Inactive and outdated Witnesses

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When I was still below the Top100 rank, it was quite depressing for me to see that my low ranking preventing me from appearing in the official witnesses page was partly due to the fact that Steemians were still casting votes for witnesses who are inactive.

Goal

Now that I have gone up to the Top80, the horizon looks much nicer. However, new witnesses are still struggling to let the world know they do exist, hence this post to get people to review their witness votes regularly.

The blockchain used to have a rule that automatically skip inactive witnesses that are still registered after 24 hours of inactivity. That meant that you could just turn off your witness and the blockchain would just ignore you after 24 hours. However, this logic has been recently removed and inactive witnesses who have not un-registered are still schedule for block production but will miss the block. The higher their ranking is, the more frequently they are scheduled and the more blocks will be missed slowing down the network.

List of inactive witnesses in the Top200

So, just to raise awareness, here is the list of un-registered witnesses and their ranking. I've only listed un-registered witnesses that have a ranking higher than the last active witness. Also, to make it clearer, I'm considering four types of inactive witnesses:

  • The zombie witnesses who have just switched off their server without un-registering from the blockchain.
  • The un-registered witnesses who have broadcasted a witness_update command to the blockchain.
  • Active witnesses having not updated their server yet. They are still registered with the blockchain but are running a deprecated version of it and hence are missing blocks. They might be unable to do so at the current time and will come back to it soon.
  • The recently inactive witnesses. I've listed them in order to stress out that it is normal for a witness to be disabled from time to time for maintenance or upgrade. And in this time of HF21/22, many witnesses are still replaying or tweaking their setup.

Zombie Witnesses

The witnesses listed below are still registered with the blockchain and are still scheduled to sign block. Some of them might have stopped operating their witness server, some of them might still have it running but with an obsolete version of the blockchain. If you are/were operating these witnesses, please use cli_wallet or other tool to send a witness_update command to disable your key. If you vote for one or more of them, please review your vote.

  • #60 @steemed is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 76 days ago.
  • #72 @furion is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 107 days ago.
  • #77 @partiko is still registered on v0.20.7. Produced last block 76 days ago.
  • #104 @boatymcboatface is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 166 days ago.
  • #114 @steem-bounty is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 160 days ago.
  • #122 @snackplus is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 183 days ago.
  • #129 @steemwisdom is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 396 days ago.
  • #130 @chainsquad.com is still registered on v0.19.12. Produced last block 412 days ago.
  • #142 @pjau is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 76 days ago.
  • #151 @provenezuela is still registered on v0.20.9. Produced last block 77 days ago.
  • #153 @masteryoda is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 390 days ago.
  • #160 @sempervideo is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 257 days ago.
  • #162 @steemhq.witness is still registered on v0.20.8. Produced last block 290 days ago.
  • #165 @freedomx.witness is still registered on v0.20.8. Produced last block 170 days ago.
  • #187 @cryptohazard is still registered on v0.20.9. Produced last block 90 days ago.
  • #188 @yensesa is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 306 days ago.
  • #193 @poetsunited is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 77 days ago.
  • #227 @bjornb is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 185 days ago.
  • #233 @xem is still registered on v0.20.5. Produced last block 387 days ago.
  • #251 @dreamies is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 107 days ago.
  • #259 @ignis-witness is still registered on v0.20.6. Produced last block 350 days ago.
  • #274 @threebirds is still registered on v0.20.8. Produced last block 271 days ago.
  • #291 @greendeliverence is still registered on v0.20.10. Produced last block 120 days ago.

Un-registered witnesses

The witnesses listed below have retired and unregistered their server. If you vote for one or more of them, please review your vote.

  • #42 @utopian-io has un-registered. Produced last block 213 days ago.
  • #63 @teamsteem has un-registered. Produced last block 76 days ago.
  • #84 @oracle-d has un-registered. Produced last block 36 days ago.
  • #88 @joseph has un-registered. Produced last block 331 days ago.
  • #90 @jerrybanfield has un-registered. Produced last block 315 days ago.
  • #91 @chitty has un-registered. Produced last block 208 days ago.
  • #92 @bitrocker2020 has un-registered. Produced last block 28 days ago.
  • #93 @liberosist has un-registered. Produced last block 76 days ago.
  • #96 @wackou has un-registered. Produced last block 575 days ago.
  • #98 @steemcommunity has un-registered. Produced last block 196 days ago.
  • #99 @roadscape has un-registered. Produced last block 761 days ago.
  • #100 @steempty has un-registered. Produced last block 610 days ago.
  • #101 @blockchained has un-registered. Produced last block 313 days ago.
  • #102 @datasecuritynode has un-registered. Produced last block 686 days ago.
  • #105 @krnel has un-registered. Produced last block 133 days ago.
  • #107 @kushed has un-registered. Produced last block 601 days ago.
  • #109 @charlieshrem has un-registered. Produced last block 77 days ago.
  • #112 @helo has un-registered. Produced last block 28 days ago.
  • #113 @ayogom has un-registered. Produced last block 70 days ago.
  • #117 @privex has un-registered. Produced last block 76 days ago.
  • #118 @bitcoiner has un-registered. Produced last block 642 days ago.
  • #119 @witness.svk has un-registered. Produced last block 757 days ago.
  • #121 @fbslo has un-registered. Produced last block 154 days ago.
  • #124 @rival has un-registered. Produced last block 356 days ago.
  • #125 @arhag has un-registered. Produced last block 803 days ago.
  • #126 @fulltimegeek has un-registered. Produced last block 318 days ago.
  • #127 @davinci.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 100 days ago.
  • #133 @cyrano.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 845 days ago.
  • #134 @theprophet0 has un-registered. Produced last block 643 days ago.
  • #137 @blueorgy has un-registered. Produced last block 621 days ago.
  • #138 @yuriks2000 has un-registered. Produced last block 124 days ago.
  • #139 @au1nethyb1 has un-registered. Produced last block 596 days ago.
  • #140 @felixxx has un-registered. Produced last block 321 days ago.
  • #141 @tasteem has un-registered. Produced last block 186 days ago.
  • #143 @steem-id has un-registered. Produced last block 675 days ago.
  • #145 @noblewitness has un-registered. Produced last block 157 days ago.
  • #146 @picokernel has un-registered. Produced last block 958 days ago.
  • #147 @demotruk has un-registered. Produced last block 284 days ago.
  • #149 @bitcube has un-registered. Produced last block 1147 days ago.
  • #152 @windforce has un-registered. Produced last block 420 days ago.
  • #154 @asbear has un-registered. Produced last block 420 days ago.
  • #155 @luzcypher has un-registered. Produced last block 81 days ago.
  • #156 @team.alpha has un-registered. Produced last block 704 days ago.
  • #157 @nonlinearone has un-registered. Produced last block 996 days ago.
  • #158 @tdv.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 1051 days ago.
  • #159 @comedyopenmic has un-registered. Produced last block 294 days ago.
  • #161 @steve-walschot has un-registered. Produced last block 1111 days ago.
  • #163 @jrswab has un-registered. Produced last block 356 days ago.
  • #166 @jacor-witness has un-registered. Produced last block 225 days ago.
  • #169 @sc-steemit has un-registered. Produced last block 284 days ago.
  • #171 @evildido has un-registered. Produced last block 102 days ago.
  • #172 @mckenziegary has un-registered. Produced last block 819 days ago.
  • #173 @castellano has un-registered. Produced last block 413 days ago.
  • #174 @bacchist has un-registered. Produced last block 720 days ago.
  • #175 @block-buster has un-registered. Produced last block 336 days ago.
  • #176 @noisy.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 386 days ago.
  • #177 @jatinhota has un-registered. Produced last block 446 days ago.
  • #178 @moisesmcardona has un-registered. Produced last block 497 days ago.
  • #179 @swelker101 has un-registered. Produced last block 422 days ago.
  • #180 @sircork has un-registered. Produced last block 515 days ago.
  • #181 @markangeltrueman has un-registered. Produced last block 372 days ago.
  • #182 @travelfeed has un-registered.
  • #183 @skenan has un-registered. Produced last block 479 days ago.
  • #184 @dropahead has un-registered. Produced last block 628 days ago.
  • #185 @mrs.agsexplorer has un-registered. Produced last block 995 days ago.
  • #186 @agoric.systems has un-registered. Produced last block 699 days ago.
  • #189 @intelliwitness has un-registered. Produced last block 414 days ago.
  • #190 @samrg472 has un-registered. Produced last block 425 days ago.
  • #191 @boombastic has un-registered. Produced last block 1296 days ago.
  • #192 @mineralwasser has un-registered. Produced last block 1299 days ago.
  • #194 @royaltiffany has un-registered. Produced last block 1032 days ago.
  • #195 @menkarbit has un-registered. Produced last block 112 days ago.
  • #196 @grzegorz2047 has un-registered. Produced last block 581 days ago.
  • #197 @upheaver has un-registered. Produced last block 238 days ago.
  • #198 @pumpkin has un-registered. Produced last block 1013 days ago.
  • #199 @berniesanders has un-registered. Produced last block 1320 days ago.
  • #200 @brandonfrye has un-registered. Produced last block 369 days ago.
  • #201 @happymoneyman has un-registered.
  • #202 @derangedvisions has un-registered. Produced last block 467 days ago.
  • #204 @fminerten has un-registered. Produced last block 1327 days ago.
  • #205 @proctologic has un-registered. Produced last block 707 days ago.
  • #206 @smooth has un-registered. Produced last block 1319 days ago.
  • #207 @anarcho-andrei has un-registered. Produced last block 519 days ago.
  • #208 @tombstone has un-registered. Produced last block 1300 days ago.
  • #209 @crystal has un-registered. Produced last block 1229 days ago.
  • #210 @igormuba has un-registered. Produced last block 261 days ago.
  • #211 @exnihilo.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 206 days ago.
  • #212 @suggeelson has un-registered. Produced last block 612 days ago.
  • #214 @yanosh01 has un-registered. Produced last block 498 days ago.
  • #215 @petertag has un-registered. Produced last block 80 days ago.
  • #216 @crypto777 has un-registered. Produced last block 1098 days ago.
  • #217 @geoffrey has un-registered. Produced last block 1071 days ago.
  • #219 @inv has un-registered. Produced last block 1203 days ago.
  • #220 @sapphic has un-registered. Produced last block 336 days ago.
  • #221 @bitcoinparadise has un-registered. Produced last block 943 days ago.
  • #222 @justinadams has un-registered. Produced last block 530 days ago.
  • #223 @valorforfreedom has un-registered. Produced last block 497 days ago.
  • #224 @cryptwo has un-registered. Produced last block 582 days ago.
  • #225 @gmuxx has un-registered. Produced last block 612 days ago.
  • #226 @idnit has un-registered. Produced last block 783 days ago.
  • #229 @jabbasteem has un-registered. Produced last block 1104 days ago.
  • #230 @steemenginepool has un-registered.
  • #231 @themadcurator has un-registered. Produced last block 263 days ago.
  • #232 @cloh76.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 421 days ago.
  • #234 @moon has un-registered. Produced last block 968 days ago.
  • #235 @dog has un-registered. Produced last block 1148 days ago.
  • #236 @dporn has un-registered. Produced last block 614 days ago.
  • #237 @scottcbusiness has un-registered.
  • #238 @fuerza-hispana has un-registered.
  • #239 @vesteem has un-registered. Produced last block 544 days ago.
  • #240 @ambienthex has un-registered.
  • #241 @precise has un-registered. Produced last block 622 days ago.
  • #242 @dantheman has un-registered. Produced last block 1147 days ago.
  • #243 @dele-puppy has un-registered. Produced last block 1099 days ago.
  • #244 @libertyranger has un-registered. Produced last block 594 days ago.
  • #245 @enki has un-registered. Produced last block 858 days ago.
  • #246 @lafona has un-registered. Produced last block 1295 days ago.
  • #247 @thomasheindl has un-registered.
  • #248 @rainman has un-registered. Produced last block 958 days ago.
  • #249 @gooddream has un-registered. Produced last block 1301 days ago.
  • #250 @jcbit has un-registered.
  • #252 @wehmoen has un-registered. Produced last block 567 days ago.
  • #253 @ewq has un-registered.
  • #254 @viva.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 498 days ago.
  • #255 @adol has un-registered. Produced last block 1300 days ago.
  • #256 @steepshot.wtns has un-registered.
  • #257 @rycharde has un-registered. Produced last block 678 days ago.
  • #258 @zeartul has un-registered. Produced last block 677 days ago.
  • #260 @bitcalm has un-registered. Produced last block 1110 days ago.
  • #261 @newhope has un-registered. Produced last block 1065 days ago.
  • #262 @alex90342fastn1 has un-registered. Produced last block 1125 days ago.
  • #263 @gingerninja has un-registered. Produced last block 737 days ago.
  • #264 @freedom has un-registered. Produced last block 1213 days ago.
  • #265 @r351574nc3 has un-registered. Produced last block 513 days ago.
  • #266 @esteem has un-registered. Produced last block 1211 days ago.
  • #268 @rcarter.witness has un-registered. Produced last block 650 days ago.
  • #270 @pouyan has un-registered. Produced last block 851 days ago.
  • #271 @resteemable has un-registered.
  • #272 @paynode has un-registered. Produced last block 1130 days ago.
  • #273 @gaman has un-registered.
  • #275 @bayareacoins has un-registered. Produced last block 591 days ago.
  • #276 @snarf has un-registered.
  • #277 @akmalz has un-registered.
  • #278 @humanheart has un-registered. Produced last block 424 days ago.
  • #279 @bola has un-registered. Produced last block 1010 days ago.
  • #280 @hr1 has un-registered. Produced last block 1317 days ago.
  • #281 @smailer has un-registered. Produced last block 1071 days ago.
  • #282 @rondonson has un-registered. Produced last block 772 days ago.
  • #283 @linouxis9 has un-registered. Produced last block 1109 days ago.
  • #284 @yunkzilla has un-registered. Produced last block 820 days ago.
  • #285 @zappl has un-registered. Produced last block 549 days ago.
  • #286 @lxcteem has un-registered. Produced last block 1302 days ago.
  • #287 @steemfaucet has un-registered. Produced last block 825 days ago.
  • #288 @personzzz has un-registered. Produced last block 797 days ago.
  • #289 @nnnarvaez has un-registered. Produced last block 679 days ago.
  • #290 @glitterpig has un-registered. Produced last block 874 days ago.
  • #292 @scrooger has un-registered.
  • #293 @doctorvee has un-registered.
  • #294 @hernandev has un-registered.
  • #295 @camb has un-registered.
  • #296 @laonie has un-registered. Produced last block 1037 days ago.
  • #297 @steemyoda has un-registered. Produced last block 1173 days ago.
  • #298 @adamm has un-registered. Produced last block 706 days ago.
  • #299 @cryptos has un-registered. Produced last block 1020 days ago.
  • #300 @stephen.king989 has un-registered. Produced last block 1186 days ago.

Active witnesses having not yet updated their server

The following witnesses have not updated their server to use the latest version of the blockchain. Because of the move from HF20 to HF21/22, they are now missing blocks. HF21/22 happened recently, some witnesses might be away and don't yet have access to their servers. Hopefully, they will update soon.

None this months, except those from the Zombie list

Recently inactive witnesses

Reminder:
It is totally acceptable for witnesses to disable their operation for maintenance work. The witnesses listed below are probably performing server update in order to update or apply the multiple fixes related to HF21 and HF22. Unless you have good reasons to do so, you do not need to unvote the following witnesses.

  • #76 @klye is using v0.22.0. Became inactive 8 days ago, might still be updating their server.
  • #131 @chbartist is using v0.22.1. Became inactive 11 days ago, might still be updating their server.

Summary of some of my other contributions

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Steemed PhishChrome browser extension to make external links more visible and alert you on Phishing/Scamming linksSteemed Phish
D.Tube/DSound IPFS pinning botYour previous D.Tube videos don't play anymore? How to prevent this from happening again without technical skills.Steemulant IPFS pinning bot
DiscoSteem BotThis is a Discord/Steem bot project by @planetenamek. When I started Steemulant Bot for the Vietnamese community, I didn't know the existence of DiscoSteem Bot and wanted something written in NodeJS. I've ended up continuing my own project as it contains code and logic for personal use and for the Vietnamese community. But I've decided to share some useful features that can benefit the users of DiscoSteem Bot and will continue to add more functionalities as I go.Dockerizing DiscoSteem Bot
A Dollar A DayThis is a project run by @pennsif and will donate 15 SBD every day to a charity"A dollar a day" fundraiser - Karaoke Singing: Le chanteur malheureux
Team VietnamI started a new Vietnamese community on Discord and developed @teamvn, a community bot to help grow the Vietnamese community and help them create higher quality content.
POCKET-JSThis is my Javascript (NodeJS) port of the POCKET confirmer by @biophil. POCKET is an experimental crypto token on top of STEEM.POCKET-JS Confirmer
Skippy BotI've written this Discord bot for @teamaustralia, it has three main features: a level bot (like Tatsumaki but with Australian animal images), a chatter bot and a footer banner generator for both @teamaustralia, @teamnz, @steemph and @steemusaWitness Update 2018-07-30 - Team Australia's Skippy Bot

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