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You can't mine Steem. It was removed in Hard Fork 18.

So what is the witness node? There must be witnesses to the blockchain...right?

Skrt

Witnesses maintain the blockchain, rather than miners yes.

I suggest joining steemit.chat and see if there's a room for witness related stuff. You might find technical help there.

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