Ok, that helps. I see why there is incentive and why so many people are constantly asking to be voted for as witnesses. They want their investment to pay off in steempower and to see the blockchain work well. I might see what sort of hardware I may have access to in an effort to get something like this going. It looks like the hardware requirements aren't too aggressive or needy. There are lots of servers out there that have been decommissioned that might only need a decent hard drive to fit the bill. I would need to improve my internet service at home, but that is an easy thing to do. There is a constant promotion going on about switching to FiOS where they give you nearly a gig upstream/downstream as an average offering. I will keep following this idea and price it out in my hobby time. All of this steemit stuff is already occupying a good amount of my time already a minnow aspiring to be more while trying to survive the cryptomining woes of decreasing currency prices.
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Yeah, exactly. We really have to push hard for those votes because probably 80% or more of the community doesn't even know what a witness does lol. So it's important to keep that conversation going.
And no, the requirements are still rather simple. I suspect that in the coming months our RAM requirement will jump to 128G but some people are still even running on 32G. Definitely start with 64G at a minimum, but 128 is even better and will last you longer. And definitely go with SSD (300GB minimum).
And lol, I know EXACTLY what you mean! I spend most of my days and nights here already, so I figured why not sync up to the blockchain. My brain already has LOL. But that's good man. Let me know if you need anything at all. Or if you decide to get setup I'd definitely recommend joining the witness channel on steem.chat in case you have any questions or need any help.
Thanks again for the support and tips. I will have to see what sort of servers I have at my disposal doing nothing. I am thinking that I might only need to get the SSD. I already use one in my laptop and my mining rig. It is definitely the way to go. I am going to start scraping together what I have and compare it to the price of a hosting solution. These are really great tips.