Witness and seed nodes updated to steemd 0.19.2
I've just updated my machines to todays release of steemd and I've successfully witnessed blocks already :D
The update was fairly quick and trouble-free , but there's no major changes in this release - mostly bug fixes and stability improvements within the p2p network code.
The more important part of this update imo was the clear guide for exchanges to setup steem nodes , that I hope will result in Steem being made available at more exchanges. Or at least, maybe Poloniex will fix their Steem integration issues.
Steem Equality 0.19.2 Release Notes
I now have 1773 witness votes and I'm at rank 24 !
Witness Node Operations
Since my last witness update :
- I haven't missed a single block since my last report (38 ever)
- I'm witnessing an average of 57 blocks a day
Seed node operations
I did have some disruption to my seed node a few days ago, but this was resolved quickly thanks to great service by @someguy123 and @privex .
My seed node is available at seed.steemviz.com:2001 and it has been included in steemd seed notes.
My seed node also shares it's performance stats at seed.steemviz.com:19999
You can check out the steem networks current seed node availability via status.steemnodes.com made by witness @wackou .
Price feed and current network parameters
- I publish an unbiased price feed - last update was $1.466 SBD / STEEM
- SBD interest rate adjusted to 1% - To increase SBD demand and maintain USD peg
- Account creation fee remains at 0.2 STEEM - attempting to reduce signup cost (info)
- Maximum block size remains at 65,536 - Bandwidth issues have subsided, I see no reason to raise this for now.
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This still all seems like magical spells to me... but I'm happy to know good people who know what they are doing are on top of it. thats for all your hard work!
Glad I am not the only one reading this thinking.. omg.. this would have made the same amount of sense to me if it was written in Aramaic.. which.. although I should know.. I, unfortunately, do not. But I do have to say that I GREATLY appreciate all of the support that @ausbitbank has shown me and for that I am very grateful. Hopefully at some point a post like this will make sense to me.. but till then.. thank you for all that you do @ausbitbank.. you are awesome!
Agreed, and I couldn't of said it better myself.
Hi!)) Excellent work))) I wish you success)) My voice is for you! I vote for the post and for the witness))
Great to see that you have updated all your machines now and that you have already starting mining blocks. That was quick haha.
It's great to see you are 24th but I hope we can get you be one of the top 20 witnesses. EVERYONE GO OVER AND VOTE @ausbitbank
Let's hope steem can now get on to more exchanges and also for it to not get its wallets put under maintenance on the existing exchanges constantly
Thank you for all your work as witness and running the platform as smoothly as it is now and trying to do everything to better steemit
That's a good news. From what I understand, Steem deposits and withdrawals will now be available on Poloniex. People who have their Steem or Steem Dollars stuck on Poloniex will surely benefit.
Listing on more exchanges is the most exciting part imo. Currently, Steem's major chunk of volume outside Steemit is on Bittrex and Poloniex. It is listed on Livecoin, HitBTC and Tidex as well but the volumes are negligible and there isn't much trade activity on them.
More exchanges means more investment in Steem and it will lead to rise in value. Merely the news of Steem listing on more exchanges, especially the Chinese ones, can surge the value to Steem to another level. Binance is one such exchange that is going to be big I think.
Steem On!
PS: I already voted @ausbitbank for witness and I support him for your votes as well.
The South-Korean market would be good as well. But fixing the poloniex problems can push Steem easily upward
Now at 24! Good stuff Adam. Thanks for keeping the blockchain running for us. SK.
Not far to go now. Only a few steps from No. 24 to the top 19!
Thanks for everything you do and hopefully this makes it easier for exchanges to integrate.
Hi @ausbitbank, I'm still learning about Witnesses and their role within the Steemit community, as I'm a newbie on here. With so many votes and such a high ranking, I'm happy to back you and vote for you as my first Witness, plus I'll be following you to enhance my understanding of this new world.
Just voted for u @ausbitbank. Thx for having me in #teamaustralia and keep up the great work 👊😎
Thanks you very much for your help and support keeping steemit.com Alive
Much love
I want to become a witness too soon