Witness Update - lukestokes.mhth - June 19th, 2017
We're less than 14 hours away from hardfork 19!
I'm so very thankful to currently be in position 33!
Just 20 days ago, I was at position 77. If you want to know more about what witnesses do check out this post:
For my witness announcement post, go here:
My last update is available here:
What I've Been Up To
As a backup witness, I was running HF19 release candidate 2 since June 6th to help ensure it runs smoothly for the top 20 witnesses. Everything ran great with no missed blocks.
I upgraded my witness node to a new dedicated server with 32G of RAM. My witness was active during the switch without missing a block by updating signing keys in real time (the process a top 20 witness should be familiar with).
I added a full seed node at
steem-seed.lukestokes.info:2001I created the @ubf account where http://www.understandingblockchainfreedom.com now redirects to and published a second video as part of my ongoing Understanding Blockchain Freedom project to help educate and inspire people about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
I secured a logo for Understanding Blockchain Freedom created by @gomatthew and paid for in SBD.
- Though not specifically related to Steemit, I successfully launched my Peerplays Witness campaign and am now producing blocks in position 21. I'm including this here because all experience related to running graphene-based witness nodes helps me be a better witness for Steemit as well. If you have PPY, please consider giving me your Peerplays vote.
Thank you all for being so supportive! I've been really encouraged by my results so far. One thing I've noticed is the witness rankings sometimes change based on user power downs. As Steem Power is divested, witness vote strength is also adjusted. Something to keep in mind as you vote for witnesses and make power down and power up decisions.
Due in part to the success of my witness campaign, I believe I've convinced @corinnestokes to let me away from the family to attend Steam Fest 2 in Lisbon, Portugal! I'm really excited to meet so many of you in person there. I haven't purchased my flight or booked a hotel yet, but I plan to do so with Steem earnings. How cool is that?!?
That's all for now.
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You already have my vote! Nervously excited for tomorrow's HF. Thanks for doing some of the grunt work!
Yeah, the rewards change is going to be interesting. Also the vote strength adjustments. Fun times indeed.
14 hours away... I am both incredibly scared and excited at the same time! Hopefully it turns out well for everyone! Also @lukestokes you probably won hero of the day in my mind for your call about 1coin (1stcoin?)! I had just gotten my first payouts and I turned that .07 into .1 btc in 23 minutes! All because of your article! I am very lucky to have met you! I made sure to reference you as a witness to support in this (right down there 👇🏻) ^_^ hopefully you get some votes! You helped me get this phone I am using to type this right now!!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@synesthesia/thank-you-steem-i-present-my-new-100-sbd-paid-for-steem-i-phone-2017619t183119370z
1coin? I'm not familiar with that, but sounds like you're doing well! Congrats on the new phone. :)
Hehe thank you! I keep my eyes glued to your profile so I can catch the latest bits of knowledge! Speaking of which I think I still owe you a thank you painting! I'll link below to some of the previous Synesthesiac Paints I did for @timcliff and @ausbitbank! All I need to know is your favorite song and I'll get a painting done for you ^_^
https://steemit.com/art/@synesthesia/synesthesiac-paints-aloah-ke-akua-minutes-1-3-requested-by-witness-ausbitbank-2017616t22526195z
https://steemit.com/art/@synesthesia/synesthesiac-paints-a-thousand-years-christina-perri-requested-by-witness-timcliff-2017619t12056676z
Very cool! I voted both of them up.
I don't think I really have a "favorite song" but I've been really enjoying The Red by Chevelle. It really gets me going every time I hear it. I actually never knew what the song was about until watching the video just now. :)
I'm a fan of NVC which teaches violence is a tragic expression of an unmet need. I also want to spread more voluntaryism and the non-aggression principle in the world, so maybe that's why this song connects with me so much. Anger is real. Expressing it doesn't have to be violent or tragic.
Keep rocking being awesome on Steemit. Maybe when my sister @karaelizabeth is ready and able, she'll do paintings for Steemians like this also. :)
I made sure to follow your sister when you spoke of her earlier, we karas have to stick together! ^_^ also i will make sure to get started on the painting for that song, and I will also look into the NVC! That is a fascinating teaching... And I love that you want to spread the message you do! Look out for the painting around Thursday/Friday 🙂
I just checked it was the first blood coin ^_^
I haven't written about first blood coin, so maybe someone else deserves your thanks there. Congrats either way. Well done!
Thank you! Though I could have sworn it was you 🤔 😝, It was super late last night so Im not gonna trust my memory fully!
Wow. You've been quite the productive one! Congrats!
Whole Raw Milk only. That's the stuff!
Hah! I don't know that I've ever tried it. Definitely been acclimating myself to almond milk lately though. That and Mootopia from HEB (lactose free milk).
Great work! Upvoted. Thanks for sharing and teaching me about the witness portion of Steemit
Thanks Jeff!
Yes, best of success to you! I learned something new today for you!
Excellent, glad to hear it!
Thank you for this explanation. I have faith in you buddy, just voted for you as Witness
Thank you! I really appreciate every vote.
absolutely bud. keep doing great things
If you reply on my comment i'll vote you . :) i just want to know if you really like communicating with minnows :)
Hahah! I reply to most sincere comments. That's how this happens:
Hahaha you deserve to be the number 1 witness :) thanks for taking your valuable time to communicate with us "Minnows " Voted! :P cheers
Everyone on that witness list is contributing in important ways. I'm happy to do my part.
my vote is yours best of luck to you - just learned how to add witness votes!
Thank you!
Thanks for all of your work leading the way Luke! Like the logo!
Cool, I'm glad you like it! And thanks.
does any of this help people new comers earn more ? i will follow you and keep up to date with the issues from now on
The change in hard fork 19 ("hard fork" basically means mandatory software upgrade for the blockchain system which Steemit runs on) may help out new comers because:
Their vote strength (compared to bots) will be more influential. Instead of being based on 40 votes a day, it's based on 10.
Rewards will no longer be quadradic but linear. That means as more people voted on a post in got more and more of the reward pool. The new system means the strength of the votes will apply directly to the reward for the post, not the strength * the strength like it is now. In theory, this should leave more of the reward pool for posts which aren't on the trending page.
As for the best way to earn more, it's a long process. Hopefully this post will help: Last Week I Made $1,500 Worth of Cryptocurrency Blogging on Steemit. Here's How.
thanks very much am so grateful for your reply and i can see your doing a lot to help us - i will read the post linked too -David
I'm new here too (only 2 days so far) and briefly read about witnesses before but haven't really dug into it too much yet. Thanks for providing this information. It's been very helpful. I just voted for you and was confident doing so because you seem really dedicated to this as well as knowledgeable. I will also follow you as I'm sure you've got some very valuable content to share. Good luck!
Thank you! I think you're my 2000th follower!
Aw, awesome! Glad I could be :)