There are no further rules, please banter as you like,speak any Nigerian language (Igbo,yoruba, pidgin,efik), anything, as long as someone else can understand.

However, Please don't take it to the extreme

This week's engagement starts Immediately you see this post and ends on Sunday 11:59pm.

Prizes for this week

Thanks to the Hive account@starstrings01, Hive account@crossculture and Hive account@elcomentador. They helped curate some comments again last week!

Prizes are distributed to the winners after considering their interactions and also their contributions to the topic. This week prizes ;

1st prize - 2HBD + 10 POB A very good upvote in a selected post of yours in the week!

2nd Prize - 2HBD + + 20 VYB + 10 POB

3rd Prize - 1HBD + 10 POB

4th Prize - 1HBD + 10 POB

5th prize - 1HBD + 20 VYB

Prizes courtesy of:

@Samostically - 4HBD , 40POB, 40VYB
Hive account@ksam - 1HBD
Hive account@readthisplease - 2HBD
Hive account@starstrings01 - Upvote & Curation.

Topic Of Discussion - "Hive Witnesses"

Hive as we all know has alot of decentralized applications and front ends. There are people that run these things. They help to keep hive going. These people are known as Hive Witnesses.

Are they fixed?

You can think of them as presidents. You need to vote them so they can perform. we have a Top 100
with the Top 20 Witnesses being able to change things provided majority of them agree via a voting process. You can vote for 30 witnesses.

One of the things that puzzled me when i returned to hive was what a witness is. I believe many newbies are unaware too. I'd like us to talk about it this weekend. Let's share our thoughts on "Hive Witnesses" how do you choose your Witnesses? Did you even know you can vote?
Let's us know who you voted for and why?

Let me start.

I had voted 29 witnesses till this week when Hive account@eddiespino & Hive account@grisvisa announced that Hive account@aliento could be voted as a witness. Personally, I can actually vouch for the Hive account@aliento project. They help encourage many on the Blockchain. Most times, our engagement here is supported by them. I believe with alot of votes they can perform more great activities on the Blockchain.

Witness Announcement - Aliento Un Nuevo Testigo en Hive

Feel free to ask more questions relating to the topic in the comment section.

Let the discussion begin....

For this week,

Hive account@deraaa , @B0s , Hive account@merit.ahama , Hive account@peaq , Hive account@monioluwa , Hive account@brightdavid, Hive account@stevenson7 , Hive account@obrisgold1 , Hive account@jaydr Hive account@mayorkeys , Hive account@wolfofnostreet Hive account@readthisplease Hive account@young-boss-karin, Hive account@tukem1 Hive account@k-banti, Hive account@iskafan , Hive account@chosenfingers Hive account@onwugbenuvictor , Hive account@monica-ene Hive account@heskay Hive account@etiboy56 Hive account@doziekash , Hive account@chincoculbert , Hive account@funshee Hive account@omosefe Hive account@ozohu Hive account@attentionneeded Hive account@popmanj Hive account@estherscott Hive account@vickoly Hive account@gloriaolar Hive account@pianokills Hive account@hepziba Hive account@tblings-art Hive account@anissignature Hive account@ijohnsen Hive account@manuel6 Hive account@khaleesii Hive account@kenechukwu97 Hive account@abidemiademok21 Hive account@otshotz Hive account@blezyn Hive account@uzuka Hive account@mrenglish Hive account@bbjmed Hive account@uddydan Hive account@reineesmay Hive account@b0s Hive account@prechidi Hive account@joydukeson Hive account@benii Hive account@henryce Hive account@nkemakonam89

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