Witness @roelandp

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The time has come to rebrand my early witness test @paynode (#49) and reveal my intention as witness @roelandp and upgrade all my efforts for this. I want to seriously add my fair share of server support to this blockchain and have prepared for this in the past weeks:

I've run @paynode for about 7/8 weeks without any downtime and 2 blocks missed because of initial misconfiguration 1 block missed and 2 blocks missed because of a replay of the blockchain after a hardfork update. I know this shouldn't happen but I was a backup witness without a backup node... Those things have changed now.

If you want to learn more about me, I recommend you read my introduceyourself post. It deals about kitesurfing, windmills, pancakes, festivals and how I enrolled in computer life.

Through my company, Shoudio (a badly chosen "Shout-Audio" acronym), CMS and app production for location based media and numerous other web apps I've gained considerable knowledge in the fields of server maintenance and cloud based intense usage "solutions". At home I have some Raspberry Pi's with Arch Linux, Raspian, Kodi XBMC. Here is a RaspiCam to Youtube stream tutorial for you.

Witness Infrastructure:

My @roelandp witness infrastructure is ready to downscale :) when needed. All my servers are firewalled and properly protected following best practices in server security.

Witness node:

TypeDedicated
ProcessorIntel i7-6700
Ram64 GB DDR4
HDD2 x 250 SSD
Connection1 Gbit/s

Seed node (seed.roelandp.nl:2001):

TypeDedicated
ProcessorIntel Xeon D-1521
Ram32 GB DDR4
HDD2 x 2 TB
Connection1 Gbit/s
LocationCanada

Backup Witness node:

TypeVPS
Processorx86 64bit (8x)
Ram16 GB DDR4
HDD50 GB SSD
Connection500 Mbit/s

What I have brought to Steem to date:

What I want to bring for Steem in the future:

  • A reliable seed node and block signing through my witness infrastructure
  • Continued promotion of Steem as a great base for decentralised apps (a job as developer evangelist I would see fit)
  • Bring future SteemFest's across the world
  • Promote Steem as the alternative, reliable and fast confirming cryptocurrency

    Do I earn your trust and support?

    Vote roelandp for witness
    https://steemit.com/~witnesses


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You have done a lot for the community already. You have my vote.

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Easy witness choice... I already voted for paynode and I just switched votes for roelandp.

Good Luck!

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You have my vote roelandp. Keep up the great work!

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I love this push for new witnesses!! My votes not worth much but you'll get it. I hope you get whale support

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I was a witness with @paynode for about 7/8 weeks. I choose to rebrand and setup the full infra!

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Hey cool thanks for the info. Good luck with that.

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I acutally used your tools before I even knew you (sorry for that :P). In my opinion you did a lot for the Steemit community and I am sure much will follow. You can count on my vote and support. You have all it takes to be a top-witness!

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You have my support, voted you for witness. Thanks for all that you have done for the community. See you at steemfest :)

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P.S. Love your steemtools.com you put together. So simple yet it really does help all these amazing creations for steemit all being in one place.

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Got my vote @roelandp! You are surely one of the most valuable STEEMIANS .. the first, or one of the very first, STEEM tool developers!

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Clearly one of the best, and a far far far better option than that f***ing crook, dollarvigilante!

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I can get behind you on this. Witness upvoted. I appreciate the fact that you testbed yourself as a witness prior to asking for votes. That wins points in my book.

You've also taken the careful consideration to have redundancy built into your solution. Thank you for that.

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I wish I would be a whale !
Easy decision to vote for you... again ;)

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You've already brought a lot of great stuff so far man.. looking forward to what else you come up with in the future!

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Up-voted and witness voted. Thank you for your support.

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Voted! Don't misbehave or we'll hit you with that big book, @roelandp! ;)

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Most definite, I am trying to come up with a strategy using online storge space with no data interuption and burstcoin mining via HDD or online storage.

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You got another vote sir! keep it up! :D

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Tanks Im I new in the STEEM good worck :)

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You have our vote, do you do any live music at SteemFest? We would love to be a part of it!!!

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I just voted for you. I don't know you, but you seem like a honest and decent guy.

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I'm sold. You have my vote. You seem like a really fun and honest guy,too.

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Hello, you have my vote! Take care a please do a good job!

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I just voted for you because I like you however I still don't know you personally

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I am "2nd-day" and 1st post new to Steem!! Very excited to be onboard. You are the first person I followed😀 Looking forward to learning more about the program. You have offered a great starting point for me. Thank you for all you have contributed so far and I look forward to following you for more great information about STEEM!! Best!!

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Just voted for you, you seem extremely dedicated to the community and the future of steem 👍🏻

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I don't know exactly since i'm new here,i am interested of this guy, look pretty honest. goodluck and i am one of your witness.

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voted for you as you seem trustworthy.
good specs/ witness history,
@steemfest looks very good, steem needs a celebration!

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I am new into the community, but just voted for you!
Hope to keep learning and helping with whatever I can

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I'm new here, but you seem like a good guy. I've followed you and I'll be voting for you as well! Look forward to reading more of your posts.

All the best!

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To help you stay at the top, you have my vote.

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Nice setup you got there :)

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Followed and voted for you. I have 29 votes left , any suggestions ? :)
When I visit the Netherlands next year, I will need some pointers .. you know where to buy the good stuff from . Cheers

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We have the same wallpaper in the bedroom! :) That alone will give you my vote. I also like windmills. Not many her in Norway though.

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Sounds like you are dedicated. You have my vote. Looking to follow your lead. Lets make some $ money.

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det er ca 150 vindmøller i rogaland alene, og mer er på vei ;)

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I have voted fr you !! My first ever vote in thia community i don't know much about you but going through your posts you have a great bug wide smile on your face and that reminds me of myself lol... I am one happy little bird i get happy for no reason Btw good luck ;)

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Those computers specs was awesome and expensive. Voted you as a witness :) keep up the good work.

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I have voted and follow, I looked almost all 50 Witness and voted only for 7 persons. @roelandp is a good guy.

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I am new into the community but just voted for you :)

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I'm new here. I just vote you

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also one of mine first ever votes on steemit... this is probably one of the life situation that i'll be telling to my grandchildren...

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Solid contributions to the network. Good presentation of value added. You have my vote sir!

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Nice going It seems you are doing something to encourage guys like me a newbee

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Awesome job :) Good luck. I'm pretty new here.

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I want to make money with steemit, it's a ground breaking network that'll take over I hope. I will vote for you :D

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Haha, that photo gave me a good chuckle. You've got my vote mate!

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Im new here and you have my first Witness vote. Thank you.

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You have got my vote. Althoug not a kitserver myself, I love watching it, spectacular!. One of my colleagues is a kitesurfer (Wijk aan Zee) and maybe if I was a little bit younger I would try it myself 🏄🏻

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You got my vote rasta bouh bouh ,help the society and be free with herb.

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Voting for you and learning about witnesses at the same time!

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I'm also new here :)
You have my vote.
Keep up with good work

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nice I am new what should i do

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Enrique Iglesias - SUBEME LA RADIO

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I just voted for you, congratulations on being the number one most voted witness and keep up the great work :)

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My reputation shows 9 & can't upload my post so please help me & please tell me how to delete my post in steemit?

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Thanks for the info @rolandp. I'm just starting out on this platform and learning about witnesses, at the moment. I like that you included your 2 missed blocks and it looks like you knew exactly what to do to fix that issue. Can I get a witness! Haha. I'm sure I'll include you. I still have 30 votes, but want to become more familiar with Steemit, before I make any moves like that. Good luck and I hope to see more from you in the future on Steemit. Take care.

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Thank you for doing what you do as a Witness! I'm spending my evening learning about what Witnesses do and why I should vote for them. You've got my vote, all the way from South Africa. Much love, @sweetpea

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I have read what you have done on Steemit thus far, I am impressed I am all for bringing value to the Steemit platform, which is why I have chosen to work as a curator soon. I just voted for you and you. have my support, I love that you added humor and I love windmills and pancakes!! Much success to you. @roelandp

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Terimakasih kepada kalian semua saya telah sedikit memahami tentang steemit yang sekarang begitu cepat berkembang.salam dari kami komunitas steemit indonesia

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I like what you have done and what you hope to bring, I believe you would be a good witness mate! Voted, up-voted this post and followed.
Good luck to you!

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Nice touch with the photo. :) It's the baby garment online store that made me decide to vote for you!

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It would be nice if we can add a question answering functionality to steem, something like qoura, should not be hard.

Also it would be nice to add privacy support so that users can decide which posts are public which are not something like lists in facebook, it's achievable by encrypting private messages with symmetric keys and share the symmetric key with the list (one by one encrypted with their public)

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I just got into the community, but I've been feeding some friends
Hope to keep learning and help with whatever I can

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@roalandp leuk je te leren kennen, ook al ben ik vrij nieuw hier op steemit mijn vote heb je alvast, ook al is mijn upvote erg klein deze heb je ook alvast verdiend. Alvast de groeten van een startende nederlandstalige minnow.

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I'm new here can any one help me by voting

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You cot my up vote,

Ff in het Nederlands, ik hoorde je spreken in de podcast, daar was maar een ding echt duidelijk, je hebt het beste in je gedachten voor steemit!

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Thank you for the post. My support. I wish patience and wisdom.

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Habe gewählt und mich für Dich entschieden. Bau hier was schönes mit auf. Best regards.

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You got my vote bro. Keep up the good work and may you prosper tremendously by your efforts.

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Sounds interesting I'm willing to support!!

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Lets start the brith of something new u like i post u post i resteem

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I would like the steem future what you want
supporting you!

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there you you have my vote!

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Please support me in the world of steemit. Whether it is Motivation, Moral or material to smooth in posting a post. And please input and build suggestions to be more creative in writing. Thank you very much @roelandp

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I see 50 witnesses in steemit and you are the best @roelandp , I will see and hope you can help me in steemit.
I vote and see your progress always

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I am a newbie, but you have my trust. You are the first witness I vote for. Have a nice day!

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A very useful post, hopefully @roeland always successful. If you wish please visit my account @ iban-kjp .

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I must say you do. I have no reason to not vote you even if I am no fan of kite surfing and pancakes or of your wall papers! :)

Those sure some credentials, efforts, streamlined presentation, some accomplished work; apparently focused on both the users and the developers and an infectious enthusiasm that adds fun for the community into the bargain. Kudos!

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I am going to finally vote. I will vote for you ... When I can work out the server accepting my pw.
Maybe I am using the wrong one... Or worse. :(
@null stole my acct.
I thought it was recovered...:(
Joy
This was types over several minutes...lol

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i voted for you, and you might also vote and follow me.thank you

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Great picture of you swearing on the "Book of Steem". haha. I like your vision for Steemit. You've got my vote for witness as well as my follow. Best of luck!

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Youve got my vote. Seems like you have good intentions and will contridute considerably to the Steem community. Thank you and good luck!

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@roelandp I AM NEW IN STEEMIT, I AM CHOOSING VARIOUS WITNESSES TO VOTE AND I HAVE VOTED FOR YOU GREETINGS

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I am new & don't know you, but you seem like a honest and decent guy.

upvote me also

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Wow amazed at everything you do! You have my vote! Successes in everything good you undertake!

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You are a very organized entrepreneur! Follow the successes

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i love your contribution and your sense of humour. you have my vote!

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Thanks for SteemWallet and helping me recover my private keys! I’m enjoying the Steem platform thanks to you!

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Today, this post is more important than ever ;-)

Happy Steeming! ♥

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You still active? I still have 30 witness votes and am looking for active fellows

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