@felixxx Witness Update 31st of January 2018
My node is back online.
I had to make an update:
https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitdev/security-patch-announcement
My node is now running the latest stable version of Steem.
Sorry for the downtime and the missed blocks.
Ur good bro! Your doing this community a service!
How does it feel to mine Steem?
During the last days it was very stressful.
Oh really? Dont know about the work of an Witness. I thought this is something "passive".
If the software is running alright, there isn't much to do on your node.
... If it doesn't work as expected, it can be quite painful.
Ok i understand, its importand to stay always up to date. How many votes are needed to run a witness server?
None. But then it won't be profitable.
Im gettig interested in the whole witness theme. Thanks for repling, now i will research by my own ;)
Enttäusche mich nicht @felixxx 😳😳 du bist mein Proxy und ich kann das nie wieder ändern 🤣🤣🤷🏻♀️
How long or how many days or work it need to setup a witness server? I think, witnesses who run that, they allways in pressure, if anything going wrong.... Was there any attack til now happened ? someone who try to attacked one of the witness server ?
No. My server wasn't under any attack or at any immediate risk.
Workwise, it really depends - Like I said above: If everything works fine, it's not much work.
You just have to be on constant alert and be ready to react.
Furthermore, if you really want to climb the ranks as a witness, you need to do more than simply operate a witness node.
Thank you for this article!