How does someone end up being a top Steem witness?
by berniesanders (71) • a day ago
In case you are not aware, one single user currently has full control over the governance of the Steem blockchain. This is a fact. Without the vote from @pumpkin, who hasn't been "active" in 6 months, a user has no chance of becoming a top 20 witness, regardless of your contributions and voting by the rest of the community.
https://steempeak.com/centralizedshitcoin/@berniesanders/how-does-someone-like-gtg-end-up-being-the-top-steem-witness

Pumpkin's SP & RC Standings and Activity on the Blockchain:
Vote Weight: 0.71 SP
Enough credits for approximately:
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5 votes
5 transfers/powerups

Last post: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 (i.e. NEVER)
Last vote time: 2016-09-28 13:31:45
https://steemd.com/@pumpkin

https://steemworld.org/@pumpkin

This looks like a strawman account. There's no point in voting witnesses and there's no hope for witnesses to get into the top 20 without taking over existing witness nodes, such as with the case of Jerry Banfield's node.

Who's responsible for managing witness accounts, other than pumpkin? Can't anyone step up to replace pumpkin, or is it that the top 20 witnesses are enjoying their indelible status into perpetuity? WAS THIS PLANNED FROM THE LAUCH OF STEEMIT? Or is this a matter of incompetence, willful negligence or malicious intent? @Ned, select a cause and FIX the problem.