What Are Witnesses?

in helpme •  7 years ago 

Just wondering what are these witnesses that you can vote for? I am relatively new to steemit and have no idea what they are.

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      ·  7 years ago (edited)

    The witnesses are elected to produce blocks to manage Steem transactions. Compare this to Bitcoin where miners compete to produce blocks.

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      Thank you.

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