I was reading through Red plus bonuses by @enginewitty when I found he tagged me into doing the #gettoknowme challenge by @anomadsoul - this seems like the perfect challenge for me, because being a bit shy and recluse nobody hardly knows me at all.

This is the third time I have used the selfie on the right, I'm actually really proud of it and sadly desperate for appreciation. Technically speaking have perfectly roasted that batch of coffee, I had to open the discharge gate to release the coffee into the cooling tray - then turn around, try and aim my iPhone at me and the roaster and get the shot before the coffee stops pouring out of the roaster - opening the gate to it all being released takes just over a minute and a half so that's impressive by my humble standards.

Like most challenges this has a set of rules, so let's check them out

#gettoknowme Rules

1. Only Steemians with more than 6 months in the platform or more than 100 posts made can join this challenge.
2. You can only include posts of your authorship.
3. Avoid crypto, politics and religious posts.
4. Think of this challenge as your Steem blogging "resume or CV"
5. Use the tag #gettoknowme
6. Have fun.

First off, we better check I even qualify for entering....

I'm terrible at maths, but pretty sure that's a couple more then 100 posts and a good few more then six months - we are in! Result. Now what?

Now fortunately for me, the new Hide Resteems feature has just been activated because before that it was impossible to find my posts! Although I believe Steemspeak has the hide resteems feature - but when I tried it I was not overly fond. Anyway - my Steem blockchain history in posts - well this is going to be interesting!

OK, forget that - it only goes back a month, guess I'm going to have to search for my posts - makes mental note to store links to the occasional half decent posts I create in the future.

As challenges go, #fivefunfacts was an epic one, my own Five Fun Facts was pretty good by my own standards and gives a little insight into me.

Probably my biggest "monster" post was Market Friday goes to the London Coffee Festival it has a few pictures!

My happy place - a fun tag and it made for an interesting post.

Building a gaming PC was a series I started a year ago when I started to put together a gaming rig for my youngest boy, the first building a gaming pc has some of the components and it covered around 4 more posts as I obtained the parts and put them together. End result a year later it still runs like a dream and demolishes any games we run on it - the only upgrade since has been adding extra built in storage because the amount of games we install quickly fill it!

Some of my most interacted posts have been the Coffee's of the World ones, this one Peruvian coffee is a good example of how I run through a single origin coffee and describe more about the growing estate for the coffee as well as actually drinking it.

The whole reason I started on on Steem was from doing my YouTube vlogs, and watching @old-guy-photos videos. He persuaded me that Steemit would give better rewards then YouTube would and he was right! My Vlog videos found a new home here, like this c0ff33 vlog from January 2018 - I struggle now to find the time to do a version on here every week although I do the youtube video every week still.

Probably the biggest moment in my short time posting was my Witness Application Post which might not look like it but I spent 3 full days over a bank holiday weekend working on it! As the post explains I had become so absorbed with the community and people on the Steem blockchain, I felt I wanted to contribute to keeping it running for us all in the future. A big influence in this was the Witness @thekitchenfairy who was kind enough to share her own experience of the the process. And having joined #thealliance at the start of the year, @enginewitty had inspired me that a Witness could be about people and community rather then just being an dapp developer or technical dev.

Certainly over the last few weeks the reason why we stick with the Steem and the blockchain has been a big challenge, I have seen a wide range of opinions and feelings - and a great deal of anger over the downtime HF20 brought. Personally I will always stay active here for one reason - the people I have met and made friends with. It really comes down to what is important to you, and I know for some the post rewards are what they want - which is understandable. But when you dig deeper the community we have, the people from around the world sharing so much incredible content makes this blockchain truly special. A perfect example is the the challenge #tenrandomthings started by @twodorks - getting to know Steemians, how much it has been embraced and so many people have joined in is amazing.

I would love to mention all the people that have made the Steem Blockchain so special to me, but there are so many and I fear that it would take me days to mention every single one. But it is not too hard to see who I have found and connected with, my blog is filled with resteems that cover the content from all the amazing Steemians I have found and enjoy the content from on a regular basis.

#gettoknowme is a fun tag, finding my own old content has been difficult which presents it's own questions - do I not know how to find my own content - or should we keep links to a favourite posts. But I think in reality, the people that want to know me - already do. And I am thankful for all the very special friends from around the world I have found through the Steem Blockchain. That is the real value we have, and nothing can take it away from us.

Some of my previous posts you might have missed

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Witness Update by @c0ff33a The Day The Blockchain Stood Still

The C0ff33 Vlog 28th September 2018

Sublime Sunday by @c0ff33a ☕️

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Last Confirmed Block Number 26,550,774 Last Aslot 26,645,205
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