The HIVE Blockchain is a busy place with lots to do. We have Splinterlands and its (what seems like) endless new aspects being added to the game. We have the up and coming starter games such as PSYBERX. Endless amount of communities (Tribes) and Hive Blockchain frontends (LeoFinance, Splinterlands, Ecency, Peakd, Ect.). A new Hard-Fork was just completed in which many are still getting farmiliar with. On top of that we all have the blogs in which we like to keep up to date with. The things to keep up with on the HIVE Blockchain are endless so forgetting to do something that is tucked away in our wallets such as Witness Voting is understandable. Every so often I make an attempt at reviewing my Witness Votes. For me the best way to do that is to make a post about it so here we are doing just that. In the past I discussed how important it is to cast our votes. Today I would like to remind everyone that reviewing and removing our Witness votes is just as important.
RentMoney's Current Witness Votes
Your Witness Vote Matters
As noted above in the displayed screenshot those who run for witness operate what is known as nodes (servers) to secure that the HIVE Blockchain is operating correctly and smoothly. Each account on HIVE has a total of 30 Witness Votes. That's right each of you can vote for 30 different witnesses. Some users utilize all their votes. Others (like me) vote sparingly (I think 30 votes is way too many but that is a discussion for another time). The top voted Witness of the HIVE chain do get paid and have the most control over the blockchain so make sure you don't hand out your vote willy nilly. Vote for those who you consider bring value to the chain. Of course the 30 votes are yours to vote however you please. If voting for willy nilly is what you want to do than by all means go ahead and do that (Willy Nilly will be thankful for your vote).
How To Vote
| Front End | Link To Witness Page |
|---|---|
| Hive.Blog | Vote Here |
| Ecency | Vote Here |
| Peakd | Vote Here |
Above I have listed three Hive Frontends and included a direct link to the Witness voting page. Below I will also provide a quick step by step guide on how to get to the Witness voting section. The guide below is for the Hive.Blog frontend. Most other frontends will have similar steps in which will bring you to their witness page.
(1) Go to Hive.blog
(2) Scroll to top of page
(3) Click the triple bar (≡)
(4) Scroll down to and click the vote icon to vote for or unvote a Witness
After following the above steps you will be brought to the Hive Blochchains Witness page. It is here where you can vote for your favorite Witness and or remove a vote. Voting is easy, simply click the up arrow next to the Witness you want to vote for. If you can't find the Witness in the provided list its likely because the account you are looking for is outside the front ends displayed witness list. To find a witness that isn't displayed you can type out the name of the witness you are looking for in the designated area found at the bottom of the witness page. Reviewing my nine witness votes I can see that one is inactive for over a year so its time to remove that vote. Doing so was an easy and painless process. I simply clicked the same vote icon I clicked when voting for a witness and my vote was removed. The list of witnesses I currently voted for is now down to eight (getting a vote from me (
Are You A Witness?
If so lets hear the reasons why the users of HIVE should use one of their 30 votes to vote for you. Feel free to Advertise away in the comment section below. Provide any information you would like to share such as links to your Hive Blog / Hive Apps you helped create or maintain and if those stumbling upon this topic like your reasoning you just might find yourself getting some extra votes on your witness account.
