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Possible, to some extent, though not as a general rule, and yes, in future there would be no other way to provide reliable witness service without having a strong team by your side.

But @transisto, technically skilled and self promotion are historically exclusive. Developers are famous as non-marketers or even shun it (i tend to fall here, I can do it, but it feels so icky and all)

If i was good at it, I would have long ago been trying to take advantage of the fact that you once had a conversation with me, and somehow turn that into a promo opp to get your vote on my witness and my worldwide blockchain based charity foundation effort, right?

Speaking of which... ;)

Just kidding, hope you are well. I see that you have been supporting utopian and the wordpress steemit developer both, and given what we DID talk about a couple months back, I'm really glad to see both got on your radar and got your love :D