# Witness Update - 12/14/2018
@witnessupdate is a daily update on what is happening in the witness community.
# Total Witnesses
| Active Witnesses | Total Witnesses |
| --- | --- |
| 139 | 633 |
# Missed Blocks
Witnesses who missed blocks in the last 24 hours.
**This is bound to happen to even the best witnesses and is not something you should remove your vote for unless it happens frequently.**
| Witness | Missed Blocks |
| --- | --- |
| @blocktrades | 10 |
| @cervantes | 5 |
| @busy.witness | 4 |
| @firepower | 3 |
| @followbtcnews | 2 |
| @someguy123 | 2 |
| @utopian-io | 2 |
| @hagie | 1 |
| @lukestokes.mhth | 1 |
| @pharesim | 1 |
| @smooth.witness | 1 |
| @ausbitbank | 1 |
# Highest Miss Rates
Miss rates is the percent of missed blocks out of all witness blocks for the life of a witness. Missed blocks happen, this shows the frequency.
| Witness | Total Missed | Produced Blocks | Miss Rate(%) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| @beerbot | 4 | 24 | 14.29% |
| @felixxx | 353 | 3026 | 10.45% |
| @pcste | 26 | 241 | 9.74% |
| @isnochys | 53 | 600 | 8.12% |
| @ety001 | 20 | 243 | 7.6% |
| @exnihilo.witness | 2 | 29 | 6.45% |
| @jacor-witness | 81 | 1211 | 6.27% |
| @prc | 306 | 4927 | 5.85% |
| @puncakbukit | 3 | 52 | 5.45% |
| @hagie | 143 | 2635 | 5.15% |
# Top Producers
Witnesses who historically produced the most blocks.
| Witness | Steem |
| --- | --- |
| @xeldal | 894,465.31 |
| @clayop | 807,500.61 |
| @blocktrades | 800,329.25 |
| @smooth.witness | 900,416.72 |
| @jesta | 336,671.59 |
# Stale Price Feeds
These are active witnesses that have price feeds that are disabled or older than 24 hours and produced a block in the last seven days.
A witness is responsible for producing blocks on the Steem blockchain and maintaining a stable up to date price feed.
Although the price feed is calculated on a consensus of the top 20 witnesses, it is important to have an up to date price feed.
| Witness | Last Update |
| --- | --- |
| @silversteem | 2016-09-14 08:20:33 |
| @beerbot | 2017-06-28 14:56:06 |
| @aizensou | 2017-07-24 08:34:03 |
| @hagie | 2017-10-04 18:16:54 |
| @sempervideo | 2018-04-24 15:26:00 |
| @busy.witness | 2018-04-28 04:19:51 |
| @blackwidow | 2018-05-20 17:47:09 |
| @complexring | 2018-06-07 17:49:18 |
| @steemed | 2018-06-18 09:17:45 |
| @nextgencrypto | 2018-08-03 01:14:36 |
| @felixxx | 2018-08-26 09:02:12 |
| @netuoso | 2018-09-08 16:00:06 |
| @cryptopassion | 2018-09-29 20:17:24 |
| @demotruk | 2018-10-06 10:02:15 |
| @bue | 2018-10-15 15:39:27 |
| @comedyopenmic | 2018-10-21 03:10:21 |
| @bhuz | 2018-10-25 08:16:36 |
| @ro-witness | 2018-11-15 19:03:27 |
| @evildido | 2018-11-17 10:00:12 |
| @sapphic | 2018-11-21 19:56:12 |
| @block-buster | 2018-12-10 18:30:18 |
| @prc | 2018-12-11 16:00:12 |
| @swisswitness | 2018-12-12 11:11:12 |
| @sc-steemit | 2018-12-12 18:28:21 |
| @dragosroua | 2018-12-13 10:42:24 |
| @oflyhigh | 2018-12-13 12:19:48 |
| @steemgigs | 2018-12-13 16:45:27 |
# New Witnesses
No new witnesses