After over five years on the blockchain and almost 500 editions of Steem News now it is time for Pennsif to become a witness.
Why the penguin and not the fox?
That's a whole different story for another day.
In the meantime read on to find out more about Pennsif's Plans as a Steem Witness.
Who is pennsif.witness?
I am @pennsif from Wales in the UK.
Since first arriving on Steem in June 2017 I have been involved in a wide range of projects and communities including the Homesteaders Community, MSP Waves, A Dollar A Day, Promo Steem, the SoS Forums...
I am perhaps most well known for the regular Steem News, and pre-fork as a show host on MSP Waves.
Researching and writing Steem News several times a week, as well as producing Witness Weekly, keeps me very up to date with what is happening across the Steem blockchain.
Through compiling over 450 editions of Steem News and conducting almost 500 interviews on my various MSP shows I have got to know a large number of Steemians from many communities and many countries.
From all this I believe I have a good idea of how Steem works, and hopefully how Steem could work better.
As a witness I hope I can play a greater part in helping Steem grow to surpass its former highs and become the number one social crypto platform where everyone can thrive and prosper.
@pennsif.witness is my witness.
My Witness Mission
In conventional terms I am more a Community Witness than a Developer Witness.
Although, working in a very technical business environment, I am hoping I can be something of a Fusion Witness blending some technical blockchain knowledge with a large amount of community know-how.
As a witness my primary goal is to see growth across the whole platform through robust communication at all levels and targeted high yield developments with the resources available.
A large part of my work will be continuing to develop the communication outlets I already run like Steem News and Witness Weekly, as well as expanding into a number of new channels that will be announced over the coming weeks.
On the development front I have a number of ideas that have been simmering in the background for some time. Now I am looking to collaborate with developers to make these ideas happen. Stay tuned.
Infrastructure
These are the technical specifications of my initial Witness Node...
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- 64Gb DDR4 ECC
- 2 x 512 GB NVMe SSD (RAID)
I intend to add a Full API Node to my witness offering in the very near future.
Communication
As a new witness especially, I believe regular communication is all important.
I am therefore planning to produce a weekly witness update.
I am also happy to talk with anyone on the platform about their ideas, worries, questions or suggestions for Steem.
My Discord Door is always open at Pennsif#9921.
Vote for pennsif.witness
Everyone on Steem has 30 votes to give to the witnesses they believe will most help the platform.
No matter how much Steem Power you have in your wallet, big or small, your witness vote is important.
If you believe I can help Steem grow, and help Steemians thrive and prosper, I would be delighted if you would give one of your 30 votes to @pennsif.witness.
To cast your vote visit the Steemit Wallet Witness Voting list (top right corner of the Steemit page)...
Until my witness makes it into the Top 100 you will need to scroll to the first box at the bottom of the page and type in pennsif.witness.
Once I am in the Top 100 you will just need to find me on the list and click the up arrow next to the number on the left.
You will need your active key for witness voting.
You can also vote for witnesses through Steemchiller's Steemworld...
Thank you for reading this, and thank you for voting for my witness if you do.
I look forward to being the best Steem witness I possibly can.
Pennsif (Discord : Pennsif#9921)
For the technical set-up of my witness server I have been very greatly assisted by @rexthetech of the @steemwow witness team.
Big, big thanks to Rex - he has been very helpful and is extremely knowledgeable about servers and all things blockchain.
Do consider giving a witness vote to @steemwow as well.
Huge congrats! It's been a pleasure working with you to get your witness infrastructure set up.
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Many thanks for all your help.
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Congratulations on your witness, you have the full support of me and my Norwegian team
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Thank you for your support - much appreciated.
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Welcome! I think the more witnesses there are to steemit, the better it is for the blockchain. Choosing a Witness who is very active like you is my pleasure.
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That's great, thank you for your support.
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Congratulations! My vote is done - fabulous, a jump from 183rd to 177th place - still a little bit and you are in the Top20 :-)
Good luck!
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Thank you for your vote.
Have you decided if you will go ahead with your witness?
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Yes, I have. I will run the server as seednode for now, that feels better for me at the moment.
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Your post is manually rewarded by the
World of Xpilar Community Curation Trail
STEEM AUTO OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY XPILAR TEAM
https://steemit.com/~witnesses vote xpilar.witness
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Thank you
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https://twitter.com/ComSteemit/status/1575655881458401280
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Thank you
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Congratulations on your witness @pennsif > > @pennsif.witness
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Thank you very much.
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Ready friend, I already voted for you!
I wish you much success, because I know you want the best for Steemit.
Greetings and blessings 🙏😊🌸
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Gracias. Si puedo ayudar a la comunidad venezolana en algo, háganmelo saber.
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Claro amigo, así será. Muchas gracias 🤗
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Big congratulations sir!🎉
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Congratulations Sir !!!
But, why this ?
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That's new! @pennsif - what is happened...? @michelangelo3, @visionaer3003 - do you have any idea...?
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That seemed to be a temporary glitch. The server was still running as a witness and that message disappeared quickly.
In fact I have now witnessed my first block !
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That reassures not only me, I think ;-)) That technology can be so vulnerable...!
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No idea, mysterious things happen ;-)
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Congratulations on your witness
おめでとうございます！
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Your number is already 84.
I wish you success @pensif.witness.
... greetings from WOX :)
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Congratulations boss @pennsif, on this great initiative.
Glad to see you here as future Witnees
I'm sure you will realize what is your dream for the platform.
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Congratulations on being a witness sir
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This is a great move. Without doubts, you will add more value to steem. You already added. I believe in what you can achieve with this. I am in support. I already voted both withy personal account and that if steemkidss. Success! I will advertise it now for more users from my country to support you
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congratulations on your achievement sir, we fully support this witness. You are a great person we will start it.
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Congratulations on becoming Witness. This is good progress. I am sure you will be able to help Steem grow, and help Steemians develop and prosper.
I'm happy to have voted for you. We wish you success in carrying out your duties as Witness...👍😊
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Congratulation sir... Wish you all the best
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It's pleasing news to hear about this innovation. Congratulations on setting up space as a witness on the Steem blockchain, looking forward to seeing you at the very top sooner, sir. I have adequately supported you with an upvote. #Steem-on.
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Hurray! Congrats... ;-))
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I'm glad to see you join the witness, because I know your reputation.
I and also the steemseacurator and steem.amal accounts have chosen you as one of the witnesses.
Hopefully a small one from us can increase your witness rating.
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This is really great news, congratulations on your achievement as a witness. I will support you
Regards
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Congratulations Boss.., this is Huge ...☺
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Congratulations
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Congratulations for. This
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Supported, I know you will do a good job, go ahead, success.
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Congratulations on being a witness @pennsif, I know you have done a lot that is very useful on the steemit platform. Hopefully you will be a witness who can bring steemit to be the number one social media
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What a news early in the morning! Let me run to Steem World to VOTE you.
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What a good news, congratulation, I will be happy to support you
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Congratulations sir, good luck always with you🎉🥰
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I want to give you my vote, I hope for an improvement in the platform and according to my research you seem to be the right person!!!
Good Luck!!
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Voted. All the best.
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I am sure with your performance so far, then you are worthy as a witness to make steem better in the future.
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Tienes mi voto amigo, espero con muchas ganas verte llegar al top 20
Todos en la comunidad estamos contentos por tu progreso en estos 5 años, espero sigan las hazañas
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Congratulations 🎉🎉
And all the best for this.
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All the best of luck @pennsif.witness Voted for you ✅
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I back you and im sure ill get the #steemsilvergold community to send their weight to you too.
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Hello mate, I have supported you with my personal proxy (@steem-seven) and with the proxy is Comunidad Latina (@cotina), I think you deserve the support because you have been here keeping the community informed and spreading knowledge...
If you have any technological project that you think can help, I'm willing to listen to you, successes!
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tu arduo trabajo debe ser apreciado, lo has hecho, eres una bendición para
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Kami sangat mempercayai anda Mr. @pennsif
Dan kami mendukung apapun pogram anda, karna kami tau bahwa anda akan mencari jalan yang terbaik untuk perkembangan blockchain steem.
Dan kami sangat mengerti bahwa anda sangat pantas untuk hal ini, jasa anda disini sangat patut untuk dihargai.
Semoga anda sukses menjalankan visi dan misi anda.
Saya telah menjalankan tugas saya dengan setulus hati saya.
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Congratulations sir, I have also chosen you as a witness
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Just did it and best wishes for you.
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✌️🙋♂️👍
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Hello @pennsif,
Voted on pennsif.witness. I wish you all the best in your journey to develop steem.
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Mi voto fue a ti.. te deseo lo mejor y muchos éxitos se que quieres lo mejor para esta plataforma y te apoyo.
Felicidades nuevamente.. Éxitos!
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