Witness @prc Update #2: February 5th, 2018

in #witness-category7 years ago

Hi Steemian friends! :)

This is my Witness Update, going through all the details about my Witness adventure, and for those of you who don't know me yet, here are some photos in my favorite playground: my music studio! :)

PRCStudio2.jpg

I am a life long Software Developer, working on Blockchain for last years on several projects, but I am also a DJ and Electronic Music Producer, my alter-ego "Kolatz" that you can browse for if interested... :)

I am also the creator of DSound, which has grown so much this year, like form 500+ to 3000+ users or from 20+ to 700+ uploads a day, and quality wise, as subjective as it is, the growth from my perspective is immense! :)

If you got curious about DSound, please check it out: https://dsound.audio

Update #2

So far I am just a few months online with my Steem nodes, but I am so proud to have already 187 fellow Steemians that believe in me and have voted me as a witness! Thank you guys for making me reach #42 place on the Witness rank!!!

Yes, now I am on the top 50 Steem Witnesses list. I am so proud of this, but aware of the responsibility it represents and willing to deliver stability on the network, my commitment on my Steem blockchain related projects and, most of all, to bring Music enthusiasts, Artists and Portuguese speaking people to our favorite blockchain. :)

My biggest supporters in this journey are:

@pumpkin
@roadscape
@jerrybanfield
@ekitcho
@blockchained
@cob
@noisy
@dtube
@minnowsupport
@bleepcoin
@dan-atstarlite
@d-pend
@steevc
@marketingmonk
@soundlegion
@zombee
@master-set
@elmetro
@jaybird
@sircork
@lyndsaybowes

Thanks so much guys! I'll do my best for the community and to make you proud of your vote in me...

Technical Infrastructure

Related to technical stuff, my servers are rocking! I just upgraded them to double the SSD space, as it was already getting quite constrained due to the huge growth of our user base.

Also my Seed node had some problem in the shared memory file and I had to replay it, so it had a few hours of downtime today, but will be soon back online.

My dedicated server boxes are now with the following specs. All boxes are behind firewalls, IDS and power redundancy systems. The server characteristics are subject to upgrade or revision as needed.

Witness nodeDedicated Server
CPUIntel i5 4x core 2.5 GHz
RAM32GB RAM DDR4
Disks256GB SSD
ConnectionGigabit over optical fiber backbone
PowerRedundant + UPS
LocationEU - Portugal

Backup nodeDedicated Server
CPUIntel i5 4x core 2.5 GHz
RAM32GB RAM DDR4
Disks256GB SSD
ConnectionGigabit over optical fiber backbone
PowerRedundant + UPS
LocationEU - Portugal

Seed nodeDedicated Server
host:portseed.steem.prcolaco.com:2001
CPUIntel i5 4x core 2.9 GHz
RAM32GB RAM DDR3
Disks256GB SSD
ConnectionGigabit over optical fiber backbone
PowerRedundant + UPS
LocationEU - Portugal

What I am working on

I am currently finishing a DSound major update, that will be released soon, and I am also working on some scripting for witness related stuff, that I'll share with fellow witnesses when ready and tested, of course.

On the community side, plenty of work to do and arrangements to fulfill the demand of a 3000+ community that is growing by the hour, so I am recruiting people to help on the social media side and to keep DSound Discord healthy while growing, as I am not able to do all this myself... So expect more news on a DSound post soon! :)

Conclusion

My first months as a Steem Witness went really well. My servers were rock solid and I managed to perform my first upgrade of all servers without any missed blocks, so I continue proud of my 0 missed blocks accounting! :)

My involvement with the community continued to grow. The stake of Steem I already hold, as well as what will come from witnessing, will be invested in the ecosystem, and the remaining will be vested as I already do, as I never powered down.

I want to witness Steem growth and success, so count on me to help make it happen! :)

And If you trust me and approve what I do in the Steem ecosystem, please give me your Witness vote to help me continue...

You can vote for me as a Steem Witness here:
https://steemit.com/~witnesses

prc-witness-vote-top.png

or if you cannot find me on the top 50 anymore (I hope you do, but votes come and go...)

prc-witness-vote.png

or via cli_wallet with the command:
>>> vote_for_witness youraccount prc true true

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hey man,

pardon the off-topic comment…

I made a post today regarding a large-scale idea to advance Steem’s development, and it was recommended to share with the witnesses to help get this in front of the audience who’d be in the position to do something with/about it:


The $1 Billion Steem Development Fund: How Steemit Inc.'s Stake Could Be Best Allocated To Grow A Thriving Network Of Applications And Users...

would be cool if you could have a read, and IF you feel it’d be a great idea that’d serve the community, forward to anyone in particular you know who might be in a position of influence to advance the discussion.

either way, I thank you for your continued service to this community, from the witness role, to dSound, and beyond. 🙏

cheers,

Rok

Just got my first witness vote, sir. Thanks for all your hard work on the dsound platform. Absolutely has become a huge source of motivation for me and is a big part of why I stuck with Steemit (long enough to get hooked!)

what should i do, in order to get attention from @dsound .... tq brothe

Hello prc,

I just want to thanks for creating such a powerful platform for musicians. I am an independent artist myself and my first release will be in 5days time- May 23rd.

I am hoping to share all my original work with the steemit community.

Who knows we might collab some day lol🤞.

You got my witness vote from the very first time @prc and in a few seconds you get a second one! You are such an inspiration to the sound community and what you did with Dsound is just incredible! You know you and Dsound have my support and I delegate what I can. :) Greetings from Vietnam.

Waw ,, you are a Dj? Yours sincerely .. Thank you for opening a new opportunity for the steemian, and I hope your ranking can continue to rise on the list of witness ..

perfect job
Make me happy

Resteemed upvoted follow me for votes a chance to get resteemed I work like a bot

@dsoundtrack - dsound is that you?

DSound ONLY uses @dsound account and no other. Beware of fake accounts, they are scams!

K :) We got comments like "You will be appreciated" and people think that they will receive dsound upvotes now :D So annnoying ! :D

what is evidence? are you flagging without waiting for an explanation immediately?

https://steemit.com/dsound/@myo/chavela-vargas-la-llorona-guitar-cover

Congratulations, man!