What is a witness??
Witnesses are responsible for producing and verifying blocks on the STEEM blockchain.
Additionally, witnesses influence what happens during a "hardfork".
Witnesses are chosen using a system called Delegated Proof Of Stake (DPOS).
DPOS simply means, anyone who holds STEEM has 30 witness votes that they can cast to help influence who creates new blocks.
For a more detailed description of what a witness does:
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@someguy123/seriously-what-is-a-witness-why-should-i-care-how-do-i-become-one-answer
Vote for themarkymark
It is important to have witnesses who are trustworthy and active in the community.
@themarkymark is both of these.
themarkymark engages regularly in chat and genuinely cares about the platform. He is always willing to help people troubleshoot issues they may encounter and gives regular witness updates on his blog.
Here is his latest witness update: https://steemit.com/witness-update/@themarkymark/witness-update-themarkymark
To vote for themarkymark:
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
Use your witness votes, they matter!!
themarkymark is also the "brain" behind the popular booster @buildawhale !
buildawhale has recently increased their steempower and is now producing a daily curation digest. Any post that you submit with a bid is considered for the daily digest. For a small fee you can also submit a sponsored post to appear in the curation digest.
Latest curation digest:
https://steemit.com/buildawhale/@buildawhale/buildawhale-curation-digest-9-30-17
To find me or themarkymark, come chat with us in whaleshares discord!
Other witnesses I endorse:
@drakos, @reggaemuffin, @arcange
I am @themarkymark and I approve this message ;)
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🏅This message has been resteemed. 👍
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:)
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@themarkymark is a cool cookie and I did not yet knew that he is having a witness. I'll check it out immediately and vote for him!
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I am in awe, thank you!
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Awesome!
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Thank you @krazykrista, your support means a lot!
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She is pretty awesome!
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but mostly you ;)
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Awww schucks. However, if you ask the kid that refused to take a nap today -- the answer is a resounding NO.
As I type he is hot, yet whining for me to put his coat on... save me :)
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I rarely ever play her unless we are desperate as I most play pub matches but may play her a little more.
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As if my brain isn't scrambled enough ;) @krazykrista where did you find this one again?
:)
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LOL I thought this was in response to my Battle Mercy post (healer in a game called Overwatch), I thought someone was responding to the character I was playing. Out of context, that does sound crazy. I'm sorry I was on mobile responding to replies. Krista is awesome as well.
This is the post I thought the response was for:
https://steemit.com/overwatch/@themarkymark/overwatch-last-ditch-effort-battle-mercy
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Nope. No worries. That was great. I do miss chatting.
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Whaleshares discord :)
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Fantastic witness support post for @themarkymark! He is doing great things for the Steemit community.
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gave some witness love to @themarkymark ;)
@krazykrista i think @yunkzilla witness is down a long while
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Oh? Well thats no good, my mistake! I guess I need to edit again.
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Thank you!
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Um, didn't really know the meaning behind being a witness, so I appreciate the article, and I appreciate the Overwatch games! @themarkymark gonna be playing tn with my friends, I'll ping you! Voted for everyone mentioned. Didn't know I had that kinda influence either....
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Glad you learned a bit! Thanks for the support.
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As soon as I am not lazy, ie the morning, I am on this.
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Clever!! <3 hello darling! hugs thanks for the support!!
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Like duh...
Always a pleasure.
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This post has received a 4.49 % upvote from @buildawhale thanks to: @krazykrista. Send at least 0.50 SBD to @buildawhale with a post link in the memo field for a portion of the next vote.
To support our curation initiative, please vote on my owner, @themarkymark, as a Steem Witness
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Voted for witness. Thanks for sharing @krazykrista!
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Thanks for the support luvabi ;)
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