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Now that the dust has settled from Hard Fork 20, and life on the blockchain has returned to a semblance of normality my general feeling is we are starting to see some of the benefits come through. Spam has been considerably reduced both in terms of comments and wallet memos. Curation rewards are up - mine are much higher and I am not particularly doing anything different - although of course now if you are upvote a post or a comment - waiting until it is 15 minutes old will ensure you benefit from the curation instead of it going back to the reward pool. It is fair to say the Hard Fork did not proceed entirely smoothly, but I also feel the negativity and blame that was thrown around was not justified either. The fact that the Blockchain and Steem are being actively worked on and developed is a huge bonus, it show's a commitment from the Steemit inc developers and our top Witnesses to keep driving Steem forward. Our Top Witness released [gtg Witness Update](https://steemit.com/witness-category/@gtg/bhrzp-gtg-witness-log) which is well worth reading if you have not had the opportunity already - it covers not only what happened with HF20 but only future plans and solutions. I'm confident the lessons learned will make future Hard Forks smoother running. Resource Credits are however still a major talking point, and they are still causing difficulty for the smallest Steem Power holders. Whatever it might seem like - this is a positive move to stop spam and bloat clogging up the blockchain, it does affect our smallest Steem Power holders and new accounts - giving them very limited ability. I am not sure what the resolution is for this, at present for new accounts it seems the option is it either invest into Steem to start themselves off - or if they already know accounts hopefully being able to get a delegation to boost them off. It's a problem the @welcomewagon have challenged by [running a competition to win SP delegations](https://steemit.com/welcomewagon/@welcomewagon/hurting-for-rcs-we-can-help-five-50-sp-delegations-to-share) a very generous offer they funded themselves - I can't help but feel though we should be seeing more proactive solutions coming from higher the Witness ranking. Talking about what are Witnesses doing to justify their position, that was mentioned in this [What I look for when voting witnesses](https://steemit.com/witness/@theycallmedan/d16588tg) post by @theycallmedan, who is well worth following his recent posts have been quite inspiring. Anyway, we each only have 30 Witness votes, and right now there are 142 active Witnesses to choose from - so deciding who you vote for as a Witness can be quite a challenge. I think for myself personally I look at what they are doing to support and grow the blockchain, then at the developers producing various dApps and also those concentrating on growing communities. I try to keep a broad spread throughout the table and for Witnesses with a variety of skill sets. What am I doing that is so special as a Witness? Now that is a question, my aim has always been to support the blockchain that I have invested so much of my time and money into. How I do it, aside from paying for a server capable of processing the blockchain transactions, is by actively supporting a broad range of content creators and communities - engaging people and encouraging them. I have also delegated my own Steem Power to a large range of community accounts and individuals to help them progress and grow. ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.06.31.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmay9V3248RxaJT1kbEHUSSrZLa8JNXJCf5PQTd1chudzT/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.06.31.png) ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.12.49.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQZUqpKQsL9G1Kpy52aFp4wZ75RoeudajaYYBsud5BCvG/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.12.49.png) Working as a Witness team with @derangedvisions, Wes is doing a wide range of community projects and also runs weekly photography contests with big prizes. He is also attending SteemFest and an active promoter of Steem. We also like to support our Witness voters and encourage their retention by randomly selecting two of our voters in Witness Updates to receive a @steembasicincome share each - SBI is a popular way to reward and encourage people, a 1 Steem share will ensure the nominated account receives a small upvote on their posts for life. We now have 458 Witness Voters, using a Random number generator two will be selected to receive SBI shares. ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.41.47.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmautJvbrLMeY59rjEHqiRfBPQP1Q5bvgKLJXscXqxnSuN/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.41.47.png) ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.41.26.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma75eXp8WuvY5NDRfQnNvcBvmLr1eqoZt6YNM3t9RL34W/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.41.26.png) The Witness @sapphic , thank you very much for being an @c0ff33a and @derangedvisions Witness voter ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.42.51.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmP9UJtVB2ZjVMgQHGHBNBaJaWsp7JjbRQLqHE4WTgB4FQ/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.42.51.png) ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.43.25.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPwKNNNThSe2DB596nhtPxRd5zsDbuHkYC8CXwq41nc7B/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.43.25.png) @mnallica , thank you very much for being an @c0ff33a and @derangedvisions Witness voter ![Screenshot 2018-10-17 at 23.49.01.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPQoEAiBwT5FRcUwTUBp3Qwig6nqdVjwrrWPHKi1Uz7Rf/Screenshot%202018-10-17%20at%2023.49.01.png) I'm looking forward to a bright future on the Steem Blockchain, if we continue to work together with each other and support ourselves and the growing communities then the opportunities are endless.

Some of my previous posts you might have missed

Witness Update by @c0ff33a The Day The Blockchain Stood Still

The C0ff33 Vlog 5th October 2018

Sublime Sunday by @c0ff33a ☕️

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