Greetings dear steemians invisible,

If you have heard about the Witness or not, this information interests you!
Tell the legends in steemit that a secret sect decides the fate of steemians in eternal bacchanals, orgies of wine and dollars ...

THE ILLUMINATI OF STEEMIT: WITNESS

Some tremble to hear the mention of its dark name "Witness" others dream of being bitten by one of its members to become one of those beings of darkness.

But the truth is that these (Witnesses), as they are told in Spanish, keep a secret jealously, they also need votes!

Today I am going to share the knowledge I have acquired from this dark technological sect, directly from the wise: google, youtube, wikipedia and mouth of mouth.

BLOCKCHAIN

Before entering directly into the witnesses we must understand that it is the Blockchain or "Block Chain" that is the technology on which STEEMIT is based.

A chain of blocks, also known by the acronym BC (from English Blockchain) is a distributed database, consisting of block chains designed to prevent their modification once a data has been published using a reliable time stamp and linking to a previous block. For this reason it is especially suitable for increasingly storing data ordered in time and without the possibility of modification or revision. This approach has different aspects:

Data storage.- It is achieved through the replication of the information of the chain of blocks.
Transmission of data.- It is achieved through peer-to-peer.
Data confirmation.- It is achieved through a consensus process between the participating nodes. The type of algorithm most used is the work test in which there is a competitive open and transparent process of validation of new entries called mining.

The data stored in the chain of blocks is usually transactions (eg financial) so it is common to call the data transactions. However, it is not necessary that they be. We could really consider that what are registered are atomic changes of the state of the system. For example, a chain of blocks can be used to stamp documents and secure them against alterations. wikipedia

Let's see what we understood about BLOCKCHAIN:

1.- The blockchain is a database: A place where information is stored in an orderly and systematic way (financial data, stories, books, music, videos, memes, pornography, anything that can be converted into data)

2.- It is distributed: It is in several logical or geographical spaces (come on, that is in several computers around the world)

3.- Use peer to peer (P2P): This is another technology that means point-to-point, which means that the information does not depend on a server and a client, but is disseminated on the network and even when one of the computers is not connected or available while another has the information, this may be requested. (Do not go crazy you used Ares, Torrent and other tools like that to share information;)

4.- Confirmation of data: Well here comes the safe part of the topic, each block must be confirmed by several of the nodes (servers ... computers that have the information) to verify that there is no cheating or corruption of the data.

What is a WITNESS? (Witness)

We speak that in blockchain there must be some computers connected to validate the information in a consensual way, (your steems when you take them out for example or the article that you just upload to the network) . This is a very heavy computational work that as blocks are added and transactions are encoded merits more powerful machines, this is where the happy WITNESS come in.

THESE LORDS VALIDATE THE INFORMATION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE NETWORK, in a safe and consensual manner.

To be witness you need at least one computer with good features, especially memory, because the information of the entire blockchain chain is processed in RAM, then merits equipment that is not economical.

Now every time a block is validated (it is mined) in steemit a profit is generated for the witnesses, it is the PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICE THAT THE NETWORK IS PROVIDED, and although you can be encouraged to set up a server tomorrow I want to tell you that It is not a profitable investment in the short or medium term ... (At least not now)
The reason for this is that those gains for validating blockchain blocks (minar) also depend on the votes that the witness has.

WITNESS ARE ALSO VOTED

Every 21 seconds 21 blocks are produced in steemit (with a rest of 3 seconds between each round)

The 19 most voted Witness have the right to undermine a block in each cycle.

1 block remains for a reserve witness.

1 block to be raffled among the rest of the witnesses, which also influences the position in which they are voted.

WHY VOTE A WITNESS?

The reasons are many, firstly that they are doing their job well validating the information (that your server does not fall every 2 days and slows down) but you should also consider that the witnesses to win the favor of the mortals also create services, lend help and generate value to the platform in different ways.

EVERY CANDIDATE MAKES HIS CAMPAIGN

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There are witnesses who create programs to improve the platform, others dedicate themselves to curing content, others create communities, contests, some support charity projects, etc.
Remember that the higher up on the Witness list the more blocks you can mine and the more income you can have.

Answering the question above, voting a witness is to give support to someone who supports you in some way, is to ensure that the platform flows quickly and efficiently, in addition to democratizing this decentralized mega community.

WHY VOTE?

That must be a decision of your own, I just tell you that you can give a maximum of 30 votes, that is, you can vote up to 30 witnesses for the council of evil: P

I'm going to tell you by which vote and my dark reasons to do so;)

In the Spanish language the most famous, big and positioned witness is @Cervantes , they offer the Spanish speaking bloggers the following services:

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1.- Curation of content: @Cervantes has a team of people reading all the material day and selecting quality content to vote for it, currently with the vote of cervantes you can get between 3 to 35 dollars with your vote and the support of the trail who follows him
(This no other Spanish-speaking curator can achieve)

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2.- They maintain an active community in the discord server, with more than 1400 members, where they share, fraternize and can clarify doubts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, no leap year.

3.- Interesting contests of literature and photography are always active every week, where besides choosing cash prizes you get visibility to your account and you know interesting content.

4.- They maintain a team of people who protect the Spanish-speaking community from abuse and plagiarism (@lince), this guarantees you have an instance where you can report any irregularity in this topic in order to be protected and protect the scammers platform and abusive

5.- THE Spanish-speaking MEETUPS are encouraged, by supporting the publication of the proposals and dissemination in both the discord and the steemit of the initiatives.

6.- Encourage the good use of the Castilian language.

7.- In the technical section they keep their server active and functional almost 100%

8.- They prepare a weekly Magazine with useful and entertaining information about steemit and the community of Cervantes

Already at this point you must have understood why I support you with my vote, right? the more resources they have, the more benefits for our community. More votes, more contests, more prizes, a WINNER-WINNING relationship, where my only duty is to vote and upload quality content (and it does not cost me a penny, but 30 seconds to do it) and theirs to keep doing a good job!

HOW TO VOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE WITNESS?
Easy go to this link https://steemit.com/~witnesses
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Here you just have to put cervantes in the box and give them a vote or better put it in the proxy box (with this you leave the decision to cervantes of which witness to vote giving it a little more power to ally with other witnesses and reach the coveted position 20).

NOW IS YOUR MOMENT TO ACT, ITS YOUR DUTY!