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Use your witness votes and get the Community Badge

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If you follow the news about Steem, you are undoubtedly informed that this Monday, March 2, Justin Sun executed a hostile takeover on the Steem blockchain by replacing the witnesses elected by the community with sockpuppets accounts that he alone controls.

This operation could only be done with the help of 3 exchanges (Binance, Huobi and Poloniex) who illegally use the assets of their customers.

Although Justin Sun claims to be a staunch defender of decentralization, his action resulted in the Steem blockchain finding itself fully centralized.

We are a community that can't be bought!

While everything seemed lost, given the voting power deployed by Justin Sun to carry out his coup, the Steem community mobilized in an absolutely incredible way:

campaign on twitter
contact with the media
questioning of exchanges

But even more incredible is the support that Steem users have provided to elected witnesses.

They decided to express their disagreement with the policy led by Justin Sun by voting massively for the witnesses and managed in the space of only a few hours to hoist several of their legit representatives in the top 20.

Let’s reward this amazing effort

You have all shown us how the concept of community is not a vain word. Therefore, the SteemitBoard team has mobilized too to create a new badge to express its gratitude to you:

This badge will be awarded to all users who started to vote for witnesses after Justin Sun’s takeover and have used all their 30 votes.

Of course, as we do not support the action performed by Justin Sun and its fake representatives, the badge will not be awarded to those who voted for any of the following sockpuppets accounts: @goodguy24, @toke2049, @nicetry001, @agirl10000, @bostonawesome, @car2001, @aheadofslow, @happylife123, @onestepaday, @night11pm, @hunger365, @jumphigh, @paintingclub, @respect888, @high46, @flyingfly1, @eastooowest, @cloudysun, @coronashallgo, @waitforyou1.

Use your power! Use your witness votes!

You have more power than you think and together we can make a difference.

There is still a lot of work to be done to restore the decentralization of our blockchain. Please voice your opinion and go vote for witnesses!.

Steem on!

SteemitBoard is also a witness. If you still have one free vote and want to support our project, vote for our witness!

Comments · 63

@drtmyo(33)· 2349d
Ty for the Badge
@saffisara(74)· 2357d
I already vote for you 😉 and I would never vote for any of the witnesses up there.. Fake ones and as a community we stick together ❤️
@rajib2k5(61)· 2358d
I forgot how to check who I voted for as witness. I plan to unvote useless ones
@justclickindiva(78)· 2359d
I have all my 30 witnesses in place.
@arabisouri(73)· 2359d
I have 16 votes left, wish there's a list of witnesses recommended by the community, any idea where to find it?

I voted for @steemitboard long ago, and I guess none of the others I voted for are mentioned above. Suggestions please?
@lvictorfaulkner(39)· 2359d
I tried to vote for witnesses, and it says that I already voted. It seems my account was hijacked
@fenngen(72)· 2359d
Is my badge coming too?
@drfk(67)· 2359d
votados estimado
@gabrielatravels(79)· 2360d
Did this long time ago :)
@papilloncharity(83)· 2360d
About time that Papillon get's this badge???
@jacuzzi(75)· 2360d
WOOT! All 30 votes cast for True Steem Users!
@schwarz(45)· 2361d
Haven't used steemit much and only have a low balance, do my votes still matter or do you need accounts with higher balances only? Was planning to vote for the list theycallmedan put out but not sure it matters! Says I have 30 votes?
@john-snow123(51)· 2361d
Hello there. I'm quite new here and am now studying witnesses. (What a great time to start Steemit, as recent events pushed everyone to talk about what's happening behind the scenes) My first question would be, is it truly illegal for exchanges to use the funds at their disposal to cast votes? I understand it is not "right" and the lack of prior communication doesn't help their case but, don't we somehow forfeit the right to vote by letting them hold our tokens? Secondly, are there exchanges planning on building/allowing User Interface for holders to have their own voice? I would also ask anyone reading this to kindly forward me resources to help me select witnesses (I'll do my own research in the meantime, don't you worry) Thanks in advance and have a good day.
@grindle(79)· 2361d
As a newbie if I knew how to do this I would !
@drutter(73)· 2361d
I proxied my votes to SteemLeo who voted for all the original witnesses. Normally I don't vote but I decided this time it was important.
@epic-fail(70)· 2361d
what if we gave proxy to another member voting for good witnesses?
@tecnosgirl(66)· 2362d
When all this happened I went and removed some votes and voted for some new witnesses including your witness. As I was telling someone else use minnows together actually have more power than the Whales, as there are way more of us than them and collectively we hold just as much steem as they do.
@banditqueen(52)· 2362d
confused. can someone put on the list please for whom i used vote now. i have no idea what actual witness does
@urannium(34)· 2362d
Благодарю за поддержку семья!)
@jeenger(69)· 2362d
After all the terrible news, something nice. Thank you so much for the badge.
@sampraise(70)· 2362d
I want my badge, my 30 witnesses are voted ... And of course 20 of us have 11 among the 20 main witnesses but something else is missing, of course I think they should not stop going to a healthy negotiation.
@helpiecake(55)· 2362d
Hello!

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Much love to you from all of us at @helpie! Keep up the great work!
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@vermithrax(58)· 2362d
We've got 10 witnesses in the top 20. One more for majority.
@joanstewart(75)· 2362d
A badge to be worn with pride, thank you for initiating, marking this moment in blockchain history.
@madlenfox(66)· 2362d
@steemitboard, Only together we are power! Our community and all the amazing Steemians were able to unite and make this breakthrough to help pull up at least some of the main witnesses of our blockchain. This is already a good indicator of how we can act if trouble has come to our house. Of course, when the situation stabilizes, I will review my votes among the witnesses to distribute them properly, and one of my votes will belong to you again, like all my previous years here, but that will be later ... In the meantime, I had to act that way. Thank you for this commemorative sign.👍STEEM ON 💪😊
@empath(56)· 2362d
I had 2 votes left so I went ahead and used them. Badge or no badge.
@leveuf(64)· 2362d
This is a much appreciated initiative!! All of this, I think, will make us grow with more strength!! Best wishes for all the Team at @SteemitBoard!!
@steemseph(72)· 2362d
Nice badge! Nice rally too!!! 💪 Thanks!
@roleerob(71)· 2362d
Thank you for this @steemitboard / @arcange. I appreciate your efforts! Sounds like you are working on getting the badges out, which I am sure is a big task. Looking forward to receiving it, but no hurry ... 👍
@pardinus(75)· 2362d
Great idea. Crossing my fingers for something good to come out of this, but for now it's just awesome to see all the community support.
@d00k13(76)· 2362d
Excellent another one to add to my collection, does it require only voting for the top? I have a few lower down I cannot bring myself to remove votes from.
@jerrytsuseer(73)· 2362d
I voted you for witness months ago @steemitboard, and used up all my witness votes Wednesday in our bid to regain control. How to I get that badge? Where would it go? I have a PHC badge on my Steempeak homepage. That would be nice to have another badge there as well.
@ervin-lemark(76)· 2363d
That's a badge I am really proud of. Thank you very much.

Ps: Your resume of the situation is excellent. Concise and to the point. Kudos!
@szf(46)· 2363d
Steem on. Let us protect the chain.
@taimoorahmad(60)· 2363d
No matter what happens. I left using the steemit a while ago but as soon as I get the news of it's sale I came back to support my community. Right now I've cast my vote for the steemitboard! anyone who's taking a step against Justin and his puppets. Just let me know via message in my wallet or by tagging me somewhere. I've allot of community members with me who're coming back to steemit just to show their support against Justin. Let's bring the steemit back to it's original form!
@justasking(57)· 2363d
Love your subtitle "We are a community that can't be bought!". It is so revolutionary, and I'm happy to see that so many people support that. I voted for witness with all of my 30 votes. Hope everyone will do the same.
@traciyork(75)· 2363d
Wicked awesomesauce idea, @steemitboard! Thanks so much for offering this. I reshuffled my witness votes yesterday, and proxied all my family's accounts & my alts to help raise up the original top 30.

Oh, and any chance you might offer a "Blocked by Ned on Twitter" badge in the future as well...? 😂
@metzli(68)· 2363d
Thank you! Shiny badges make me smile.

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@jakim7(71)· 2363d
Congratulations, it is great the work and effort you do, greetings to all the team that makes it possible...regards
@bosferi123(61)· 2363d
I am more happy to see you,

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@barmbo(73)· 2363d
Done!
@elisonr13(75)· 2363d
Good! We continue to support and defend noble and decentralized reasons and causes.
@broxi(61)· 2363d
STEEM will never die!!! STEEM ON 🍻🤩
@steemvpn(48)· 2363d
SteemVPN Stands with the Real Top 20 Witnesses
@chromiumone(65)· 2363d
Already voted 25 to the top witnesses ( non puppet ) Used the other 5 to vote for who I like @steemitboard being one of those =) !DERANGED
@stayoutoftherz(80)· 2363d
Done!
@ronaldoavelino(76)· 2363d
Good! A new badge for me!

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@sn0n(65)· 2364d
Definitely onboard with this ^>^ I used the last of my votes on just this.
@creativetruth(71)· 2364d
Medal of Honor for sure! This is a victory for everyone who fought together, and we struck hard.
@loliver(57)· 2364d
I want that badge pls :)
@veteranforcrypto(62)· 2364d
Nice and shiny new badge! screw Justin Sun's Takeover Attempt..
@shasta(70)· 2364d
❤ @steemitboard 👍 Yesterday and today I updated my witness votes ✔ March ''4th'' 2020 As for those sockpuppet names, I've seen more creative socks on youtube lol !BEER 🍻
@kerrislravenhill(74)· 2364d
Already Done yesterday! Thanks for asking.

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@xplosive(72)· 2364d
I used all of my 30 witness votes. Most of them yesterday (on 2020.03.03), but some of the votes earlier, and one of the votes went to @steemitboard.
@discernente(77)· 2364d
I suppose I will have a badge. Thank you.

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@muscara(70)· 2364d
A great idea!

The one good thing that came as a result of these troubles: A lot more people learned how to vote for witnesses and did it :)
@pixelfan(74)· 2364d
I want my badge!!!! 😉😂
@torrey.blog(59)· 2364d
I proxied my voting to @stop.token, which is supporting the community witnesses. Does it count towards the badge? @cadawg
@jeffjagoe(77)· 2364d
what if we voted for 29 witnesses prior and then added 1 ... I want a badge :)
@enjar(79)· 2364d
Very nice, I hope to see everyone earn one of these.
@fernandosoder(67)· 2364d

If you still have one free vote and want to support our project, vote for our witness!

Unfortunately I already casted all 30 votes to the Top non-Sun Yuchen's Minions for now. But as soon as a HF comes to fix the vulnerabilities of our network, one of my votes will be yours.
@lemouth(75)· 2364d
That's a super cool initiative! Thanks!
@novacadian(65)· 2364d

This badge will be awarded to all users who started to vote for witnesses after Justin Sun’s takeover and have used all their 30 votes.

#InTheTrenchesBadge 👍😎