New: urasoul-witnessAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzansteemhive-166405hive-183959hive-185836hive-180932hive-188619hive-150122photographyhive-184714hive-183397hive-144064hive-101145hive-145157uncommonlabkrsuccesshive-103599hive-193637bitcoinhive-193186hive-113376lifeTrendingNewHotLikersura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update - My Server Now Runs HIVE v0.23!Following all of the recent drama with the hostile takeover of STEEM, my witness server now runs the first version of the code that is available for the new fork of STEEM called HIVE . My first…ura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update: My reply to Justin Sun's Questions for WitnessesThe 'fun times' of blockchain governance continue and @justinsunsteemit has recently posted a list of questions for witnesses so that he can decide who to vote for. Clearly this is a contentious…ura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update - Anarchy vs. Empire: TRON Replaces Top Witnesses and Takes Over the STEEM BlockchainI started missing blocks on my server an hour ago and saw that the top 20 STEEM Witnesses have been replaced with brand new accounts created by TRON/Steemit inc. Having just read through the…ura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update - My Witness Server is Live And Upgraded With the Latest Fix For the Recent Steem OutageThanks to @someguy123 for providing the package of the patched code for Steem that was needed following the recent freezing of the blockchain - post HF21. After over 24 hours of outage we seem to be…ura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update: Now Running Hard Fork 22A bug was discovered with the codebase of Hard Fork 21 and so a further update has today been released - Hard Fork 22. My server is now running HF22 and serving blocks with it. The fork will…ura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update - Now serving HF 21 blocks - Full Steem Ahead!After a full replay and upgrade to the HF21 version of the steem witness server code - my witness node is now once again live and serving blocks. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make the process…ura-soul (75)in witness • 5 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update - Temporarily Disabled During Hard Fork 21Hard Fork 21 has gone live and we are testing the results on the live network. My witness is temporarily disabled as I am not upgrading it until the new code is shown to be reliable this time. All…ura-soul (75)in witness • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #15 - Upgraded Server, Building New Steem App/Project & Helping The Steem FoundationIt's been 6 months since my last witness update post and it's not because I am slacking! There hasn't been a huge amount of changes in the witnessing world lately, so I have been focusing on other…ura-soul (75)in witness • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #14 - Working On Exciting Steem Projects, plus My Servers Are Updated to Latest Steem VersionAfter some delays, I have now updated my witness servers to the latest version of the Steem software (0.20.6). So far they are serving Steemy blocks just fine. :) The new version is a bugfix…ura-soul (75)in steem-ua • 6 years agoI Made It To the Top 100 in the 'Steem User Authority' Table!Woo! I made it to position #95 in the Steem User Authority table, as put together by @scipio and friends. I covered @steem-ua previously here and at that time I was hovering just below…ura-soul (75)in steem • 6 years agoWhat To Look For In A Steem Witness & Why I Vote For The Steem Witnesses That I Vote For.A few people have asked me recently for my thoughts on which witnesses to vote for and why. Here's my breakdown of the ones I currently vote for and why I vote for them - you can use my logic to…ura-soul (75)in steem • 6 years agoVisualising the Votes For the Top 50 Witnesses.. With & Without The @freedom / @pumpkin Votes.I was looking at the graphical display of the distribution of witness votes here on SteemReports and noticed the huge impact that votes from the @freedom / @pumpkin account have on witness…ura-soul (75)in witness • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #13 - Another Day, Another Steem Patch.. Oh, and Another Server!For many of us, the last few days have probably been among the busiest ever as witnesses. If something breaks with Steem, the coders involved have to work very hard to locate the problem and fix it…ura-soul (75)in steem • 6 years agoImproving Steem's Hard Fork Process: Where's The Documentation? Decentralisation in Theory Only?I wrote a reply earlier to @reggaemuffin's post on proposals for improved requirements for future hard forks of Steem - some good points are made in there. In my reply I related my experiences…ura-soul (75)in witnesss • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #12 - Forking Hell! A Very Hard Fork to Chew On... I Aim To Start Testing Future Hard Forks Myself.As you can see, as of this time, the Steem blockchain is functional, but continues to 'harmonise' the new system of 'resource credits' that is intended to improve the network in a variety of ways..…ura-soul (75)in witness • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #11 - My Witness Server is Upgraded to v0.20.2 - Ready For Hard Fork 20!Thanks to @someguy123 for being on top of managing his software to make upgrading witness servers a simple process.. My primary server is now serving blocks again, ready for Hard Fork 20. :) We…ura-soul (75)in witness • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #10 - My Witness Is Paused While It Replays The Blockchain For Hard Fork 20.. Back Soon!Phew, it's been a tough day here today, but at last I have my primary server replaying the blockchain in anticipation of going live with the working version of Hard Fork 20 for Steem. In case you…ura-soul (75)in steem • 6 years agoBid Bots: Steem's Achilles Heel? I present A New Way To Solve The Bid Bot Issues And Reinstate 'Proof Of Brain'.One of the main reasons I was initially attracted to use Steem is its independence and decentralisation - after years of being delisted and outright censored on G+ and Facebook, a blockchain based…ura-soul (75)in witness • 6 years ago@ura-soul Witness Update #9 - My Witness Node Is Producing Blocks Again Following The Hard Fork 20 Bugs and ReversalFollowing a lot of work from various core coders of the Steem blockchain, patches have been rolled out to repair the bugs introduced into the blockchain during the recent attempted deployment of the…ura-soul (75)in steem • 6 years agoHard Fork 20 Has Been Reversed Due To Bugs - Back to Hard Fork 19!As you have no doubt realised by now - Steem has been offline most of the day. This is largely due to issues encountered during the adoption process of the new version of the Steem software across…
