Yes, I produced my first 7 blocks in my first week. I am very happy about it and I want to thank you all for your help and making this possible.
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my 7 Blocks
I always want to be as transparent as possible, Is this making me rich.
No way I decided to be a witness to be my next phase in steemit. Server costs are $50 a months so the coming months this will not make money.
But
I am happy to be part of it.
I started Steemit almost 4 months ago. I really loved it from day 1. You can read my story here.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rival/today-exactly-100-days-on-steemit-thank-you-all
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Why a witness
Being a witness is a logical next step. A witness can help the total network and as I love the platform I would also make my contribution to it.
My server
Do you really want to know...? I had some frustrations the last week. Selected a wrong VPS couldn't install it and had to invest in another one. see my blogs about is
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/first-steps-of-becoming-a-steem-witness
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rival/third-step-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-can
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-4-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-can-and-thank-you-steemit-community
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-5-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-errors-errors-i-hope-i-can
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-6-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-can
https://steemit.com/witness/@rival/step-7-of-becoming-a-steemit-witness-yes-i-think-i-am-how-to-check-if-it-is-correctly-running
But now I have a very good one. The company is responsive, quick and everything was arranged within 30 minutes after buying.
About me
I am 42 years old. Living together for 15 years with my wonderful girlfriend and have 2 kids a daughter (12 years) and a boy (10 years). We also have our own house bird “Nemo” . I live in a small village in the Netherlands.
Last 2 years I work as a Functional IT specialist were I “try” to implement improved business processes which help a company grow. These processes are the golden eggs of a company. Before I was more technical IT, but this will slowly die because in a few years all technical platforms will be just factories in big datacenters. You can make the difference in business processes!!
Hobbies
-Tennis
-Golf
-Fishing
-Geocache
My dream
As you can read everywhere in my posts I want to go the the USA in year 2019 with my family for a once in a lifetime holiday.
https://steemit.com/travel/@rival/help-needed-west-coast-usa-what-to-see-on-once-in-a-lifetime-family-vacation-2017620t21552720z
What did I do in 4 months I am on steemit?
First of all, blogging and commenting like everyone does. But I think I can say I am dedicated to it and love to give some proper comments..
But
I also tried to make some initiatives but it's really hard to get noticed as minnow. I really did my best. So I hope that being a witness also makes my initiatives more known.
just an example:
Idea of a Worldwide Steemit day:
And ( don't tell it to anybody else) I am the STEEM POWER RANGER
Thanks
First of all I want to thank the whole Steemit community who makes this all possible.
Thank you for reading.
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