Jesta is a talented developer on the Graphene blockchain (Steem/Steemit), and the force behind some of Steemit’s favorite tools, including the popular ChainBB (the interface for viewing Steem more like a forum) and the ubiquitous tool Steemdb. He has also contributed a number of experimental scripts and other projects, such as a Steem-python based “fake-smart contract” script that allows for ICO-like events on the Steemit blockchain.
In case anyone in the audience is unaware, if you look up an author on ChainBB instead of Steemit, you will see ONLY their posts, and no Resteems! I would like to personally thank Jesta for this feature, as it has saved me a substantial amount of time while working on this project.
Jesta is also responsible for the phenomenal and cleverly-named desktop wallet for Steem, Vessel. Vessel can import private keys, encrypt passwords, claim rewards, send to any account or exchange, manage power downs and set witness proxies. Vessel also allows you to easily view and manage current active delegations via GUI, a function that to my knowledge does not exist elsewhere.
If you haven't tried out Vessel already, you should! It quite literally allows you to do things that are impossible via the standard Steemit interface.
This author remains hopeful that @jesta may consider constructing a similar tool for Golos (the "Russian Steemit"), which naturally would be called "Wessel".
Jesta is also a witness on the Peerplays project, to which he ported his database tool and called it Peerplaysdb.
Jesta holds 30,000 SP, and is powering down.
Jesta’s Current Witness Update: @jesta/jesta-witness-update-march-through-may
Jesta’s Original Witness Thread: @jesta/witness-thread-jesta
ChainBB FAQ: @jesta/chainbb-frequently-asked-questions-faq
Steem DB Apps: @jesta/steemdb-profiles-for-appsplatforms
Peerplays Witness Thread: @jesta/peerplays-blockchain-launched-and-throwing-my-hat-in-to-the-witness-list
“ICO” Experimental Script: @jesta/an-experimental-script-for-running-ico-like-events-on-steem
If you have any additions or errata for this post, please let me know! I will see that they are voted to the top of the comments, and will make the appropriate edits (if possible).
Please see the acknowledgement post here.
We also have a Radio Station! (click me)
...and a 4800+ user Discord Chat Server! (click me)
Sources: Jesta's Blog
Copyright: Jesta, Star Trek IV (aka the silly one with the whales)