Warning: Steem witnesses executed a hard fork on 2020-05-20, seizing 23.6M STEEM from 65 accounts. The funds were transferred to an account named @community321, the ownership (and intentions) of which have not been revealed. The witnesses claim to have been targeting accounts which defended against a hostile takeover in early March, but at least 2 accounts on the list have been inactive for over 4 years.

Coverage:
- Decrypt.io: Steem network to seize $5 million from its own users
- SteemPeak.com: Official Announcement by @softfork22888
- GitHub.com: view steemd HF23 changes

What you can do:
- Send exchanges a notice of the pending class action lawsuit.
- Switch to HIVE, the community-led fork. Visit Hive.blog and Hiveblocks.com.
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Witnesses

Rank Witness Approval % Miss Last block URL Reg fee Feed Bias APR Block Size AC avail AC budget AC decay Version
1 157,924M 51.15% 30 43,939,141 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 176 797 347,321 0.23.1
2 154,233M 49.95% 107 43,939,154 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 234 797 347,321 0.23.1
3 151,478M 49.06% 311 43,939,139 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 111 797 347,321 0.23.1
4 150,348M 48.69% 28 43,939,146 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 207 797 347,321 0.23.1
5 149,927M 48.56% 25 43,939,157 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 265 797 347,321 0.23.1
6 148,468M 48.08% 64 43,939,147 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 335 797 347,321 0.23.1
7 147,206M 47.68% 54 43,939,153 3 $0.206 0% 0% 65,536 269 797 347,321 0.23.1
8 144,547M 46.81% 38 43,939,145 3 $0.202 0% 0% 65,536 366 797 347,321 0.23.1
9 144,110M 46.67% 37 43,939,156 3 $0.202 0% 0% 65,536 352 797 347,321 0.23.1
10 143,017M 46.32% 5 43,939,149 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 290 797 347,321 0.23.1
11 143,016M 46.32% 98 43,939,150 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 308 797 347,321 0.23.1
12 142,880M 46.27% 30 43,939,142 3 $0.201 0% 0% 65,536 370 797 347,321 0.23.1
13 142,598M 46.18% 1 43,939,159 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 280 797 347,321 0.23.1
14 142,573M 46.18% 13 43,939,155 3 $0.203 0% 0% 65,536 311 797 347,321 0.23.1
15 142,569M 46.17% 5 43,939,152 3 $0.216 0% 0% 65,536 156 797 347,321 0.23.1
16 142,380M 46.11% 134 43,939,144 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 258 797 347,321 0.23.1
17 141,835M 45.94% 32 43,939,151 3 $0.201 0% 0% 65,536 326 797 347,321 0.23.1
18 141,268M 45.75% 7 43,939,148 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 262 797 347,321 0.23.1
19 140,834M 45.61% 31 43,939,143 3 $0.200 0% 0% 65,536 337 797 347,321 0.23.1
20 140,806M 45.60% 14 43,939,158 3 $0.200 0% 0% 65,536 367 797 347,321 0.23.1
21 140,735M 45.58% 11 43,939,069 3 $0.201 0% 0% 65,536 300 797 347,321 0.23.1
22 138,422M 44.83% 6 43,938,925 3 $0.228 0% 0% 65,536 126 797 347,321 0.23.1
23 137,908M 44.66% 2 43,938,949 6 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 13 797 347,321 0.23.1
24 137,358M 44.49% 13 43,938,964 3 $0.202 0% 0% 65,536 416 797 347,321 0.23.1
25 137,176M 44.43% 1 43,939,129 6 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 15 797 347,321 0.23.1
26 135,759M 43.97% 4 43,939,014 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
27 135,758M 43.97% 7 43,939,024 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
28 135,504M 43.89% 3 43,939,112 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
29 39,393M 12.76% 3991 43,632,236 3 $0.167 0% 0% 65,536 291 797 347,321 0.23.0
30 33,982M 11.01% 1661 41,871,840 3 $0.200 0% 0% 65,536 368 797 347,321 0.22.1
31 33,904M 10.98% 3890 43,535,457 3 $0.212 0% 0% 65,536 259 797 347,321 0.22.1
32 31,859M 10.32% 3637 43,618,377 3 $0.001 0% 0% 65,536 298 797 347,321 0.23.0
33 31,317M 10.14% 2099 41,818,748 444,444 $0.234 0% 0% 65,536 82 797 347,321 0.23.0
34 31,317M 10.14% 3669 41,818,745 3 $0.286 0% 0% 65,536 207 797 347,321 0.23.0
35 30,627M 9.92% 3299 43,533,258 3 $0.287 0% 0% 65,536 175 797 347,321 0.22.1
36 30,261M 9.80% 2156 43,536,045 3 $0.175 0% 0% 65,536 230 797 347,321 0.22.1
37 29,777M 9.64% 3393 42,554,718 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 233 797 347,321 0.22.1
38 29,505M 9.56% 896 41,879,414 3 $0.206 0% 0% 65,536 247 797 347,321 0.22.1
39 29,375M 9.51% 4695 43,535,795 3 $0.277 0% 0% 65,536 335 797 347,321 0.22.1
40 29,058M 9.41% 979 42,020,608 3 $0.174 0% 0% 65,536 155 797 347,321 0.22.1
41 28,326M 9.17% 3896 41,818,729 3 $0.168 0% 0% 65,536 247 797 347,321 0.23.0
42 27,795M 9.00% 1437 42,080,988 3 $0.206 0% 0% 65,536 216 797 347,321 0.22.1
43 27,502M 8.91% 1705 41,883,055 1 $0.292 0% 0% 65,536 372 797 347,321 0.22.1
44 27,135M 8.79% 359 42,331,427 3 $0.183 0% 0% 65,536 134 797 347,321 0.22.1
45 26,982M 8.74% 2416 43,536,020 3 $0.225 0% 0% 65,536 89 797 347,321 0.22.1
46 25,541M 8.27% 1027 41,818,348 3 $0.215 0% 0% 65,536 39 797 347,321 0.23.0
47 25,033M 8.11% 2268 42,038,058 3 $0.155 0% 0% 65,536 263 797 347,321 0.22.1
48 22,801M 7.38% 2187 43,535,980 444 $444.444 0% 44% 444,444 0 797 347,321 0.22.4444
49 21,929M 7.10% 2190 41,818,374 3 $0.169 0% 0% 65,536 291 797 347,321 0.23.0
50 21,708M 7.03% 21 41,818,472 3 $0.263 0% 0% 65,536 146 797 347,321 0.23.0
51 19,830M 6.42% 5313 41,817,907 3 $0.297 -29% 0% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.23.0
52 19,688M 6.38% 2282 42,341,089 0.001 $0.001 0% 0% 65,536 148 797 347,321 0.22.0
53 18,517M 6.00% 383 42,553,919 0.1 $0.188 0% 10% 131,072 122 797 347,321 0.22.1
54 17,283M 5.60% 4757 41,297,372 3 $0.276 0% 0% 65,536 283 797 347,321 0.22.2
55 16,747M 5.42% 3258 41,818,438 3 $0.184 0% 0% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.23.0
56 15,736M 5.10% 76 43,938,365 3 $0.203 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
57 15,108M 4.89% 1467 41,972,853 3 $0.182 0% 0% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.22.4444
58 15,074M 4.88% 15 43,937,773 3 $0.204 0% 0% 65,536 103 797 347,321 0.23.1
59 14,422M 4.67% 2214 41,818,751 0.1 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.0
60 14,226M 4.61% 337 42,554,400 3 $0.152 0% 0% 65,536 167 797 347,321 0.22.1
61 13,664M 4.43% 2653 42,551,970 4 $0.001 -100% 0% 65,536 280 797 347,321 0.22.1
62 13,541M 4.39% 3979 41,818,412 0.2 $0.298 0% 0% 65,536 937 797 347,321 0.22.1
63 12,311M 3.99% 8 43,938,815 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
64 10,677M 3.46% 335 41,815,319 3 $0.810 0% 0% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.23.0
65 9,751M 3.16% 112 43,935,390 3 $0.203 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
66 9,626M 3.12% 9 43,936,658 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.1
67 9,594M 3.11% 633 43,529,500 444 $444.444 0% 44.44% 444,444 0 797 347,321 0.22.4444
68 9,218M 2.99% 2001 42,025,111 3 $0.270 -10% 1% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.22.4444
69 8,634M 2.80% 711 41,810,854 0.1 $0.166 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.1
70 8,482M 2.75% 2600 41,825,592 3 $0.222 0% 0% 65,536 253 797 347,321 0.22.0
71 8,172M 2.65% 6 43,936,945 3 $0.206 0% 0% 65,536 92 797 347,321 0.23.1
72 8,006M 2.59% 475 42,538,451 3 $0.205 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.1
73 7,659M 2.48% 54 42,245,094 6 $0.183 0% 0% 65,536 33 797 347,321 0.22.5
74 7,604M 2.46% 2473 41,297,358 0.1 $4.320 0% 0% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.22.2
75 7,408M 2.40% 3206 41,071,837 3 $0.180 0% 0% 65,536 110 797 347,321 0.22.0
76 7,289M 2.36% 428 42,547,533 3 $0.164 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.5
77 7,081M 2.29% 618 42,553,407 4.4 $0.294 0% 44.44% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.22.4444
78 6,394M 2.07% 755 41,813,838 3 $0.111 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.0
79 6,295M 2.04% 381 41,821,257 3 $0.208 0% 0.42% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.1
80 6,267M 2.03% 57 42,440,934 0.1 $0.143 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.0
81 6,236M 2.02% 169 43,525,334 3 $0.249 0% 0% 65,536 198 797 347,321 0.23.0
82 6,063M 1.96% 952 41,829,271 3 $0.304 0% 0% 65,536 701 797 347,321 0.22.0
83 6,039M 1.96% 3708 39,067,732 0.2 $0.166 0% 0% 65,536 209 797 347,321 0.22.1
84 6,036M 1.95% 15 43,526,451 3 $0.268 0% 0% 65,536 285 797 347,321 0.23.0
85 5,846M 1.89% 20 43,525,102 6 $0.257 0% 0% 65,536 161 797 347,321 0.23.0
86 5,474M 1.77% 146 41,815,431 3 $0.178 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.0
87 5,449M 1.76% 24 41,817,312 3 $0.270 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.0
88 5,431M 1.76% 56 43,497,868 3 $0.217 0% 0% 65,536 415 797 347,321 0.22.8888
89 5,429M 1.76% 600 42,021,149 6 $1.500 0% 0% 65,536 442 797 347,321 0.22.4444
90 5,327M 1.73% 449 41,818,077 3 $0.303 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.23.0
91 5,263M 1.70% 210 43,531,876 3 $0.215 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.5
92 5,211M 1.69% 914 43,521,853 3 $0.226 0% 0% 65,536 194 797 347,321 0.23.0
93 5,079M 1.64% 167 42,137,393 3 $0.288 -58% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.1
94 5,077M 1.64% 1040 42,026,708 2 $2.355 0% 0% 65,536 938 797 347,321 0.22.4444
95 5,077M 1.64% 2671 31,980,628 3 $0.419 0% 0% 65,536 279 797 347,321 0.20.9
96 5,038M 1.63% 995 42,543,094 3 $0.151 0% 6% 65,536 84 797 347,321 0.22.1
97 4,974M 1.61% 100 43,523,218 3 $0.257 0% 0% 65,536 29 797 347,321 0.23.0
98 4,959M 1.61% 395 42,249,072 3 $0.184 0% 0.1% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.5
99 4,762M 1.54% 490 42,290,316 0.1 $0.175 0% 0% 65,536 0 797 347,321 0.22.1
100 4,752M 1.54% 37 43,525,345 3 $0.254 0% 0% 65,536 300 797 347,321 0.23.0

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On the Steem blockchain, witnesses serve a role of validating signatures and timestamping transactions by including them in blocks. A block is any group of transactions (posts, votes, transfers, etc) which update the state of the database. Each time a witness produces a block, they are paid for their service. If a witness fails to produce a block, then they are not paid, and may even be voted out.

Witnesses are generally expected to manage a reliable block producing node, implement a failover system, maintain a public seed node, tune blockchain operating parameters, publish correct price feeds, author/discuss improvement proposals, review code changes, and to be active. Some contribute to core repositories. Some fund the development of other apps and infrastructure projects. Top-20 witness pay is $1,700 per month (approximately) based on the current feed price.

Every round of block production begins with the shuffling of 21 witnesses: the top 20 witnesses (by vote), plus one randomly-selected standby witness. Each is given a turn to produce a single block at a fixed rate of one block every 3 seconds. If a witness does not produce a block in their time slot, then that time slot is skipped, and the next witness produces the next block.

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