Damn Near Drained My VP! ARGH! by futuristgear

steemit · @futuristgear · Oct 22 '17

$5.93

Damn Near Drained My VP! ARGH!

Since my 2 delegations from @minnowbooster are coming to an end; I thought I'd try an experiment to see how much I could drain my voting power...

The result is that I am now down to 37.5%!!!

Argh! 😄 

### But Why?

I'm taking a few days off of steemit - well busy.org actually, since steemit.com isn't working for me all week - to learn more about the underlying technology of this platform, and to take a deeper dive into blockchain technology in general.

I've been reading about witnesses, and RPC nodes lately, and I want to get involved in the platform a LOT more in future.

# Gladius.io

A solution to the DDOS attacks could be just around the corner if Gladius is successful in launching their product, but the full version of that isn't due until Q1-Q2 of next year. So in the meantime, more nodes are probably needed, and also more front-ends could be a huge bonus!

# Market?

The other thing I miss with Steemit.com being down is the Market page.

I know I can swap SBDs for STEEM via blocktrades.us, but I find the market page is quicker and easier to use than doing a transfer.

So I've been wondering, would a market that you can connect to via Steem Connect be a good idea? It could function just like the regular market page, but be available whenever the main site is down.

I'm not sure if that's possible, but please let me know what you think down below!

### Thanks for viewing!

👍 donaldtrumpfan, busy.org, carterx7, bechir, cryptopassion, minnowsupport, futuristgear, nainaztengra, duckmast3r, amanat1993, barrie, zizuflorin, kingjan, amvanaken, mam, insculpt, yogesssh, nehomar, reko, missaelcastillo, lastminuteman, gomeravibz, thethreehugs, saintopic, mrainp420, hany66, steemit-bot, steemprentice, cryptowarrior88, phoenixlady, calimeatwagon, c0ff33a, braveheart29, stephen.king989, kamranmaknojia, oluwoleolaide, gamerveda, rabiul23, mitthradiumn, kypo, mangobaaz, walidchabir, sabiransary, rudee, decaspoke, lokesh31, zuhdy89, siyulaters, ravindraojha, johurul, astafar, pusteblume, banjo, ecocoin, cryptonator, valth, randyclemens, mamunkaharta, gindor, jhermanbeans, husna28, letsmakes, pomperipossa, endaksi1, and 24 others

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@minnowsupport · Oct 22 '17

$0.02

<p>Congratulations!  This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by FuturistGear from the Minnow Support Project.  It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews/crimsonclad, and netuoso.  The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows and creating a social network.  Please find us in the <a href="https://discord.gg/HYj4yvw">Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel</a>.  It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.</p>

👍 futuristgear

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@valorforfreedom · Oct 22 '17 (edited)

$0.02

We need to be involved in as much as possible in Steem if we want to belong to the big guys, I like your idea and I would love to see you document your journey to learn more about nodes & witnesses.

👍 futuristgear

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@futuristgear · Oct 22 '17

$0.02

Absolutely!
I'll try to document it all as much as possible. I want to attack it from a completely "newb" angle, so I might call it: "From Newb to Witness" or something along them lines. Should be interesting! :-)

👍 futuristgear

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@valorforfreedom · Oct 22 '17

Most definitely! Use a certain thumbnail for these posts like I use for my "Road to 100000 Steem Power" so I can easily spot these posts! :-)

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