First, I want to tell you a little about what witnesses
do for all of us on this platform
Without them the platform would not work, there are those who make sure we can post, comment, give our vote to others, receive Rewards and Author Rewards, but everyone knows it, right?
I want to give honor to the work all witnesses do for us
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This information is taken from steemd.com/witnesses
On the Steem blockchain, witnesses serve a role of validating signatures and timestamping transactions by including them in blocks. A block is any group of transactions (posts, votes, transfers, etc) which update the state of the database. Each time a witness produces a block, they are paid for their service. If a witness fails to produce a block, then they are not paid, and may even be voted out
Witnesses are generally expected to manage a reliable block producing node, implement a failover system, maintain a public seed node, tune blockchain operating parameters, publish correct price feeds, author/discuss improvement proposals, review code changes, and to be active. Some contribute to core repositories such as steemd. Some fund the development of other apps and infrastructure projects. Top-20 witness pay is $1,200 per month (approximately) based on the current feed price.
Every round of block production begins with the shuffling of 21 witnesses: the top 20 witnesses (by vote), plus one randomly-selected standby witness. Each is given a turn to produce a single block at a fixed rate of one block every 3 seconds. If a witness does not produce a block in their time slot, then that time slot is skipped, and the next witness produces the next
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So I urge every witnesses to tell us why we should vote for you
I mean It is our duty to vote for witnesses here in our community as we vote for our politicians in the real world.
When we vote for a witness, we must know why we do it.
Tell us about what you have done for the platform, many of you have created great tools for us to use
Also, tell us a bit about what you are thinking about,
how the platform will evolve in the future.
Also want you to tell us a little about the flagging / downvote because it can be painful for many who do not get an answer as to why it happens because it seems that the flag is being used for some other reason than what it is intended as
I want to add all the witnesses here so they can capture this and give us answers to which of them we should give our vote to
the 100 listed Witnesses
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here you can vote for your witnesses
steemitwallet.com/~witnesses
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Witness Voting
You can vote for a maximum of 30 witnesses.
Remember to use your voice for
the one you think deserves it