Do you vote for government representatives? Imagining the steem blockchain as a nation, then the top 20 highest ranked witnesses are like its government representatives. They vote on changes to the software which interacts with the blockchain. If the software allows self voting or not would depend if it was greenlighted by the top 20 ranked witnesses for example.
Hope that clarifies things enough for you to start exercising your witness votes.
It is a good start and a most excellent explanation. I hope those top 20 are better than the asshole government representatives that we have....ooops.. maybe should not say that. However where do I go to start looking at that sort of stuff
Each witness will have a Witness Application. You will be taken to it by clicking on the blue chain link image to the right of their name.
Many witnesses give at least a monthly update jn their blogs on what they have been up to; some even more frequently than that.
My choices try to balance technical ability of running a witness server and how active they are on the platform. Projects that they may have developed also plays a factor.
The missed blocks mentioned for each witness in my post indicates, generally, the witness' technical ability. The blockchain runs smoothest with no missing blocks. So the less the better, generally.
Take your time. You need not vote all thirty at one time. Start with those that are known to you which you have a good feeling about. They can be changed any time, so every day is election day on the steem blockchain. 😎
Do you vote for government representatives? Imagining the steem blockchain as a nation, then the top 20 highest ranked witnesses are like its government representatives. They vote on changes to the software which interacts with the blockchain. If the software allows self voting or not would depend if it was greenlighted by the top 20 ranked witnesses for example.
Hope that clarifies things enough for you to start exercising your witness votes.
It is a good start and a most excellent explanation. I hope those top 20 are better than the asshole government representatives that we have....ooops.. maybe should not say that. However where do I go to start looking at that sort of stuff
You can get a full listing of all active and inactive witnesses at:
https://steemian.info/witnesses
Each witness will have a Witness Application. You will be taken to it by clicking on the blue chain link image to the right of their name.
Many witnesses give at least a monthly update jn their blogs on what they have been up to; some even more frequently than that.
My choices try to balance technical ability of running a witness server and how active they are on the platform. Projects that they may have developed also plays a factor.
The missed blocks mentioned for each witness in my post indicates, generally, the witness' technical ability. The blockchain runs smoothest with no missing blocks. So the less the better, generally.
Take your time. You need not vote all thirty at one time. Start with those that are known to you which you have a good feeling about. They can be changed any time, so every day is election day on the steem blockchain. 😎
P.S. The actual vote can be made at:
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
thank you so very much