The Steem blockchain requires a set of people to create blocks and uses a consensus mechanism called delegated proof of stake, or DPOS. The community elects 'witnesses' to act as the network's block producers and governance body. There are 20 full-time witnesses, producing a block every 63-second round. A 21st position is shared by the backup witnesses, who are scheduled proportionally to the amount of stake-weighted community approval they have. Witnesses are compensated with Steem Power for each block they create. [](www.steemit.com/white paper)
How do you vote for witnesses?
Visit https://steemit.com/~witnesses.
How many witnesses can you vote for?
Each account can vote for up to 30 witnesses.
The Steem blockchain is a delegated proof of stake system, which is like a representative democracy. You vote for a witness to run a computer to keep the blockchain running and to protect the blockchain from attacks. You can visit their blog to learn their opinions on the issues facing Steem and Steemit. Then vote for the ones you want to represent you.
Currently the system gives you more votes if you own more Steem. This is a characteristic of delegated proof of stake also. There are two issues you should know about. There are deactivated witnesses still on the voting list. Please don’t vote for them, as they have deactivated their computers and no longer perform any work to maintain or secure the blockchain. I have listed them below.
I suggest you look over this list and remove any votes you have for these EX-witnesses, as they are no longer Witnesses.
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