Vote for @reggaemuffin as Witness

Being an active member of the Steem community over the past 7 months has made me realise that to be a successful and stable platform, and therefore increase the value of Steem, we need to ensure that we have elected active Witnesses. For me, a Witness must have the following attributes:

have the technical knowledge to run a reliable Witness Node
maintain a price feed (which is how SBD functions)
play the role of consensus (decide whether to hard fork or not)
be open to communication and feedback from users as an elected witness
going above and beyond to further develop the STEEM community and ecosystem

The last one there is one of the most important things, I believe, that will increase the value, and usability, of Steem for everyone. The Witnesses that I see in the top 20 all have these attributes, however there is one person who I believe contributes enormously to STEEM and is not yet in the Top 50 Witnesses and that is @Reggaemuffin.

There are several reasons why I think Hive account@reggaemuffin should be one of our top witnesses:

WelcomeBot and SteemGreet

The first comment I ever received was from a bot called the WelcomeBot that was made Hive account@reggaemuffin.

Although I was a new user and Hive account@reggaemuffin was also relatively new at the time, he had already produced a bot that automatically welcomed new users and pointed them towards some self-help documents on how to use Steemit to encourage active participation and therefore grow the platform. That was my very first interaction on Steemit and it was very helpful and encouraging.

To motivate new users, Hive account@reggaemuffin then created SteemGreet so users could effortlessly upvote new users to get them motivated to engage more with the platform.

Minnowbooster and BuildTeam

Since then, Hive account@reggaemuffin has been instrumental in providing other useful services to help users grow. @Minnowbooster has been one of those projects that provide opportunities for users to put their hard-earned SP and SBD to good use.

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He is also a co-founder of Hive account@buildteam which seeks to use blockchain technology to solve real world problems. This company encompasses the invaluable services of Hive account@minnowbooster, Hive account@steemvoter and Hive account@steemsports.

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These are just some of the initiatives and applications that Hive account@reggaemuffin has contributed to improve the Steem ecosystem over the past year.

Open Communication

Hive account@reggaemuffin's latest Witness Update post outlines some of the active things that Hive account@reggaemuffin is doing to ensure he is running a reliable node that is able to handle the increasing user base of Steem.

My witness server and my seed node are both running with 32GB of RAM and with the steem usage rising I took the time to switch to a 64GB witness server. So my old 32GB server will keep online as a backup server. With me being almost in the top 50 (currently place 56 after a tough ride) I have more funds available to setup a good witness. Expect me to expand that network once I rise higher in the ranks.

I used this opportunity to adapt my witness parameters. I tuned down account creation cost, as the steem price rises, accounts need to be cheaper in steem amounts.

As an active user, he also responds to enquiries from users and you can see this from the numerous responses to comments on his latest Witness Update Post. This is one of the most important attributes to have from a witness. Witnesses are our 'elected' producers, so transparency and willingness to respond to feedback is a must for me.

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In my opinion, Hive account@reggaemuffin is one highly competent and active Witness who is not receiving the justified recognition of being a top 50 Witness. His hard work throughout 2017 to develop different applications to support the growth of the Steem blockchain has been invaluable and his knowledge as a computer scientist places him as one of the top people we should be voting for as a witness.