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I tested out mining last week, took a while to get the blockchain downloaded properly, for some reason, but was easy enough to setup. In chatting with @pfunk, does not seem to be much profit in mining though.

Steem Mining is still a bit of a mystery. Perhaps experienced miners like @pfunk can set the record straight.

It took me 30 hours to find a block @ 40 KH/s. No idea how the rewards are credited though!

Yeah it is a mystery, i gave up after a couple of hours, finding zero blocks. I think the higher a witness, the quicker the block rewards

Witness votes will give you the chance (based on the stake of your voters) to produce a block without being in the mining queue. When you have witness votes it is an expectation that you will keep your server running and up to date.

Thank you for your witness vote!