Hello Everyone!
Here is what I've been up to since my last witness post:
- I upgraded my primary and backup witness server to 19.2, which contains a lot of needed performance improvements for the blockchain software. I still have an extra server running 19.1 just in case a rollback is needed, but at this point 19.2 looks pretty stable.
- I continue spending a lot of time in the steemit.chat "help" channel, helping users with various issues and questions.
- I participated along with several other witnesses on identifying content in the 'old whitepaper' that was no longer accurate, so that Steemit, Inc. could make the necessary changes in the new version.
- I agreed to pay 50 STEEM / month (up to $80) to @someguy123 so he could cover the $80/m cost of hosting an additional "full" RPC node for the community/network to use. You can read about it here, and see a list of all the RPC servers here.
- I created a post to encourage more community developers to get involved with condenser (Steemit.com) development.
- I submitted a pull request to update the installation instructions for the condenser (Steemit.com) GitHub repository, since the current instructions failed to build. The Steemit dev team ended up submitting their own pull request instead of using mine, but I like to think that I helped :)
- I submitted a pull request to update the FAQ content, including info on the new cover image. The pull request has been accepted and merged, so we should see it up on the new site soon.
- I submitted a pull request to update the welcome page with additional content, including a new intro section and a link to the "New Member Support Community" (often called MSP). The pull request has been accepted and merged, so we should see it up on the new site soon.
- I created a post to discuss voting abuse in the context of the new whitepaper.
- I created a post to let people know about @biophil's new POCKET tokens, along with instructions on how to claim them.
- I created a community engagement post What do you expect from your witnesses? to get input from the community.
- I submitted a pull request to add links to the new Steemit Shop and Bluepaper in the main menu.
- I created a Guide to being a good witness to hopefully encourage witnesses (new and old) to add value through their witness campaign. The post included a lot of suggestions on different ways they can do that.
- I continue to review and respond to issues in the steem and condenser GitHub repositories. I have also opened several issues for glitches that I have encountered or were reported to me by other users.
- I continued creating weekly Reports from the Witnesses series posts. This report provides the community with an aggregated report of all the witness reports from the past week.
- I am continuing to fund @moataz's Facebook advertising campaign to bring more people to Steemit. So far, we have received over 9,000 clicks, reaching 120,000 people and generating over 500,000 impressions! More details about the campaign are here.
Some Information / Suggestions:
- @heimindanger announced the creation of DTube - a decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS.
- There is now a Steemit Shop where you can buy official Steem/Steemit merchandise :)
- @justinw from the Steemit dev team posted a video tutorial on how to develop applications for the Steem blockchain.
- If you are planning to attend SteemFest, remember to buy your tickets soon!
- Steemit updated their whitepaper!
- The Steemit dev team released a guide on how to setup an exchange node. If you have any contacts at various exchanges, it would be good to send them this guide and encourage them to add Steem.
- Steemit announced a partnership with the Busy.org team to officially support SteemConnect 2.0. This will be a big deal for third-party application developers that are interested in building things for the Steem blockchain!
- Steemit announced the release of a new Bluepaper, which is condensed version of the whitepaper aimed to be read by a more general audience.
- Continue providing support to the users in the "help" channel of steemit.chat.
- Continue with the weekly "Reports of the Witnesses" series.
- Upgrade my remaining backup server to 19.2, now that it has proved to be a stable version.
- Provide a "manual build" guide on how to setup a witness node without using docker.
- Various pull requests to the condenser GitHub repository.
- SBD Interest Rate: Currently the peg seems to be holding close to $1 USD (hovering between $0.95 and $1.05), which is right where we want it. I have added a small amount of interest (1%) to try and help with the occasional dips below $1.
- Price Discount: Currently the debt level is at 1.1%, and SBD is pegged close to $1 USD. Based on this, I see no need for a price feed discount at this time.
- Registration Fee: My registration fee is currently set to 0.2 STEEM. This makes it so that a new account costs 6 STEEM (non-delegated), which is about $7.80 USD at current market prices.
- Maximum Block Size: I currently have my block size set to 65,536. There seem to be no issues related to bandwidth after the 19.1 soft-fork, so I am comfortable with the consensus on this parameter given the current system use.
Forward Looking Plans:
Summary of Current Witness Parameters:
I welcome feedback if you think there are things that I can be doing better as a witness. If you think I am doing a great job, I would really appreciate your witness vote!
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
Thanks everyone for reading my witness report!
Hi @timcliff, This is a very detailed article and the links to other useful articles (as it seems from their titles) make it even more detailed and very important post. Though everything in the article is just awesome and it's refreshing to know that you guys are doing a lot of hard work to take Steemit to the next level. This is commendable! However, for me, the happiest part was this one: "The Steemit dev team released a guide on how to setup an exchange node. If you have any contacts at various exchanges, it would be good to send them this guide and encourage them to add Steem."
I resteemed the article so that I could read the other articles mentioned in this post later. Steemit is changing lives of people and thus playing a very important role in the society and you guys are heroes because you're trying really hard to cope with your very responsible jobs. Hats off!
Respected sir @timcliff you really done a great and admireable work, your initiatives and plans are very useful for us and guideline for us specially new comers. I appreciated, fully supported and 100% witnessed to you.
following & resteeming.
You are a hero! :faints:
DTube, Steemit Shop, DSound, Mangosteem. It's nice to see so many creative apps being build on the Steem blockchain. I am not sure how they will all hold out on the long run, but it's a good thing to see so many interests :)!
An interesting read, Tim. I already appreciated that you are always happy to help improve the steemit experience for us all, but teading this makes one understand a little more of what goes on behind the scenes. Thanks from one grateful reader!
Thank you for the update Timcliff. If you need a hand in the help chat let me know. Also, I have two questions about the information you posted. The first is about the registration fee. Is that a fee each new user pays to open an account?
Also, why do you decline payout from your witness post?
If you want to help out in #help, feel free to join. There is myself and a few other volunteers who help out answering questions. The more the merrier :)
The registration fee is how much it costs to create a new account. Most users (who sign up via Steemit.com) don't pay this fee, since Steemit, Inc. pays it for all new accounts created through their website.
I decline payout because I am already paid quite well by the blockchain for being a witness. I see this as part of my witness duties, and I don't want to "double dip" and get paid for my work as a witness and for my post.
@timcliff Please help me in playing steemit I still do not know about steemit.
A good place to start is the welcome page in the main menu. There is also a lot of good info in the FAQ.
Great that you have requested the updating of the FAQ. 👍 I like the points you addressed. The FAQ was a big help for me starting on Steemit. We have to maintain it.
One of my top witnesses. Consider voting for
too.
That is very cool, did you make it, can I have one?
Thanks :)
You should get the paidout Tim... you do a good job here!
I already get paid quite a bit for my witness duties. I see this as part of the job I am already being paid for :)
Wow! One of major wittness posts i calmed to read. Really detailed... One thing, the "registration fee" , is it for new steemit accounts? My wittness votes already reduced by 1. Good job.
Yes. The registration fee is how much it costs to create a new account.
i told you before that you are a good witness @timcliff and i will repeat it again Tim you are a good witness you deserve my #witness #vote my friend
Thanks :)
Amazing stuff!
I think you just got my very first witness vote!
It is so exciting to see all the new developments here.
Pocket, dsound.audio and the upcoming zapl!
Cool, thanks :)
After reading this post, there is no reason left why I shouldn't I give you my witness vote.
Please start some projects for newbies as well who are creating some good content but their reach is limited. May be some whales start sponsoring such creative newbies, upvoting them regularly and things like that, just an idea !
Good suggestion. I'll think on it.
"I continue spending a lot of time in the steemit.chat "help" channel, helping users with various issues and questions."
You may develop a robot to help you.
Most of the 'automated' responses are in the pinned messages.
Very nice thoughts about steemit and good description n pathway to future
You are really doing a lot of amazing projects for the community @timcliff, please keep it going man!
My witness vote your way!
Cheers
@progressivechef
Tim, thanks for all the contribution you have made to the community! :-)
Welcome :)
Great job ! I'm proud of your manner to work with Steemit , i wish you too much success and i vote for you without hesitate . I'm new on steemit and i will be very glad to have you as teacher on this site . Thanks you so much for all and for what you continue to make .
Great work! You're awesome
Upvote and resteem
GOOD sharing!
Why this post showing cross on rewards, what is meant?
I declined payout, which means that I will not receive any rewards from the post.
Thank you
Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best.
witness server 19.2 ..... Really???
That's cool, blockchain software would be great now. Can you please share the performance before and after in your any next post(If Possible). Thanks for sharing great stuff for it is very useful for beginners. We always Support your good work as you are also serving for the betterment of this awesome Community, Keep Posting good Stuff! Cheers...!
that's quite a list, thanks for the update and work /peace
Voted for you Tim.
Appreciate your services dude :)
Good work, good news.. And amazing..
wow ,,, nice update ,, i just voted for you
and i hope you keep the community great and awesome
Thanks :)
yes, i did @timcliff and follow you :)
@timcliff ! I like your post about vote for witness ?.It is a helpful detail .
https://steemit.com/steemit/@slon21veka/sensation-30000-per-month#comments