Who Are The Top 50 Witnesses & What Do They Do?
Curious About Witnesses?
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which is run on hundreds of servers worldwide ensuring that it is impossible for any one person, government, country or organization to gain control of or modify the STEEM blockchain to their advantage. Another one of the functions the witnesses serve is to maintain an up to date price feed of SBD to STEEM which serves as the raw data in which the internal market runs on as well as how the account value in your wallet is calculated and displayed.
While anyone running and maintaining an active witness node is eligible to produce blocks for the STEEM blockchain the majority of blocks are minted by the 19 top voted witnesses which are voted in by the users of the network. In addition to the top 19 witnesses constantly producing blocks backup witnesses and those in the miner queue are also shuffled in and given a chance to produce STEEM blocks when it is their turn to do so.
Top 50 Witness List
Rank | Witness | Blocks Missed | Price per STEEM | Registration Fee | SteemDollar Interest Rate | Client Version |
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#1 | @complexring | 373 | 0.477 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#2 | @riverhead | 1000 | 0.446 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#3 | @witness.svk | 252 | 0.551 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#4 | @roadscape | 129 | 0.495 SBD | 5 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#5 | @smooth.witness | 149 | 0.445 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#6 | @charlieshrem | 1 | 0.524 SBD | 5 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#7 | @abit | 167 | 0.467 SBD | 6 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#8 | @jesta | 11 | 0.454 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#9 | @delegate.lafona | 274 | 0.444 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#10 | @xeldal | 143 | 0.456 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#11 | @bhuz | 93 | 0.462 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#12 | @pharesim | 549 | 0.507 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#13 | @joesph | 279 | 0.450 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#14 | @arhag | 62 | 0.460 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#15 | @blocktrades | 939 | 0.507 SBD | 9 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#16 | @datasecuritynode | 1929 | 0.510 SBD | 9 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#17 | @anyx | 31 | 0.464 SBD | 19.4 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#18 | @steve-walschot | 35 | 0.445 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#19 | @gtg | 2 | 0.468 SBD | 3 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#20 | @clayop | 689 | 0.476 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#21 | @liodani | 83 | 0.500 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#22 | @steempty | 266 | 0.453 SBD | 7 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#23 | @wackou | 145 | 0.463 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#24 | @boatymcboatface | 79 | 0.456 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#25 | @pfunk | 57 | 0.440 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#26 | @steemed | 504 | 0.456 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#27 | @jabbasteem | 1074 | 0.518 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#28 | @steemychicken1 | 590 | 0.493 SBD | 3 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#29 | @ihashfury | 49 | 0.453 SBD | 1 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#30 | @au1nethyb1 | 105 | 0.452 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#31 | @nextgencrypto | 1121 | 0.534 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#32 | @cyrano.witness | 187 | 0.505 SBD | 20 STEEM | 0.1% | 0.14.2 |
#33 | @kushed | 1336 | 0.640 SBD (outdated) | 3 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#34 | @bue | 188 | 0.502 SBD | 3.888 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#35 | @masteryoda | 189 | 0.515 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#36 | @bitcube (dead) | 882 | 0.794 SBD (outdated) | 1 STEEM | 10% | 0.13.0 (old) |
#37 | @someguy123 | 3 | 0.453 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#38 | @aizensou | 58 | 0.502 SBD | 3 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#39 | @picokernel | 8 | 0.454 SBD | 10 STEEM | 12% | 0.14.2 |
#40 | @good-karma | 3 | 0.515 SBD | 6 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#41 | @royaltiffany | 9 | 0.450 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#42 | @chitty | 69 | 0.451 SBD | 7 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#43 | @crypto777 | 36 | 0.450 SBD | 2 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#44 | @steem-id | 58 | 0.457 SBD | 10 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#45 | @paynode | 3 | 0.518 SBD | 5 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#46 | @dele-puppy | 1343 | 2.017 SBD (outdated) | 20 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#47 | @silversteem (dead) | 1288 | 0.571 SBD (outdated) | 8 STEEM | 10% | 0.13.0 (old) |
#48 | @curie | 3 | 0.485 SBD | 9 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#49 | @dantheman (dead) | 866 | No Record! | 0.001 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
#50 | @pumpkin | 229 | No Record! | 100 STEEM | 10% | 0.14.2 |
Ideally witnesses in the top 50 list are people with a genuine interest in helping our STEEM network grow and have taken affirmative actions to ensure the continued adoption and success of the platform, the applications running on it and the many forms of currency and value it offers. While I'll save going into detail about each top 50 witnesses strengths and shortcomings for another article, it's rather important to point out not everyone currently voted into the top 50 list currently even has a valid witness node to find blocks running.. Whether or not these witnesses will make an effort in the future to keep their witnesses maintained and running properly while keeping a current price feed is up to them.
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https://steemit.com/~witnesses
Considering that you merely have 30 witness votes (and can vote for anybody running a witness node) it's entirely up to you to do your research as well as make your own decisions in regards to who you feel best represents you and what you intend the future of STEEM to become. The top 19 & top 50 are handsomely rewarded by the network for the services they provide, voting and housing inactive or ill-motivated witnesses in the top 50 hurts all of us that use the network. Remember that these top ranked witnesses are the ones whom keep STEEM running smoothly, without proper attention and care witness nodes may become unreliable and that could very well impact the performance and reputation of the platform if left unattended. Please consider researching what your voted witnesses do in terms of server reliability and community development/service to help us move forward as a unified collective as STEEM grows both in size and strength in the future.
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