With the recent issues with many minnows finding that they did not have enough bandwidth to cast their upvotes or even post anything at all, I made the decision to run my witness to help alleviate these issues.
I have read the great article that @someguy123 had written @someguy123:
@someguy123/seriously-what-is-a-witness-why-should-i-care-how-do-i-become-one-answer and decided that this is just another way I can help give back to the steemit community that has helped me so far.
@someguy123 aslo gets MANY thanks for the patience he showed as we ran into some strange issues during installation. I would still be yelling that I was using the correct key if he hadn't found an alternative way to get the witness running.
I am using his service @privex due to the overwhelming positive response I received when checking around for a server and I feel it's a good fit for me to grow and increase the server specs as needed in a timely fashion.
About swelker101
with my lovely wife @isaria
I'm VERY active in the steemit community, specifically with the PALnet discord group for the Minnow Support Project https://discord.gg/E2fYkeb run by @aggroed and I thank him for his support for my witness. I am usually there if I'm not at work so I'm easy to find if you have any questions.
- I am a moderator of the Discord Channel
- I currently run 1 other account @msp-shanehug which offers nice upvotes for people that delegate to it or other MSP bots, and a new one that is in development at the time of this writing
- I am a consultant and delegator for @sft, A Fiction Curation Team which is looking to expand and bring visibility to talented writers
- I currently have 2 @mspwaves radio shows in development and scheduled, both of which are designed to shine light on other minnows and bring some entertainment
- And if you know me, you know that I am also the intellectual brains and muse behind the @muxxybot account, although I allow the sassy brit @gmuxx to take the credit .. hehe
- I delegate more than 50% of my SP to others so that they can make a difference as they see fit.
I am fully in support of helping minnows find their way and get their traction on Steemit and I believe that my list above proves that I am looking for a fair blockchain for new original content and would be honored to have your vote for my witness.
How to vote?
- Use the witness page https://steemit.com/~witnesses
- scroll until you see this box and enter
swelker101
- click vote and feel my gratitude as soon as you do!
What I'm running
1gbit/s network
16gb DDR3 ECC RAM
4 core Intel CPU
2x 3TB HDD
hosted in Germany by Privex