@Xeldal- Meet The Witnesses #19, Remastered
Xeldal has a wide variety of skills, so much so that I think of him as our witness “swiss army knife.” He has worked as an electronics engineer, as well as both a software and user-interface developer. His past work includes “high-dollar government contracts”, and he is also a registered financial advisor with experience in fund management..
In addition to such white-collar pursuits, Xeldal has also worked in the military, where he specialized in electronics (naturally). According to his original witness thread, he handled “various electronics maintenance/troubleshooting, calibration, and repair tasks.”
It’s probably safe to say Xeldal is one of our most “MacGuyver-like” witnesses. Whether that means he can construct a working 2-seat plane out of duct tape, bamboo, trash bags and a cement mixer remains to be seen.
For “fun” (used loosely with proper attribution), Xeldal develops and deploys arbitrage bots on the Bitshares and Steem exchanges.
Xeldal pointed out early that keeping Steem at 100% inflation (a situation that no longer persists) would create perpetual downward pressure on the price and discourage investment.
Perhaps Xeldal’s greatest asset is his extensive experience in witnessing. He is a full Bitshares Witness, (#16,) and a witness on the Muse blockchain with over 3 years of experience witnessing.
Xeldal holds 940,000 SP and is NOT powering down, demonstrating substantial faith in Steemit long-term.
Xeldal’s Current Witness Update: https://steemit.com/witness-category/@xeldal/xeldal-witness-information
Xeldal’s Original Witness Thread: https://steemit.com/witness-category/@xeldal/xeldal-witness-post
Xeldal’s 100% Inflation Post: https://steemit.com/steem/@xeldal/the-price-of-steem-will-always-go-down-it-s-supposed-to-the-magic-of-steem-power
Please see the acknowledgement post here.
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We also have a Radio Station! (click me)
...and a 4800+ user Discord Chat Server! (click me)
Sources: @xeldal
Copyright: @xeldal, Macguyver, YouTube, Muse, Bitshares
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Thanks @lexiconical! It looks like @xeldal has also recently delegated a significant amount of SP to the Utopian.io project, which I have used and I think is a great addition to the Steem ecosystem.
Adding a witness vote for @xeldal as we speak thanks to this information.
Thanks for the update, I wasn't familiar with this project at all!
Edit: Now that I've had a few minutes to look over it, I think I may consider a delegation as well.
That's an impressive set of awesome skils. What's even more impressive is his refusal to power down (yet).
Another informative post.
I always like to see big holders who aren't powering down. We call those "strong hands".
Such a skilled personality.
Good to know him
I'm glad we have witnesses with such varied skills.
Yeah, me too