It's been an epic journey over 11 long articles, but I believe we've succeeded in our goal: We've produced a true from-scratch course which will take someone who doesn't know the difference between Linux and a lightbulb, and turn them into a Steem Witness.

@freelance.monkey and myself (@rexthetech) had so much fun that somewhere along the way, SteemWOW was born!

Our own witness node is happily running, and we were so delighted to see our first block come in overnight while at witness rank #128 🚢

If you consider yourself a tech newbie, but still yearn to become a witness, this may be the series for you (and if not, tell us why and we'll fix it)!

Table of Contents

Part 1: We need a big computer!
Part 2: Connecting to the server
Part 3: Securing the server (see also Passwords: A Rant)
Part 4: Enabling certificate authentication
Part 5: Downloading the blockchain
Part 6: Unpacking the blockchain and configuring Steem
Part 7: Starting and syncing Steem
Part 8: Witness responsibilities
Part 9: Generating witness keys
Part 10: Witness Up!
Part 11: Publishing the Price Feed

The Bit Where They Ask You To Vote

Of course we would deeply appreciate your witness vote so that we can make like Curtis 😊

Simply go to the Steemit Wallet Witness list, scroll to the bottom, and fill in the form:

Kind regards,
@rexthetech & @freelance.monkey (The SteemWOW team)