WITNESS WEEKLY @ 30 August 2022
With more activity on the witness front it seems like a good time to bring back Witness Weekly.
The last edition was on 4 June 2021 and there has been quite a bit of witness movement since then - particularly in the lower half of the Top 20.
New witnesses are still popping up every week or two, and with a bit of nifty footwork they can usually climb in to the top 50 quite quickly.
With all these fresh faces amongst the witness ranks it will be interesting to see what new developments spring forth.
The Current Top 20 Witnesses
The top half of the Top 20, down to @steem-proxy at #11, are still very much held in place through the support of the mega @dev365 account.
Positions #12 to #20 owe their placings to the @upvu.proxy vote.
This upvu support has brought some more known names into the top slots like @etainclub (#13), @italygame (#14), @xpilar.witness (#16), @alexmove.witness (#18) and @marcosdk (#19). @upvu.witness itself holds the #12 position.
Comunidad Latina's @cotina witness is just bubbling under at #21.
The current top 20 witnesses for the Steem Blockchain on 30 August 2022 are :
| No. | Witness |
|---|---|
| 1 | @steemchiller |
| 2 | @justyy |
| 3 | @dev.supporters |
| 4 | @symbionts |
| 5 | @future.witness |
| 6 | @steem.history |
| 7 | @dlike |
| 8 | @maiyude |
| 9 | @rnt1 |
| 10 | @protoss20 |
| 11 | @steem-agora |
| 12 | @upvu.witness |
| 13 | @etainclub |
| 14 | @italygame |
| 15 | @boylikegirl.wit |
| 16 | @xpilar.witness |
| 17 | @successgr.with |
| 18 | @alexmove.witness |
| 19 | @marcosdk |
| 20 | @steemit-market |
There are a further 30 or so active backup witnesses mainly in the #21 - #57 slots.
All top 50+ witnesses are running the current 0.23.1 version.
Most of the witnesses from #55 and below are 'former' witnesses that are running old witness versions (0.23.0 or 0.22.1) and have now moved to another blockchain.
Details of all the witnesses can be found in @steemchiller's Steemworld.org or on @symbionts's list at...
This listing in the Steemworld.org has the added feature of showing who is voting for each witness.
@steem.history and @future.witness both publish daily witness listings...
New Witnesses
There have been a significant number of new witnesses since the last Witness Weekly over a year ago, but more recently the two newest ones have been @stmpak.wit and @visionaer3003.
Pakistan's first witness has arrived through @stmpak.wit run by @malikusman1, @steemdoctor1, @blockseater, @event-horizon and @faran-nabeel...
The second new witness is Turkish born / German based @visionaer3003 who has recently returned to Steem...
Witnesses News & Updates
@steemchiller (#1) continues to hold the top slot and continues to maintain the top app on the blockchain in the form of Steemworld.org.
@justyy (#2) is still busy fixing and refining various services he maintains and offers...
He has also been fighting the good fight keeping the spam accounts at bay...
@dev.supporters (#3) (@donekim, @glory7 and @wonsama) some months back launched the Steem NFT project SteemPunks. As part of that they established on 23 June the first NFT marketplace on Steem - SteemSquad...
@symbionts (#4) continues to add to and improve the features on their ecosynthesizer.com multi-chain block explorer...
They have also been working on the Steem_Insight tool for disseminating Steem posts on Twitter...
@steem.history (#6) puts out a number of very useful daily posts covering witness listings, Steem Power rankings and the STEEM system config...
- STEEM witnesses list(22.8.30)
- STEEM effective steem power list(22.8.30)
- STEEM rich list(22.8.29)
- STEEM system config(22.8.29)
@maiyude (#8) has been working on a new Steem wallet...
@steem-agora (#11) is supporting the development of @etainclub's AVLE app, currently through a 'public rental voting service'...
@upvu.witness (#12) publishes a daily list of which witnesses it is supporting with the massive @upvu.proxy vote (29M SP)...
@upvu has made a number of posts giving more information about how it selects the witnesses it supports...
@etainclub (#13) publishes regular updates about the development of his AVLE app...
@boylikegirl.wit (#15) is developing the boylikegirl club...
@xpilar.witness (#16) through @wox-helpund is running a lottery to raise funds for charity work...
@xpilar's team also continues to maintain the Steem-Auto service.
@ety001 (#27), has migrated his Steem Backup Data Server from Dacentec to Wasabi...
He has also recently produced a guide on how to deploy a Steem Witness node using Docker...
@rexthetech is currently publishing an extensive step-by-step guide on how to set up a Steem witness.
The latest episode covers 'Downloading the Blockchain'...
I hope people find the Witness Weekly digest useful to learn what the Steem witnesses are doing.
It will take a while to track down all the witness information. My apologies to any witnesses who I have missed. Please comment below on anything I have missed or contact me on Discord (Pennsif#9921).
In the meantime do remember to vote for witnesses...
Thank you
Pennsif
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Thank you. I have long wanted to know what the witnesses do. I came across separate posts, but you very conveniently collected all the information in one post.
I got the impression that each witness is engaged in his own project, without interacting with other witnesses.
Yes, it is not clear how much coordination there is between the witnesses.
I am planning to do this Witness update regularly now so I am hoping I will be able to gather more information every week.
Thank you for sharing information about the witness's current activities.
Many users have not chosen witnesses, (including me personally) because they do not understand about the selection of witnesses, the questions are:
I think it is also important to explain the function of each witness that is currently appearing. Especially for new users who don't understand it at all, then users will be more excited to choose witnesses who according to them can provide the best for steem.
Технически блокчейн существует на програмных нодах, которые содержат свидетели. В зависимости от своего места в топе держатели нод получают вознаграждение от блокчейна. Ваше голосование важно держателям нод при наличии у вас Steem Power. Некоторые свидетели даже платят проголосовавшим за них пользователям по количеству их Steem Power https://steemit.com/hive-171319/@golden-rain/exnihilo-witness-delegat-dayushii-keshbek.
You've got a free upvote from witness fuli.
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Интригует! А Steemit Team голосует за свидетелей?
wow fantastic summary on witnesses' works.
Hi, @pennsif!
Thank you for your post.
I sent a request to your discord to tell you more about my activities.