WITNESS WEEKLY @ 21 May 2021

This is now the third edition of Witness Weekly.

It is definitely proving an interesting project to learn more about the Steem witnesses.

There is much more going on among the witnesses than the community probably realises.

Hopefully Witness Weekly will begin to improve the communication and information flow so that the Steem community can better appreciate the work the witnesses do.

No major changes in the witness rankings this week, with just one new arrival on the block - @unbiasedwriter from Hungary.

If any witnesses have any information they would like to share feel free to contact me on Discord (Pennsif#9921) or leave a comment below.

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The Current Top 20 Witnesses

There have been only a few minor movements among the top 20 witnesses this week.

@dlike and @future.witness traded places at #5 and #6.

@scissor.sisters, @hoasen, @matreshka and @maiyude shifted one or two places in the lower half.

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The current top 20 witnesses for the Steem Blockchain on 21 May 2021 are :

No.	Witness
1	@steemchiller
2	@justyy
3	@steem-agora
4	@dev.supporters
5	@dlike
6	@future.witness
7	@symbionts
8	@steem.history
9	@rnt1
10	@hinomaru-jp
11	@inwi
12	@protoss20
13	@scissor.sisters
14	@hoasen
15	@smt-wherein
16	@matreshka
17	@roundblocknew
18	@maiyude
19	@rlawlstn123
20	@steem-dragon

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There are a further 30 or so active backup witnesses mainly in the #20 - #45 slots.

All top 42 witnesses are running the current 0.23.1 version.

Most of the witnesses from #43 and below are 'former' witnesses that are running old witness versions (0.23.0 or 0.22.1) and have now moved to another blockchain.

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Details of all the witnesses can be found in @steemchiller's Steemworld.org or on @symbionts's list at...

• https://ecosynthesizer.com/steem/witnesses

@steem.history also publishes a regular listing...

• STEEM witnesses list (21.5.21)

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New Witnesses

The witness ranks this week have been joined by @unbiasedwriter.

@unbiasedwriter is from Hungary and has been on Steem since July 2018. He is a regular content creator, particularly in Project HOPE.

• I am now a Steem Witness! :)

@unbiasedwriter hasn't laid out any specific plans as a witness yet but he is offering free ice-creams so he must be a n-ice guy 😊 ...

• I am now a Steem Witness - Let's Celebrate.... ice-cream is on me!

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The other recent new witnesses @successgr.with and @xpilar.witness are currently at #33 and #35 respectively.

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Witnesses News & Updates

@steemchiller (#1) has added Steem News this week into the top right promo-panel on Steemworld.org.

Thank you @steemchiller for that !

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@justyy (#2) has been busy with coding lessons this week...

• Learning Go - Day 1 - Running Sum of 1d Array

• Day 183 Teaching Kids Programming - Two Pointer Algorithm to Rescue People in Rocketship 双指针算法求最少火箭数

And also having his first Covid-19 vaccination...

• Side Effects after Taking the First COVID-19 Vaccine

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@steem-agora (#3) makes daily posts for their 500 SP power-up voting service, and also regularly supports @etainclub in his development of PLAY STEEM.

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@symbionts (#7) have not made any posts this week but is still running the @ecosynthesizer curation project, the ecosynthesizer.com multi-chain block explorer and the Steemsentinels cybercrime awareness and prevention tool.

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@steem.history (#8) puts out a number of very useful daily posts covering witness listings, Steem Power rankings and the STEEM system config...

• STEEM witnesses list (21.5.22)
• STEEM effective steem power list (21.5.22)
• STEEM rich list(21.5.22)
• STEEM system config (21.5.22)

@steem.history also sponsors the monthly SPUD4STEEM Power Up contest run by @kiwiscanfly. (@steemchiller, @xpilar and @steem-supporter also sponsor this contest).

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@ety001 (#41) has just placed an order for a new server to improve the hosting of https://files.steem.fans which provides backup files for API/Witness nodes...

• Finish new order of server for https://files.steem.fans

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@ayogom (#42), who also runs the @rnt1 witness (#9) (@zzan.witnesses), puts out daily posts on a variety of Steem related topics including this week...

• "Steemit.com Enhancer" tool that makes it easy to read and write on Steemit
• Steemit writing grammar [Markdown]
• Steemit writing syntax [HTML]
• What is Nodejs and how to install it?
• How to update witness node feed price
• [NodeJS] How to use API Part 1 Steam library installation

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@wherein, who runs the @smt-wherein witness (#15) and the @nutbox witness (#40), is mainly working on the PNUT project. It released more news on the PNUT airdrop this week...

• WhereIN Airdrop and The New Airdrop UI

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@maiyude (#18) has recently started putting out a series of posts on learning bot development on Steem, including...

• [learning] Steem blockchain robot development and learning activities (1)

• [learning] Steem blockchain robot development learning activities (3)-familiar with steem's API and build an OP

• [learning]steem blockchain robot development learning activity (6)-like robot improvement 2

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@steem-supporter (#32) has been very active on the posting front this week, including these on witness technical issues...

• Setting up a witness node in steem
• Installing Full STEEM API and AH Nodes in a Same server and and configuring with JUSSI , NGINX and SSL Certificate
• Setting up Price Feed to broadcast Steem Price

This one on setting up a comment bot...

• Creating bot on Steem -- Day 1 - Tag Specific Comment Bot

This one on the Steem Auto analytics...

• STEEM AUTO ANALYTICS

And just today @steem-supporter has posted this about his personal journey on Steem...

• Read my Story and comment --- Do read it please

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@italygame (#34) continues to support the Steem Italy Community but has not put out any further update on the new @steem-fanbase auto-voting tool this week.

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@roadofrich (#36) is continuing to develop the new @SteemField alternative Steem frontend and mobile app (based initially on the former SteemPeak). They put out regular updates in English and Korean including...

• [EN] "SteemField" Steemit Website development. - Bug fixes , Posting page

• [KR] "SteemField" PC버전 웹 개발 Steemit Website development. - 버그 수정 Bug fixes , Posting page

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I hope people find this new Witness Weekly digest useful to learn what the Steem witnesses are doing.

It will take a while to track down all the witness information. My apologies to any witnesses who I have missed. Please comment below on anything I have missed or contact me on Discord (Pennsif#9921).

In the meantime do remember to vote for witnesses...

Thank you

Pennsif

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[ graphic by @pennsif ]