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RE: I Removed My Witness Vote For @jesta And You Might Consider Doing The Same (Prank)
Curatation on this platform is one of the most important things.
Can you explain what the witness list exactly is?
A STEEM witness is a person whom operates a witness server (which produces blocks), and publishes a price feed of STEEM/USD to the network.
Basically they also update the servers to the new code when a Hard Fork happens. Everyone can vote on the witnesses just like you vote on a post by going to https://steemit.com/~witnesses
You will see the witnesses announce updates once in awhile and also campaign for your vote to be a witness. You can also become a witness and campaign for a top spot!
Eventually I will run a witness but I need to gain more credibility on the platform and I want to do some programing for the platform before I roll out a witness. If you don't get in the top 40 or so slots then it won't be profitable to run a witness. If you get in the top 19 spots it can be very profitable.
Helpful as always. I've read the FAQ and some other stuff here but couldn't remember reading anything about it. Thanks.
Yeah no problem!