Becoming a Witness

[primersion]

Why become a HIVE witness?

I asked myself this question and thought, why not? I really love HIVE and want to support it with all that I can. Becoming a witness is one way of doing just that, by improving the stability of the network and assisting with governance.

Why vote for me?

In my opinion the biggest benefit and most important part of cryptocurrencies is decentralization. This is the reason why I immediately switched over to HIVE when the hardfork happened. If you vote for me you will be providing a small contribution for HIVE to stay truly decentralized.

I am currently living in Austria, close to the German border and my witness node is also running in Germany. Maybe I will be moving it to Austria in the future. There are only few witness nodes running in this area, so by voting for me you will be supporting the D-A-CH community on HIVE and you will be making sure that witness nodes are spread further across the world.

A few more things about me: I am a software developer and an outdoor enthusiast. I am really passionate about trailrunning and running in general. If you want to support the running / sports community here on HIVE, I am a great choice for a witness as well.

How to vote for me?

Visit

https://wallet.hive.blog/~witnesses / https://wallet.hive.blog/~witnesses

scroll to the bottom of the page, type in my name @primersion and click vote:

Alternatively you may use Hivesigner to vote for me.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment.

Comments

[plantstoplanks]

I was just reviewing my witness votes the other day and have one to spare! I'll cast a vote for you when I log back in on my computer.

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[primersion]

Thank you for your vote!

[guruvaj]

Voted you as a Witness.

[primersion]

Thank you, here is a !BEER for you

[guruvaj]

Thanks, hope Wine will be available soon.

[primersion]

Uuhhh, I would love that too, !COFFEE would also be great ;)

[guruvaj]

Yah somehow coffee is not yet available in HE, hmmm...

[beerlover]

^{View or trade BEER.}

Hey @guruvaj, here is a little bit of BEER from @primersion for you. Enjoy it!

Learn how to earn FREE BEER each day by staking your BEER.

[jackmiller]

Well done mate, the more nodes out there, the more decentralized Hive becomes!

Hive is ALIVE!

https://hiveblocks.com/tx/64e01c35034f26e61bbf355473fe5c5ee81bd305

[primersion]

Thank you a lot for your support!

[toofasteddie]

You have my vote and, by default, @isotonic and @runningproject votes among others.
Good luck!

[primersion]

Thank you so much for your help and have a !BEER

[beerlover]

^{View or trade BEER.}

Hey @toofasteddie, here is a little bit of BEER from @primersion for you. Enjoy it!

Learn how to earn FREE BEER each day by staking your BEER.

[ducecrypto]

Thanks for sending me the Hive message about my witness votes.

In all honesty, I'm not even sure how witness voting really works and how I stand to benefit from supporting the witness I vote for. Are there diminishing returns to voting for too many witnesses? I have so many questions and I'm not really sure where to look for answers. Thanks for your help.

[primersion]

Hi, witnesses basically verify blocks on the Hive blockchain, so they make sure that everything runs in order and works out smoothly. The following post is really good and pretty much sumarizes what witnesses do https://hive.blog/hive-102930/@quochuy/witness-earnings-monthly-report-september-2023

BUT you don't get any rewards for voting witnesses. Nevertheless you should vote for them, as it basically says that you are trusting this person to keep the Hive blockchain running and make good decisions about the future of the chain .

You can vote for witnesses on peakd, ecency, hive.blog, inside keychain or even on the page i provide primersion.com. There are plenty of such sites you can check your votes and vote for witnesses - but make sure to always use a site which provides keychain or hiveauth support and don't enter your keys directly.

Have a nice weekend and if you got more questions, feel free to ask at any time🙂

[ducecrypto]

Is there a limit as to how many witnesses I can vote for?

Is there a consensus about how many witnesses someone should vote for?

So far, I have only voted for witnesses I recognize within the top 100 or so profiles listed.

[primersion]

You can vote for up to 30 witnesses. How many you actually vote is up to you, but only the top 20 witnesses with the most votes are verifying blocks (plus one backup witness chosen randomly among all others).

[apshamilton]

Congrats!

Great to see new witnesses coming on board.

Now I'm not the newest witness.
I'll give you a vote with my @jbliberty account.

[primersion]

Thanks, I really appreciate your vote.

[fbslo]

Good luck! Great to see more witnesses joining.

[primersion]

Thank you! I already wanted to make this step a year ago, but now I finally got around doing it

[gargleblast]

!gif goodluck

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