#witness-category

My Witness Thread

Why A Witness?

Maybe Steemit is the first social networking site that is running on top of a blockchain. All textual contents generated by users are stored in the blockchain that is continuously growing. Inside the blockchain, the contents are packed in blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. Here is how the witness is needed in Steemit.

First, witness provides storage and bandwidth to host the huge blockchain containing all the content. Second, witness produces blocks that are securing the content. Other than that, witness also have to provide price feed to the network, so it knows what price is STEEM to USD. Then, witness also expected to provide a seed node that stores the full blockchain and distributes it across the network.

I believe that blockchain invented by Satoshi Nakamoto has revolutionized the world by making possible the impossible, i.e. to prevent double-spending in digital cash. Then, Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) developed by Daniel Larimer, is a breakthrough to solve inefficiency and scalability problems suffered by original algorithms. And now Steemit is an amazing implementation of a free and open society platform on top of it.

It is very important for everyone in community to understand this mechanism of delegation. That witnesses who have been delegated by community are necessary for running and securing the network. Therefore, everyone in community shares the same responsibility to become a witness. At least, they aware that their votes to choose the right witness are affecting the network to function properly.

Hence, now I decided to become a witness.

Contribution

After joining Steemit about three months ago, I specialized my activities in Indonesian language. For example:

Regularly post, comment and upvote in Indonesian language. https://steemit.com/indonesia/@puncakbukit/3-ciri-khas-arsitektur-di-bali
Generate daily reports on "Top 10 Posts Of The Day" within Indonesian steemians. https://steemit.com/peringkat/@puncakbukit/10-besar-tulisan-hari-ini-rabu-8-november-2017
Educate Indonesian steemians by giving daily tips about writing good post on Steemit. https://steemit.com/peringkat/@puncakbukit/10-besar-tulisan-hari-ini-rabu-8-november-2017
Generate weekly reports on "Last Week's Trend Of Posts" within Indonesian steemians. https://steemit.com/tren/@puncakbukit/tren-tulisan-pekan-lalu-pekan-ke-44-tahun-2017
Send welcome messages to all new Indonesian steemians to encourage them. https://steemit.com/@puncakbukit/transfers
Advertise Steemit on all my blogs in Indonesian language (here two of them). http://www.puncakbukit.net/ http://www.burungocehan.link/
NEW: Just started new report service "Top 10 Categories Of The Day". https://steemit.com/peringkat/@puncakbukit/10-besar-kategori-hari-ini-jumat-10-november-2017

Server Specification

Based on Your guide to setting up a Witness Server (STEEM-in-a-box HF19), I built the witness server with specification below:

RAM: 32 GB
CPU: 8 cores
Storage: 2x2TB HDD
Network: 1gbit/s
Location: Germany VPS

Necesary means has been taken to sufficiently secure the server, such as:

Closing all incoming ports, except one used by SSH.
Moving SSH port to some high random number to prevent scanner bot.
Installing fail2ban program to block SSH brute force attacks.
Installing NTP to prevent block misses due to time synchronisation problems.

Moreover, it is provided by the best cloud service provider, @privex, whose CEO, @someguy123, is a respected top 20 witnesses in Steemit. @privex accept STEEM, are affordable, and sell servers with a Zero Block Miss SLA. (Tell them that you are referred by me to get 10% discount!)

Price Feed has been setup to broadcast the price to the network once every 60 minutes. I used Steemfeed-JS to setup it.

Seed node has been setup too with the same specification as above. The URL is

85.10.196.211:2001

Why Vote Me?

So, I may be able to dedicate more time to continue above contribution to Steemit community, especially within Indonesian steemians. In the future I plan to add more, such as:

Generate monthly and yearly reports on "Trend of Posts" within Indonesian steemians.
Add more educational materials to daily tips on writing good post in Steemit.
Expand the contribution to Japanese steemians community too.

Lastly, puncakbukit means hilltop that maybe is the most lovely place to write a post.. under the tree.. and the wind blew.. :-)

Vote for me to be a witness - every vote counts.

Go to page Witness Voting.
Scroll down to the bottom.
Input "puncakbukit" in the textbox below.
Click VOTE button.

Comments · 34

@thegangstars(28)· 2385d
Voted for you :)
@contrabourdon(73)· 2474d
Hello. I voted your witness to encourage those outside the top 20. I run witness @untersatz. Let's check your votes !witness-vote-check puncakbukit
@mattgroening(59)· 2508d
Could you explain why downvoting bots like steemd.com/@greizo voted for you? Among them are also @spirfu and probably someone else I forgot. Whoever did this might be your enemy.
@wongbraling(68)· 2589d
Need support. new steemians. interested to be activisteem. activist of steem @wongbraling
@meynamis(30)· 2747d
Upvote back yaaah... Semoga berjaya selalu
@zlestikaputroe(37)· 2777d
voted @puncakbukit
@bjornb(59)· 2843d
Voted ;-)
@greass(34)· 2922d
sudah di upvote ya kak,, saya jg punya kawan yg di wittnes
@greass(34)· 2922d
sudah di upvote ya kak,, saya jg punya kawan yg di wittnes
@greass(34)· 2922d
sudah di upvote ya kak,, saya jg punya kawan yg di wittnes
@dodolzk(58)· 2979d
Done.

Sudah saya upvote sebagai "witness" ya.
@timcliff(74)· 2986d
Hello. You have a seed node 85.10.196.211:2001 which is currently showing as "Offline" on https://status.steemnodes.com/. Are you planning to bring this node back online, or should we remove it from the list of seed nodes?
@herumawan(28)· 3020d
Done.. I vote you in witness thread, @puncakbukit
@missnikkiann(36)· 3034d
I will definitely be taking the time to witness you. Thank you for sharing this detailed post, it is a great resource for those who are just starting out. Actually, I wish I'd had these step-by-step pictures when I first started. Great post!
@muksa(44)· 3088d
Sayaakan mendukung anda .sukses selalu dalam berkarya, Saya pengguna steemit baru jadi belum tau jelas tentang steemit dan trategi steemit. Semangat dalam bekary @puncakbukit
@manfaluthi(44)· 3089d
done, abang.. :)
@djamidjalal(55)· 3106d
waahh...benar2 akun steemit yang bermanfaaat bagi steemian lain @puncakbukit. sukses terus
@noasalfha(38)· 3108d
Terima kasih @puncakbukit sedikit-sedikit saya bisa tahu apa yang harus saya prioritaskan ketika bermain steemit sebagai pemula.
@toufiq(41)· 3111d
nice
@warnasenja(45)· 3117d
saya udah vote witness ya :D
@putroeraesha(31)· 3132d
Postingannya bagus sekali @puncakbukit Upvote aku ya @putroeraesha
@buitumbon(8)· 3132d
tolong vote post aku kak :)
@jun.imaginer(33)· 3135d
"witness me senpai @puncakbukit" hahaha

Sudah saya vote ya, semoga masuk dalam top 50.

Keep up the good work. Best of luck to you
@fajarharapan(48)· 3142d
Sangat luar biasa..
@fajarharapan(48)· 3142d
Bagaimana saya bisa menjadikan @puncakbukit sebagai witness..
@musismail(62)· 3153d
Very nice!
@devart(52)· 3163d
good post, i nice. sudah di upvote juga yaa.
@aulia.ikbal(25)· 3170d
Sudah di vote ya :) @puncakbukit
@buildawhale(93)· 3210d
This post has received a 0.59 % upvote from @buildawhale thanks to: @puncakbukit. Send at least 1 SBD to @buildawhale with a post link in the memo field for a portion of the next vote.
To support our daily curation initiative, please vote on my owner, @themarkymark, as a Steem Witness
@marathaking(58)· 3212d
Ya good job
@rizkigold(39)· 3212d
I like your post @puncakbukit if you can visit to my post
@syarkawi(36)· 3212d
bagus sekali telah di upvote ya @puncak bukit
@geonusantara(1)· 3213d
Pemikiran anda sangat cerdas @puncakbukit .Semoga kedepan akan lebih banyak konten dari anda yang sangat bermanfaat bagi kami yang masih pemula & amatir.Ijin reestem & vote..Terimakasih
@lovejuice(61)· 3213d
This post has received a 13.38 % upvote from @lovejuice thanks to: @puncakbukit. They love you, so does Aggroed. Please be sure to vote for Witnesses at https://steemit.com/~witnesses.