Moecki is a witness
About half a year ago, I successfully set up my first witness node. The first supporters were found quickly without much action on my part. I would like to thank them.
However, I haven't really introduced myself officially as a witness yet, so some people haven't even noticed me as a witness yet. But that should change now.
I would describe myself as a user, developer and explorer of the blockchain and the platform. In my first time as a witness, I mainly expanded my knowledge. I would like to use this knowledge as an active witness to further develop Steem.
Latest Data (08/06/2023)
| Rang | 114 |
| Votes Received | 2,267.439 MV |
| Blocks Produced | 192 |
| Blocks Missed | 2 |
| Running Version | 0.23.1 |
Introduction
As a witness, I would like to use Steem and Steemit itself as what it should be. As a social media platform for interaction with other users on numerous diverse topics. In addition, I am very happy when I can gain new insights into foreign countries and cultures. And even in my own country, there are many things that I have learned about through the Steem. Of course, fun should not be neglected. Sometimes it can even be a little game on the chain...
In addition to the role as a user, I would also like to actively support the system itself. First, by providing the technical infrastructure for the blockchain (see below). In addition, I would like to learn to understand the code of the blockchain, the condenser and various other related tools. On the one hand, to contribute to further development and, on the other, to help other users understand the background. And not to forget: programming applications as well.
Activities
It is important that you vote for witnesses who are active. Unfortunately, there are enough witness corpses from the time before the split. Unfortunately, these also still bind numerous votes. So please check your witness votes. You can also take this opportunity to vote for me. Therefore, I would like to show you a few of my activities below:
My Steem Search / Steem-Pages
One successful application that I have developed and will continue to develop is Steem Search. You can search for posts on Steem at https://moecki.online. The search and other pages are based on the Steem Data Service by @steemchiller. The search can be filtered by author, tags and words. Just give it a try. In the future I would like to add a search for comments and a time limit... be curious :-)
Price Feed for Python
I have implemented the popular price feed for witnesses in Python. In my Github you can find the Repository for it.
Browser Extension for promoted/burnsteem Posts
@remlaps had introduced a browser extension that I upgraded. I still have a few ideas for that too :-)
Community Bots
As I said, I am not only active as a witness on the Chain, but also as a user. I am therefore also a mod in the community Deutsch Unplugged. For the payment of the contest-rewards in the Steem-Scrabble, which is regularly hosted by chriddi, I have developed a financial bot - @du-finanzbot. This leaves them a little more time to enjoy the game. It also allows us to increase the interaction in the community.
Code Reviews and Discussions
I like to discuss the code of the blockchain or the condenser with other users. Especially @remlaps is a popular discussion partner.
I also enjoy working with other developers on code improvement. Here, my Review on API-setting from DIP may be mentioned, which was developed by @happyberrysboy and successfully transferred into productive code.
Hard Fork
I had already mentioned in other places that I would like to work on a hard fork. This is one of the reasons why I am currently refreshing my C++ knowledge.
Now that the condenser of Steemit is being polished up a bit with the DIP, the chain itself should be brought into focus. Maybe we should make a collection of ideas and see which things could/should be implemented in a - first small - hard fork.
Infrastructure
I currently have four servers running. Next, I would like to set up the full API server, for which I need a few more supporters. Below are a few facts about the servers. I don't write down all the details. The configuration is almost always the same.
Main Witness Server:
The main server is a VPS server from Contabo with the following configuration:
| Location | Germany |
| CPU | 8 vCores |
| RAM | 30 GB |
| SSD | 1200 GB |
| OS | Ubuntu 20.04 |
Seed Node
seed.moecki.online:2001
This node is also on a VPS server from Contabo.
Web Server
https://moecki.online
For my website (Steem Search and Community Page etc.) I use a separate VPS server from Contabo.
Backup Server:
I use the backup server as a fallback option for my Steem page and for the Witness node. It is a VPS server from Strato.
Management Server
I also have a local management server that monitors the other servers in order to be able to react quickly to any failures. The concept as a whole is not yet fully perfected, but I'm working on it.
I would be very happy about additional supporters
Vote for Moecki as Witness
Witness Activities on https://moecki.online/hive-102132
Steem Search on https://moecki.online/