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RE: How to vote for me as a witness.
Hmm... very interesting, @beanz. So does this mean that the mining "load," so to speak, is also necessarily split three-ways? Or does it just mean the three of you are working collectively behind physical "node," so to speak (sorry, I'm still trying to learn all the ins and outs of the system). I guess I'm just wondering if "one witness," (i.e., one voted for role) is able to have their purely mining obligation split-up and shared, or if that is all done by one "machine," per se, and responsibilities other than mining are what are delegated amongst the tripartite group.
I've quit and left this witness already and no longer support it.
Aooh... Yes, I actually saw that in a comment right after I posted mine lol. Sorry :/ Nonetheless, my question still stands--unless you didn't even get that far along in the process, that is... Again, do you know if one "single witness" could, in essence, "split up" his or her mining obligation "across" multiple--otherwise separate--CPUs? From what I know about mining, I don't see why they couldn't... there again, I still have a lot to learn; especially about STEEM
Ps. Two things. First: Thank you so much for the humongous upvote on me comment above!! That's... more than I make on most posts hahah :) Two--forgive me if this is getting too personal--but may I ask why things did not "work out" with you being a witness? Was it something related to being a witness in general, or particular to that circumstance? I'd just like to learn about any pitfalls and/ or systemic difficulties that may or may not arise for myself or someone I know in the future, and "witnessing" remains still one of the most mystical and mysterious aspects of steemit for me, and I think probably many people (or, most people actually probably just don't really care, unfortunately.. ;) Anyway, yeah.
It was particular to the circumstance. Having a shared witness doesn't always mean "sharing" the node or the account which gets paid. You have to trust a particular person to hold the key and distribute the payment. What that means is there can be a dynamic shift in power relations within a team or partnership where somebody could simply stop paying you whenever they feel like it.
That dynamic shift can mean every promise before the agreement was made thrown out the window, especially if all you were really needed for was to pull in the initial votes from the announcement of your partnership. It works for some people. I would say beware of who you trust, and trust your gut first.
I think it's better to remain one witness and if you share the rewards of that witness be open about their lower positions as promoters and what the reasons are they are supported by your witness rewards. Currently the blockchain doesn't distribute witness rewards to multiple accounts. So it has to be powered down to share the block rewards.
Ah... gotcha. Thank you. And I'm sorry to hear that you had a sketchy experience. "Trusting your gut" is... complicated lol . but, something I'm learning to do better all the time. It's true: you don't really have much of an idea who you're talking to on here--which can be good and bad lol. People are so weird!