Witness report
Hi all,
Since I'm doing that witness thing, I suppose I should write one of these once in a blue moon.
I have recently moved my witness to an online service (I had been running it on a spare laptop that had been sitting around the house cough cough). Now I'm renting a node from https://privex.io which is a service that @someguy123 is involved in.
I think renting the server from @someguy123 is a pretty good idea, because he is a witness himself so he understands what a good witness needs, and also I can pay for the server using SBD which keeps the money in the family. How cool is that?
You should definitely vote for @someguy123 . He is a great witness and also runs Anonsteem, which is an awesome service and very important for Steem. https://steemit.com/steemit/@someguy123/anonsteem-create-anonymous-steem-accounts-without-social-media
Here are the specs on the new server:
Intel Xeon E3-1270V3 (4c/8t)
32GB DDR3 ECC RAM
1gbit/s network, capped at 20TB per month (plenty for a witness and most activities in general)
2x2TB Enterprise HDD's (generally either datacenter quality WD or Hitachi drives)
and located in Germany
So far so good. I have witnessed a block with it, so I must be doing something right:
https://steemdb.com/block/10516980
Happy Steeming!
@Neoxian... Just Voted You as Witness because of just reading @Necrophagist post today interviewing @aggroed, @ausbitbank, and @theprophet0
I knew that there was plenty of work involved being a "responible" Witness but now know it really can be a very time-consuming "Labor of Love".
Thanks Again 4 all You do 4 the STEEMiT Community !!
Following You now, also.
Hope You're Having a Good Weekend !!
Thanks!
You are Most Welcomed... sorry it took me awhile to find out about You, still very new.
Have a Great Week !!
I plan on hosting my witness on https://privex.io too. I agree with you, @someguy123 has done a lot of great work for Steem. I support him and your witness too. Thank you for supporting mine also! I've resteemed!
I wish I knew how to set one of these things up because then I'd be throwing my hat in the witness ring too. Ah well. I have to pick my battles.
Well you just sit down and figure it out, like anything else in life. There are plenty of tutorials on the subject.
True that. True that.
My brain is otherwise occupied with VIVA and GRT and the QUAD Foundation that learning the ins and outs of a Steemit witness node keeps getting pushed back. I'll get there as these other things I'm working on is actually helping me with the lingo. :) Don't be surprised if you're on my short list of people to turn to when I'm ready to leap forward!
Sounds like you are working on some fun things. Sure if when you find you way to witnessing, you can ask me questions on steemit chat. I've found some other witnesses in the witness channel are very helpful.
If you had told me two years ago that I would have digital wallets and talking to people in the crypto world I would have said you were out of your mind. LOL The fact that I've even thought about a witness node is a small miracle.
I vote Neo ;) Pretty cool man, I'll definitely throw you my support.
Hahahaha, Super, Steem economy in the making!
You may also ask @someguy123 for outsourcing the witnesses work, then you only have to check the charts :) And for him it'll be more SBD into the pocket :) SaaS model!
WaaS :)
Correct! My Sunday mind was (and still is) not 100% focussed :)
Thank you for the update
I have voted for you! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Yestarday i was thinking about voting for witness . Good lucky for you . Why you dont have a link - vote for neoxian ?
If you want to vote for me, you can to go to the witness page. You'll have to type my name in because I'm not in the top 50.
Thank you for your vote.
SSDs are strongly recommended for running
steemdin general, although for a consensus-only node this may not be critical at this time (but may become so in the future as the datasets grow in size).interesting chance