- Aye Captinn, raise the sails, the winds are favoring the journey.
- Yarghhh!
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Node status
- After being up for 4 weeks, the witness and seed nodes are sailing flawlessly.
- I gained some significant witness votes this week, which slingshot me up to Rank 62! A big thank you to my new voters for their confidence in me.
Weekly Spam Hickups
Some of you might have followed the turmoil this week in fighting spam. It's been intense.
A Day Fighting Abuse: The Case Of @bilalhaider
Another Day Fighting Abuse: Who Is @bilalhaider?
Fortunately, things were settled, 
Miscellaneous
- I continue to collaborate with other witnesses like
and
in assisting users in the help channel on steemit.chat. I also help other witnesses with their minor node setup problems.
- I finished 3rd in this week's Steem Poker Pro League 50 sbd - 7/29, shout out to my poker buddies at the SPL. So no need to go on plundering for gold this week, YARGHHH!
Witnesses are the backbone of Steem, they host the blockchain in the background, and I'm happy to be part of that.
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