When I was still below the Top100 rank, it was quite depressing for me to see that my low ranking preventing me from appearing in the official witnesses page was partly due to the fact that Steemians were still casting votes for witnesses who are inactive.
Goal
Now that I have gone up to the Top80, the horizon looks much nicer. However, new witnesses are still struggling to let the world know they do exist, hence this post to get people to review their witness votes regularly.
The blockchain used to have a rule that automatically skip inactive witnesses that are still registered after 24 hours of inactivity. That meant that you could just turn off your witness and the blockchain would just ignore you after 24 hours. However, this logic has been recently removed and inactive witnesses who have not un-registered are still schedule for block production but will miss the block. The higher their ranking is, the more frequently they are scheduled and the more blocks will be missed slowing down the network.
List of inactive witnesses in the Top200
So, just to raise awareness, here is the list of un-registered witnesses and their ranking. I've only listed un-registered witnesses that have a ranking higher than the last active witness. Also, to make it clearer, I'm considering four types of inactive witnesses:
- The zombie witnesses who have just switched off their server without un-registering from the blockchain.
- The un-registered witnesses who have broadcasted a witness_update command to the blockchain.
- Active witnesses having not updated their server yet. They are still registered with the blockchain but are running a deprecated version of it and hence are missing blocks. They might be unable to do so at the current time and will come back to it soon.
- The recently inactive witnesses. I've listed them in order to stress out that it is normal for a witness to be disabled from time to time for maintenance or upgrade. And in this time of HF21/22, many witnesses are still replaying or tweaking their setup.
Zombie Witnesses
The witnesses listed below are still registered with the blockchain and are still scheduled to sign block. Some of them might have stopped operating their witness server, some of them might still have it running but with an obsolete version of the blockchain. If you are/were operating these witnesses, please use cli_wallet or other tool to send a witness_update command to disable your key. If you vote for one or more of them, please review your vote.
- #68
is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 139 days ago.
- #78
is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 170 days ago.
- #79
is still registered on v0.20.7. Produced last block 139 days ago.
- #104
is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 229 days ago.
- #115
is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 223 days ago.
- #126
is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 246 days ago.
- #130
is still registered on v0.19.12. Produced last block 475 days ago.
- #134
is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 459 days ago.
- #147
is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 139 days ago.
- #153
is still registered on v0.20.9. Produced last block 140 days ago.
- #155
is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 453 days ago.
- #161
is still registered on v0.20.8. Produced last block 354 days ago.
- #165
is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 321 days ago.
- #167
is still registered on v0.20.8. Produced last block 233 days ago.
- #168
is still registered on v0.22.0. Produced last block 83 days ago.
- #187
is still registered on v0.20.9. Produced last block 153 days ago.
- #189
is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 369 days ago.
- #210
is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 140 days ago.
- #230
is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 249 days ago.
- #240
is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 450 days ago.
- #257
is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 413 days ago.
- #261
is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 170 days ago.
- #281
is still registered on v0.20.8. Produced last block 334 days ago.
- #288
is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 183 days ago.
Un-registered witnesses
The witnesses listed below have retired and unregistered their server. If you vote for one or more of them, please review your vote.
- #38
has un-registered. Produced last block 29 days ago.
- #40
has un-registered. Produced last block 276 days ago.
- #46
has un-registered. Produced last block 33 days ago.
- #69
has un-registered. Produced last block 139 days ago.
- #84
has un-registered. Produced last block 99 days ago.
- #86
has un-registered. Produced last block 394 days ago.
- #87
has un-registered. Produced last block 378 days ago.
- #88
has un-registered. Produced last block 140 days ago.
- #93
has un-registered. Produced last block 91 days ago.
- #94
has un-registered. Produced last block 271 days ago.
- #95
has un-registered. Produced last block 639 days ago.
- #98
has un-registered. Produced last block 824 days ago.
- #99
has un-registered. Produced last block 674 days ago.
- #100
has un-registered. Produced last block 259 days ago.
- #102
has un-registered. Produced last block 377 days ago.
- #105
has un-registered. Produced last block 749 days ago.
- #107
has un-registered. Produced last block 196 days ago.
- #109
has un-registered. Produced last block 664 days ago.
- #111
has un-registered. Produced last block 140 days ago.
- #113
has un-registered. Produced last block 91 days ago.
- #116
has un-registered. Produced last block 217 days ago.
- #118
has un-registered. Produced last block 133 days ago.
- #119
has un-registered. Produced last block 820 days ago.
- #120
has un-registered. Produced last block 381 days ago.
- #121
has un-registered. Produced last block 419 days ago.
- #122
has un-registered. Produced last block 163 days ago.
- #123
has un-registered. Produced last block 139 days ago.
- #124
has un-registered. Produced last block 866 days ago.
- #127
has un-registered. Produced last block 74 days ago.
- #131
has un-registered. Produced last block 705 days ago.
- #132
has un-registered. Produced last block 1383 days ago.
- #135
has un-registered. Produced last block 908 days ago.
- #138
has un-registered. Produced last block 684 days ago.
- #139
has un-registered. Produced last block 384 days ago.
- #140
has un-registered. Produced last block 659 days ago.
- #142
has un-registered. Produced last block 249 days ago.
- #143
has un-registered. Produced last block 706 days ago.
- #144
has un-registered. Produced last block 347 days ago.
- #145
has un-registered. Produced last block 220 days ago.
- #146
has un-registered. Produced last block 1021 days ago.
- #148
has un-registered. Produced last block 187 days ago.
- #152
has un-registered. Produced last block 1210 days ago.
- #154
has un-registered. Produced last block 738 days ago.
- #156
has un-registered. Produced last block 484 days ago.
- #157
has un-registered. Produced last block 1060 days ago.
- #158
has un-registered. Produced last block 767 days ago.
- #159
has un-registered. Produced last block 1114 days ago.
- #160
has un-registered. Produced last block 144 days ago.
- #162
has un-registered. Produced last block 419 days ago.
- #163
has un-registered. Produced last block 1174 days ago.
- #164
has un-registered. Produced last block 347 days ago.
- #170
has un-registered. Produced last block 357 days ago.
- #171
has un-registered. Produced last block 288 days ago.
- #173
has un-registered. Produced last block 165 days ago.
- #174
has un-registered. Produced last block 449 days ago.
- #175
has un-registered. Produced last block 476 days ago.
- #176
has un-registered. Produced last block 783 days ago.
- #177
has un-registered. Produced last block 399 days ago.
- #178
has un-registered. Produced last block 435 days ago.
- #179
has un-registered. Produced last block 509 days ago.
- #180
has un-registered. Produced last block 560 days ago.
- #181
has un-registered. Produced last block 485 days ago.
- #182
has un-registered. Produced last block 542 days ago.
- #183
has un-registered. Produced last block 1058 days ago.
- #184
has un-registered. Produced last block 691 days ago.
- #185
has un-registered. Produced last block 578 days ago.
- #186
has un-registered. Produced last block 484 days ago.
- #188
has un-registered. Produced last block 762 days ago.
- #190
has un-registered. Produced last block 644 days ago.
- #191
has un-registered. Produced last block 488 days ago.
- #192
has un-registered. Produced last block 432 days ago.
- #194
has un-registered. Produced last block 1359 days ago.
- #195
has un-registered. Produced last block 1362 days ago.
- #196
has un-registered. Produced last block 477 days ago.
- #197
has un-registered. Produced last block 1095 days ago.
- #198
has un-registered. Produced last block 301 days ago.
- #199
has un-registered. Produced last block 1383 days ago.
- #201
has un-registered. Produced last block 1077 days ago.
- #202
has un-registered. Produced last block 530 days ago.
- #203
has un-registered. Produced last block 175 days ago.
- #205
has un-registered.
- #206
has un-registered. Produced last block 1390 days ago.
- #207
has un-registered. Produced last block 582 days ago.
- #208
has un-registered. Produced last block 1364 days ago.
- #209
has un-registered. Produced last block 1292 days ago.
- #211
has un-registered. Produced last block 770 days ago.
- #212
has un-registered. Produced last block 675 days ago.
- #213
has un-registered. Produced last block 883 days ago.
- #214
has un-registered. Produced last block 51 days ago.
- #215
has un-registered. Produced last block 324 days ago.
- #216
has un-registered. Produced last block 1134 days ago.
- #217
has un-registered. Produced last block 1161 days ago.
- #218
has un-registered. Produced last block 561 days ago.
- #219
has un-registered. Produced last block 269 days ago.
- #220
has un-registered. Produced last block 645 days ago.
- #221
has un-registered. Produced last block 399 days ago.
- #222
has un-registered. Produced last block 1266 days ago.
- #224
has un-registered. Produced last block 846 days ago.
- #225
has un-registered. Produced last block 143 days ago.
- #226
has un-registered. Produced last block 326 days ago.
- #227
has un-registered. Produced last block 1364 days ago.
- #228
has un-registered. Produced last block 560 days ago.
- #229
has un-registered. Produced last block 675 days ago.
- #231
has un-registered. Produced last block 1167 days ago.
- #232
has un-registered.
- #233
has un-registered. Produced last block 593 days ago.
- #234
has un-registered. Produced last block 484 days ago.
- #235
has un-registered. Produced last block 1006 days ago.
- #236
has un-registered. Produced last block 607 days ago.
- #237
has un-registered.
- #238
has un-registered.
- #239
has un-registered. Produced last block 685 days ago.
- #241
has un-registered. Produced last block 1031 days ago.
- #242
has un-registered. Produced last block 1211 days ago.
- #243
has un-registered.
- #244
has un-registered.
- #245
has un-registered.
- #246
has un-registered. Produced last block 1162 days ago.
- #247
has un-registered. Produced last block 1210 days ago.
- #248
has un-registered. Produced last block 921 days ago.
- #249
has un-registered. Produced last block 657 days ago.
- #250
has un-registered. Produced last block 1363 days ago.
- #251
has un-registered. Produced last block 1236 days ago.
- #253
has un-registered. Produced last block 1358 days ago.
- #254
has un-registered. Produced last block 1021 days ago.
- #255
has un-registered.
- #256
has un-registered.
- #258
has un-registered. Produced last block 561 days ago.
- #259
has un-registered. Produced last block 741 days ago.
- #260
has un-registered. Produced last block 1173 days ago.
- #262
has un-registered. Produced last block 1276 days ago.
- #263
has un-registered. Produced last block 1188 days ago.
- #264
has un-registered. Produced last block 654 days ago.
- #265
has un-registered.
- #266
has un-registered. Produced last block 740 days ago.
- #267
has un-registered. Produced last block 1128 days ago.
- #268
has un-registered. Produced last block 1193 days ago.
- #271
has un-registered.
- #272
has un-registered.
- #273
has un-registered. Produced last block 576 days ago.
- #274
has un-registered. Produced last block 677 days ago.
- #275
has un-registered. Produced last block 914 days ago.
- #276
has un-registered.
- #277
has un-registered.
- #278
has un-registered. Produced last block 630 days ago.
- #279
has un-registered. Produced last block 1380 days ago.
- #280
has un-registered.
- #282
has un-registered. Produced last block 1073 days ago.
- #283
has un-registered. Produced last block 713 days ago.
- #284
has un-registered. Produced last block 487 days ago.
- #285
has un-registered. Produced last block 800 days ago.
- #286
has un-registered. Produced last block 835 days ago.
- #287
has un-registered. Produced last block 1134 days ago.
- #289
has un-registered. Produced last block 1172 days ago.
- #290
has un-registered. Produced last block 860 days ago.
- #291
has un-registered.
- #292
has un-registered. Produced last block 888 days ago.
- #293
has un-registered. Produced last block 1365 days ago.
- #294
has un-registered. Produced last block 742 days ago.
- #295
has un-registered. Produced last block 883 days ago.
- #296
has un-registered.
- #297
has un-registered. Produced last block 598 days ago.
- #298
has un-registered.
- #299
has un-registered. Produced last block 937 days ago.
- #300
has un-registered. Produced last block 1083 days ago.
Active witnesses having not yet updated their server
The following witnesses have not updated their server to use the latest version of the blockchain. Because of the move from HF20 to HF21/22, they are now missing blocks. HF21/22 happened recently, some witnesses might be away and don't yet have access to their servers. Hopefully, they will update soon.
None this currently, except those from the Zombie list
Recently inactive witnesses
Reminder:
It is totally acceptable for witnesses to disable their operation for maintenance work. The witnesses listed below are probably performing server update in order to update or apply the multiple fixes related to HF21 and HF22. Unless you have good reasons to do so, you do not need to unvote the following witnesses.
None this currently
Summary of some of my other contributions
| Project | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Steemed Phish | Chrome browser extension to make external links more visible and alert you on Phishing/Scamming links | Steemed Phish |
| D.Tube/DSound IPFS pinning bot | Your previous D.Tube videos don't play anymore? How to prevent this from happening again without technical skills. | Steemulant IPFS pinning bot |
| DiscoSteem Bot | This is a Discord/Steem bot project by  . When I started Steemulant Bot for the Vietnamese community, I didn't know the existence of DiscoSteem Bot and wanted something written in NodeJS. I've ended up continuing my own project as it contains code and logic for personal use and for the Vietnamese community. But I've decided to share some useful features that can benefit the users of DiscoSteem Bot and will continue to add more functionalities as I go. | Dockerizing DiscoSteem Bot |
| A Dollar A Day | This is a project run by  and will donate 15 SBD every day to a charity | "A dollar a day" fundraiser - Karaoke Singing: Le chanteur malheureux |
| Team Vietnam | I started a new Vietnamese community on Discord and developed @teamvn, a community bot to help grow the Vietnamese community and help them create higher quality content. | |
| POCKET-JS | This is my Javascript (NodeJS) port of the POCKET confirmer by  . POCKET is an experimental crypto token on top of STEEM. | POCKET-JS Confirmer |
| Skippy Bot | I've written this Discord bot for  , it has three main features: a level bot (like Tatsumaki but with Australian animal images), a chatter bot and a footer banner generator for both ,  ,  and  | Witness Update 2018-07-30 - Team Australia's Skippy Bot |
Credits
- The top image was generated using Canva.com and using the eye photo by "Petr Novák, Wikipedia" and this Blockchain background