Technical

Running stable on 0.19.12 for some time now, no issues to report
Brand new 64 GB server is working well
Actively planning setting up redundancies/additional failovers (to add to present roster of active use and test servers)

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We urgently need your support for our witness in order to continue with these contributions.

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We've extended our account creation services to include everyone in order to alleviate some of the pressure off the Steemit Inc team
New account request form is now available at https://guiltyparties.com/steem-acccount-creation/
Use of this form requires the applicant to verify ownership and identity through an existing social media account or website
Verification will come with the standard Steemcleaners (Steemitboard) Verification badge and 'verified' status on the Steemcleaners website
Attempts to exploit the account creation process will result in further verification layers added
Current wait time is 48 hours
The original account request form for military veterans can be found at https://guiltyparties.com/the-veterans-project/steem-account-creation-form/
The veterans form requires proof of service
The main difference between the General and the Veterans accounts is the SP delegation: veterans accounts receive a delegation of 15 SP for as long as necessary while General accounts will only have their 15 SP for a period of 7 days
We are also putting together guides for new account owners to ensure they are adequately equipped to manage their new accounts

Last week we introduced you to Hive account@niffler Niffler.co: Introduction, Our Post
Niffler.co has kindly agreed to add STEEM to their trading platform if we as a community show interest
Sign up here to be part of the movement to get STEEM on Niffler https://niffler.co/goal/steem
We have reached out to numerous other innovators, investors, content creators and other notable individuals who we hope will bring value to the Steem blockchain
You can read more about this here

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If you don't know what the #ssmbd is you will now
After much talk between a lot of witnesses and otherwise stakeholders, including myself, Hive account@timcliff made it official in his post here
The Steem Social Media Blast Day is coming up soon and the exact date will be announced shortly
We're actively preparing for it and pretty much going all out to make sure it's a success
It's up to everyone to help bring awareness of Steem to the world
Keep an eye out for our contests found here and here

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It turns out that we are the creators of the first ever community badge on the Hive account@steemitboard
The Veterans Badge was implemented last week after much development
All known military veterans on Steem have now received the badge
You can read more about this in Steemitboard's announcement
You can provision your community with it's own badge by contacting Hive account@arcange and working with him to make it happen (paid service)