How are you voting on hardfork 0.17.0?
If you are for it are there any parts of it that concern you?
If you are against it, can you explain why?
@chitty made a great point here, reaching out to the people who vote for their witness. I am trying to get educated about this and I think it's important for the community as well.
One spare moment from you would be awesome. Thank you.
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I will be editing this post to include links to responses as I find them
My selected witnesses are:
@abit - response post
@anyx - response post
@bacchist
@bitcoiner
@blocktrades
@bue
@charlieshrem
@clayop
@complexring
@dragosroua
@gtg
@jesta
@klye - response post
@l0k1 - response is in comments
I just added him to my witness list
@neoxian - response is in comments
@pharesim - response post
@riverhead
@roadscape
@roelandp
@smooth.witness
@someguy123
@steempty
@thecryptodrive
@theprophet0
@timcliff
Other witness posts that I've found
I am aware that there are many witnesses who have a witness account as well as a social account. I don't keep track of them but if you have seen a witness response to HF17, please let me know so I can link it. Thanks!
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Everybody needs to take a damn chill pill! There isn't anything in any of these hardforks that cannot be dealt with in HF18 and beyond. Just sayin'
educate yourself on what witnesses do
Read @pfunk's User Guide to Steem Witnesses
Place your educated votes for Witnesses HERE
Check the witnesses on your list at SteemD/UR_USERNAME
I am not sure that the partitioning of comments vs posts is going to make any benefit or problem, some think that it could lead to a drop in author rewards... well, yeah, that's the idea, partly. Also the existing system overly deprecates them in the rewards. Whether this helps boost engagement or not I am uncertain but that is the intent.
That's about the biggest problem I have! You can now create new accounts by delegating SP, which is a nice feature, there will be the ability to direct rewards on a post to another user. I am also quite keen on the single 1 week payout scheme too.
My only real issues is that a flatter (or flat) reward scaling that currently massively advantages whales in determining rewards isn't in there - I don't know for certain but I think that @abit's 'experiment' may have resulted in a rise in the lower end of rewards and a drop in higher end rewards, which is obviously the whole point of doing this and why it should be done.
But I think that the curve is well and truly on the table and will probably be addressed in the following HF.
By the way, did you know I am a Witness operator? I still haven't really written up a good sales pitch for myself, but I think that the main thing is that I don't play politics, at all, non comprende, and I aim to be contributing to the development of the network by helping build a set of tools and knowledge for other witnesses, and eventually I want to be working towards turning Steem into not just a forum and a cryptocoin but a marketplace, with insurance systems, loans, etc etc...
I also support, albeit not so fanatically, the idea of Steem being fully open source. Really I would like to see people experiment with reworking the witness code in other languages and frameworks and inviting more people to come and tweak the code.
steemdhas many quirks that are not severe but can make running it difficult, and this is the sort of thing the open source model tends to get fixed, at a lower cost, than closed development projects.But I'll just keep nagging about it on and off anyway.
From a technical standpoint, the new code is indeed faster, less quirks and glitches and more stable.
I think it would be a good thing if they made these things more frequent with fewer changes, however.
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@l0k1 - I've had my finger on the button to vote you but I haven't had a chance to ask you until now so please forgive if this sounds blunt. Personal life aside, are you settled in a stable enough environment where your witness node is running consistently?
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#witness-blockschannel on steemit.chat. All "unstable" events are listed there.Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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Yup! I'm just putting the finishing touches on several monitoring tools I just finished writing and upgrading everything to 17.0.
If the price stays solid around the $0.15 mark from now on, I'll be relocating to Novi Sad beginning of April, and into an apartment.
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Sweet! That's exactly what I was hoping to hear. I'm headed over to vote you now <3
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@merej99 chatted with Bibi yesterday
she just left a reply actually - she's sick
I like your list - I have a few of them on mine, too
am not changing it yet .. still don't know who to add
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I think I've got 3 slots still open. Actually, a 4th when I remove dragosroua. I've been trying to go through each one but you know, LIFE HAPPENS. :P I just saw Bibi's post today! So happy to see her back :)
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I am still educating myself on the Witnesses, I have voted on a few still have 25 votes left. its hard work ever mind hard fork lol
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Truly! LOL
I've selected a bunch based on their involvement in the community. But I've also been taking cues from witnesses that I trust and cross referencing their choices.
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There's so many to choose lol I have too much choice
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My witness log with notes on HF17. There are still some remaining issues (review window) but I don't think that those are "grave" for this release.
I would have more than 24h after returning from vacation to make a review of final changes.
TL;DR: pros ≥ cons
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SWEET! Thank you for the link @gtg
uh... Welcome back from vacation! LOL
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Not over yet, I just started my way back home (that would take a while)
Thank you for this post.
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No mystery in my case:
I'm already running 0.17.0
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Are you on board with all the changes? Is there anything that's been discussed about future hardforks that you can share with me?
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I'm actually pretty ok with hard fork 17.
One of the biggest changes being talked about which didn't quite make it to 17 is the power curve change. A flattening of the power curve would bring about a result similar to the current "experiment" except without all that unsightly flagging.
It's a pretty big change though, and I can understand why it didn't make it to 17. There are plenty of other changes to 17 as it is.
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Agreed. I'd personally like to see a lot more hfs with fewer changes in each so the general populace could have bite-sized pieces to digest instead of
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I don't run a witness anymore, as you may already know and I will not restore my witness unless I see a significant change in the management of Steem and in the communication among witnesses and other stakeholders.
But if I would still run a witness, I would support HF17.
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Thank you @dragosroua - I am aware that you don't run the witness anymore. I've purposely kept you in my list because of your amazing community work and I'll probably keep you there for at least another week (or until I need that slot).
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I also have him as witness so I will need to change it with someone else as my list is full ! I might add @l0k1 just not sure yet 👍😉
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This is my following comment. I use it as a way to mark your post, so I can come back and view the comments.
Thank you for asking a great question
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Dayum! @whatsup got the Hulk thumb!
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HAHA! It's St. Patrick's Day in my part of the world. I needed to throw something green in here somewhere. :D
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I like it! :)
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I concur...great question @merej99 ..... Will follow this post with much interest
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Excellent post dear friend @ merej99 the truth I have done very little with my witness votes, I have only voted three times @timcliff, @cervantes and @curi, with some of your list, but I will have to internalize a little more about the theme.
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I'm hoping to find a good mix of coding brilliance, common sense, and community advocacy. A good chunk of my selection are people I've interacted with since I've joined. Most of them are based on how they respond to questions plus their voting patterns (I check on them once in a while in SteemD). I also check to see if they have the latest witness nodes. I have unvoted at least 2 witnesses because they were no longer active.
I would encourage everyone to do their own research. Do not blindly follow the votes of another member or you may as well be a bot. Every vote counts and I really believe it is our responsibility as community members to vote our conscience because these are the people who determine the changes for the good of the platform. Choose wisely.
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Excellent return dear friend @ merej99 I totally agree with you, which is our responsibility to vote conscientiously.
As always, it is a pleasure to interact with you.
greetings to your husband
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Hi @merej99 - I am still on the fence. I am discussing privately with some of the other witnesses to try and come to a consensus on the best path forward. I'll be posting as soon as I make my decision.
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That's awesome, Tim.
Is it possible to vote on PARTS of the HF does it have to be all or nothing?
I'll be looking for your post to include in the list. Thanks!
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Not exactly. The only option is to vote yes or no, but it is theoretically possible for an alternate release to be created, with a different set of changes.
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I appreciate you taking the time to respond, Tim.
An alternate release sounds like a great idea but it might be like herding cats.
I would much prefer if all the changes were separated into smaller groups with more hardforks. This allows the community to digest the new change and chime in without feeling overwhelmed. But I'm sure I'm not expressing anything new or unique here. LOL Keep up with the good work. :)
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It's a common sentiment. There is a balance to be struck though. Every HF requires all the exchanges, 3rd party tools, and witnesses to upgrade. Witnesses aren't a big deal (it's part of their jobs) but it can be a disincentive for exchanges to carry the currency, or devs to build apps on top of the blockchain (if it goes too far in the other direction).
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