I would have loved to be a witness for Steem, then Hive, but I have realized a long time ago that it was expensive if you were not one of the top witnesses and that it was too much work for my taste.
When I learned recently that Hive Engine was going to have witnesses, I thought that it was my chance to be a witness.
I first saw a post by @rishi556 that explained how to become a Hive Engine witness, but I thought it was not detailed enough for me.
Then, I saw this post Step by Step Guide to setup Hive Engine Witness from scratch by Bala (@bala41288) that looks very detailed.
I knew of @bala41288 from the Rising Star Game discord forum, and I knew that he pays attention to details. So, I decided to follow his guide.
Although Bala recommends using a server that costs US$10 per month, I was not going to do that.
I have here a small computer that I bought 2 years ago to play a Windows game that I stopped playing several months ago. It has 4 cores, 8 GB of memory, and a disk of 1 TB. This is better than what Bala recommends: 4 cores, 2 GB of memory, and 35 GB of disk.
So, the first thing was to install Linux. As I have been using Ubuntu as my prime OS for years, I downloaded Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and tried to install it.
First, I made a USB stick, but I was unable to boot from the USB.
Next, I made a DVD. I was able to boot from the DVD. I made 3 attempts to install Linux along with Windows, but each time I rebooted the computer, I ended up in Windows, with no possibility of starting Linux.
So, I finally installed Linux alone, wiping out the Windows installation, and it worked the first time.
I had spent the better part of a day installing Linux and it was late afternoon when I started following BALA's guide to the letter. It worked perfectly.
Late at night, the software started to catch up with all the blocks of Hive Engine. And when I got up the next day, I was able to register as a witness!
Initially, I was approved with a weight of 20,330 staked WORKERBEE. I have no idea who approved me, as I cannot find any place that displays who is approving whom.
As you can see above, the first number is the "Approval Weight" and it is now around 4,546.
I have not missed any block so far, and at the time when I captured the picture above, I had signed 34 rounds, in less than 24 hours.
Even if I don't get any reward and I am now the 24th witness, after having been the 16th for several hours, I am very happy to be a witness and to contribute to the decentralization of Hive Engine.
If you have WORKERBEE coins staked in your Hive Engine, please consider to approved my witness on https://tribaldex.com/witnesses. Thank you in advance.
That's cool. It's a good opportunity to contribute to our platform. I am voting for you and some others there now.
Thank you!
I just refreshed the page to comment on the other links that you can use to check who voted you, but @rishi556 already did it. Lol he has fast hands. 😀
I'm glad that my post was helpful to you. I'm now going to update my post with the other alternative links from where we can check the witness details. I personally prefer @primersion's site which looks pretty neat and has all the details we would need. https://primersion.com/he-witnesses
You are really a big inspiration to me. You prove that age isn't a factor to try out new things and be active. I don't know what I would be capable of doing in my 71 years but I wish I should be like you. I also wish I shouldn't become lazy after getting enough money in my hands. Hats off to you. 🙂
By the way, we also have a hiding place in the Hive Engine discord server where all the witness-related discussions happen. You should also join us there. https://discord.gg/Cqh2KucnGy After joining there, you can request for the Witness role.
Fast hands and faster bots :)
Thank you for your kind words.
This all looks a bit backward, and my initial impression was I was voting for everyone.. so I voted for you and now there's a red 'x'. Very weird..
I was also surprised by the UI,
Very exciting! I've been considering doing this as well. It sounds a little more detailed than I thought.
I assure you that it is not difficult if you follow the guide carefully, and don't do mistakes as I did once, misspelling "replSetName" into "replSetname".😀
Maybe I'll give this a try! It sounds interesting!
It is great to have you as a witness and you got my vote!
I also like that you are running it at home. This makes the witnesses more spread out.
Thank you.
Well done you! I am not surprised you have gotten in at the techy side. I was tempted myself but I don't have the time. I hope you get a decent amount of approvals! I don't think I have any workeebee but if I do I will vote you for sure!
I voted anyway and like slobberchops above, I was quite surprised by the UI, a red cross to show approved. Tsk tsk!
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https://cdn.rishipanthee.com/enginewit.html and https://primersion.com/he-witnesses let you see who voted you. Here's the current list.
Also the large vote would have come form @eturnerx, he temp votes new witnesses to high ranks to make sure they can produce blocks ok because lower witnesses have less of a chance of producing blocks.
Nice to see another witness on engine.
Thank you!
I appreciate the vote and look forward to my journey in hive. Cheers from California
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Congratulations!!!! :D
Bonjour @vcelier, je désirais faire la procédure pour t'accorder mon vote, mais tu sembles faire partie des "désactivés", et ma procédure de vote est indiquées interrompue et impossible. Je n'y comprends pas grand chose à tout ça, dois-je m'y prendre autrement?
Oui, en effet je suis désactivé mais je ne sais pas pourquoi. C'est arrivé alors que je n’étais pas chez moi. Je tâcherai de corriger cela dès lundi, quand je serai de nouveau chez moi.
Congrats! I think I'm all out of votes but I do need to go and do a clean up and rework of my old votes. I'll keep you in mind. Good luck!!
Dear @vcelier
I hope you don't mind this comment, which isn't related to your publication. I would like to encourage you to join my personal charity initiative, which I've organized as a way to celebrate my recent anniversary on HIVE blockchain.
Goal of this initiative is to help good friend of mine (from Venezuela), who's having young son who suffer Asperger condition. He just had his 14th birthday and we're trying to raise some funds to buy him small gift.
Entire payout of my post will go to his father (@Joseph1956), so all I would ask you is to visit this post and drop generous upvote.
Help us make this world a better place. Even if just for one kiddo.
ps. I know that this comment does look like it's automated, however I posted it manually and I will check your reply (assuming you will respond).
Cheers, Piotr