When it comes to journeys in life, i like to talk of "peering a bit away from the norms and into deeper wells of knowledge". Now this path may be a haywire one but life in itself is beyond eating and drinking.
If you think starvation isn't delicious; try it!
Many times when i discuss steemit with steemian friends, they think i discuss "steemit" but the reality; "who i'm i to discuss steemit? Did i really read the roadmap or whitepaper?
The only thing i am really versed in though is "life" and "understanding humans" and it is from this very perspective that i teach/understand steemit concepts, principles and logic.
Steemit is simply an interface to an "expanse" filled with humans. Whether you want to call it crypto-space etc steemit is filled with humans and understanding the way steemit runs from this angle is key!
Back To The "Peering"
There is ton of exemplary steemians when it comes to "peering" and reason for mentioning them is so that we try to understand steemit as an avenue to grow as a person. "Learning is the ultimate "EARNING"!
Also remember this as you read along:
From day one, behavior was incorporated into the model for steem technology and we will tackle this even more in this post by talking of the #witness-category a bit.
Who Is 
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I have known
If you didn't know the past/earlier on steemit; know that it was pretty rough! The current times are among the best times on steemit!
Though we (me &
His cores are firm and unshaken in the face of events. He has stayed gentle!
Tim Cliff Is A Steemit Witness!
But how did this happen you may ask? Yes,
Notice that when you tie learning about steemit/steem blockchain to life or the real world, it becomes way easier to understand the underlying concepts behind its model and
There is something more that
Ofcourse "value" can take an endless ton of forms!
"There is nothing scammy about steemit/steem!"
On the steem platform you simply get paid in steem token for adding real world value to people and an economy is formed were people are willing to exchange steem tokens for real money!
But as he peered deeper, he found more interesting facets, of how steemit is built to run on the basis of noble behavior. This became even clearer as he identified how steem witnesses worked and here is what he saw:
Witness are similar to miners as seen in other crypto-spaces; they producing and validate blocks but the big difference between a witness and miner is; miners are in competition to out-compute other miners by means of more sophisticated hardware etc to accomplish faster block production, while witnesses are competing for votes, which they attain based on merit as a result of the proven value that they have add to the steemit community!
You will notice that there is a behavior paradigm integrated even in the #witness-category and the witnesses who guard our blockchain have been deemed fit by the steemit community!
When i first got on steemit, Tim cliff was here during my tough times. He used to travel all the way to my rescue, in the comments! There many amazing qualities of this gentle man that was proven and made solid overtime and ofcourse one of these qualities is "peering" as this kept leading him into new knowledge!
He started as backup steem witness. Then he eventual became his own witness!
Can You/I Become A Steemit Witness?
Becoming a witness is technically hard, no doubt! Looking at the #witness-category, you will find alot of geeky things but if 
Steemit is the gateway to everything crypto but you do have to "peer" a bit. I have done my share of peering and i tell you, that aspect of steemit is non-stop and is the fun part!
Becoming A Steemit Witness
Basically, it starts with loving steem technology and especially the steemit community and this is something that supersedes financial rewards and involves more of love; self-sacrifice; becoming the best version of yourself and carrying others on the same path; disrupting technology and changing the world for the better. This will move you to enthusiastically add value to the steemit platform.
Ofcourse, you will need to peer more into some technical details and here is a good start:
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@krnel/complete-witness-installation-guide
Next, when you feel you are ready, you may need to declare your intent to become a steemit witness, in a witness-proposal under #witness-category as seen in this full guide by
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@timcliff/witness-voting-guide
Then seek the help of the community and ofcourse other steemit witnesses and i am sure they will be willing to support you!
Bottomline, see steemit also as a space to grow as a person, into the best version of you and the best version of you, is a gift to humanity!
Consider voting for 's witness or other witnesses here:
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
To listen to the words of on #beyondbitcoin hangout's here:
https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@officialfuzzy/e208-2017-05-26-beyond-bitcoin-viva-timcliff-gridcoin-and-ohmcoin
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