HIVE Witnesses and Governance on HIVE .:. Hive Humpday Hangout Ep.33 (Wednesday, November 13th, 5 PM UTC)
Last week, while I was preparing for the show, I forgot to mention the most important thing regarding HivePower, and I was kindly reminded about it by 
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I learned my lesson, so here are a few definitions important before we begin... :)
What is DPoS?
Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) is the consensus algorithm behind Hive. In a DPoS algorithm, the selection of block producers (called ’witnesses’ on Hive) and all other consensus-based functions are decided based on the weight of staked funds supporting them.
Source: Hive whitepaper
What are HIVE Witnesses?
Witness is a position/role for the people who are chosen by the community (delegate trust) to support the platform and run consensus protocol to ensure the security and validity of transactions/blocks on the blockchain. A witness is responsible for signing and validating blocks for the Hive blockchain.
Source: Hive.IO
What is a Witness vote?
Voting/electing witnesses with account's stake
Source: Hive.IO
Now that we have the basics out of the way, what will we discuss in the show? If you take a look at the definition of a Hive witness, it looks like a very simple task... It has a couple of words that maybe some people can't understand, but in a nutshell, Hive witness is responsible for running the operational node for which they should ensure that the code is intact, and signs, validates and produces valid blocks!
But, isn't that what every Hive witness is doing? So, if everyone is doing well, how can we make a difference among them? That's where some other "attributes" come into place and some other questions and tweaks come into our mind...
- Is that witness a good representative of HIVE?
- Is the witness one of the developers of the HIVE blockchain?
- Is the witness running a project on HIVE?
- How much HivePower witness has? Is it important that it has some? How much?
- Does it support the community by curating their posts with its HivePower?
- Do I know him? Is he legit?
- What are the witnesses' views of HIVE?
Those are some of the questions that an ordinary Hivian can ask before casting a vote for some witness... At the moment, we have over 100 active HIVE witnesses, and every Hivian has 30 votes to cast, which means 30 witnesses to support by a vote...
How do you pick your 30? Are those questions from above important to you, or do you ask yourself some other questions before voting? Do you vote for witnesses at all?
How was it in the last show? As I already mentioned, we were discussing HivePower delegations, and as expected, we had a lot of different opinions on how to do it, when to do it, etc. I did record the show, but it's still not published as I was working on previous shows that were waiting in line to be published... I hope I will catch up with the current show during the next week... Sorry about that, but I was waiting for the 3Speak uploading function to come back online, but it didn't happen... I didn't like the idea of doing it on YouTube, but in this situation, there was no other solution... At least, the good side of YT recordings is that you can turn on subtitles in your native language!
For all the participants, there are some LEN tokens for attending the show, and some special rewards (in Ecency POINTS) for those who were the bravest and came on the voice during the show!!! Don't forget that NOBODY is obligated to talk in the show, so you CAN come to listen and engage with others in the text chat... 😉
What steps you should take now:
- Join Ecency Discord here
- Check out your local time for the event at the top of the Ecency DISCORD side menu
- Click on the chat-voice channel on Wednesday, 5:00 PM UTC (check your local time here)
- Follow the event-chat channel during the show and engage with others!
- Share the buzz about the show on Ecency Waves, PeakD Snaps, and InLeo threads using the tag #HHHLive and be rewarded with upvotes!
Or just click on this link to lead you directly to the Event announcement, where you can see all the info!
If you would like to discuss a certain topic in future shows, please let me know in the comment section... See you soon!!!
Thank you for your time,
--ph--
Inviting people who asked to be tagged in the announcement posts: 
Check out these links to the previous shows:
| Episode Number | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | TBA | Link |
| SE09 | 3Speak issues and Discussion, Gambling Apps on Hive, Taxes, etc. | Link |
| 31 | Quiz Time!!! - HHHLive 1st Anniversary | Link |
| 30 | How HIVE Changes Lives | Link |
| 29 | HiveFest9, Impressions by  @ninaeatshere,  @achim03, and others | Link |
| 28 | How Do We Spend Our Crypto? | Link |
| SE08 | The Gang is Back, Breaking the Limits | Link |
| SE07 | Ecency Waves, HivePower, Splinterlands, HiveFest, LPs, and more! | Link |
| 27 | How Hive Proposals Work? | Link |
| 26 | Content Creation Experiences | Link |
| SE06 | Education, Traveling Ecency Spoilers, Hive elephants... | Link |
| 25 | Why Did the Hive Price Drop? | Link |
| 24 | What Do We Expect From Hive and Crypto! | Link |
| 23 | Aachen Meetup and WorldMapPin Talk With  @detlev! | Link |
| SE05 | Usernames Origins, Age, Early Retirement, Crypto Portfolio, and more... | Link |
| 22 | Helping Hive to Thrive | Link |
| 21 | Make Yourself Uncomfortable (on Hive!) | Link |
| 20 | First Excursions Out of the Comfort Zone | Link |
| SE04 | BuzzParty Impressions, Weekly Recap, Bonfire | Link |
| 19 | Ways To Buy/Sell Hive! | Link |
| SE03 | Foods, Crypto Research, Education, Predictions | Link |
| 18 | Best Tools For Content Creation | Link |
| 17 | Consistency and Adding Value | Link |
| SE02 | After Show Show | Link |
| 16 | CBRS Philanthropy Chat With  @minigunner! | Link |
| 15 | Profit Taking Planning | Link |
| 14 | Ecency/Hive Chat With  @good-karma! | Link |
| SE01 | Relaxed "Exclusive" Session | Link |
| 13 | Writer's Block and How To Overcome It | Link |
| 12 | Hive-Engine Tokens | Link |
| 11 | Hive Guidelines for Newbies | Link |
| 10 | NY Resolutions and Creating Hive Goals | Link |
| 9 | How Was Your (HIVE) 2023? | Link |
| 8 | Presenta tu comunidad - ES/EN Show! - Part 2 | Link |
| 7 | Present Your Community - Part 1 | Link |
| 6 | How to Start on Hive? | Link |
| 5 | Do You Upvote Quality Posts? | Link |
| 4 | Genuine? Authentic? To be or not to be? | Link |
| 3 | Hive Power, HP Delegation, HivePUD... | Link |
| 2 | Hive Meetups, HiveFest, HiveBeeCon | Link |
| 1 | Pilot Episode (Aired 2023-10-18) - The Vision | Link |
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