<a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> is the platform I created less than 6 weeks ago to reward Open Source contributors. It is going much better than what I could ever imagine and now most of the Steemit community is using Utopian or has heard about Utopian at least once.

![U5dsNZF2ko4b6ohe517Xy3nwSEj8ndP_1680x8400.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXADCXFt7ktQLqy4bS2aD4z5HhphPwLrywL5E4Y1NmbXQ/U5dsNZF2ko4b6ohe517Xy3nwSEj8ndP_1680x8400.png)

## The Vision

The vision of Utopian is to free the world of the corporate model, allowing everyone to contribute to projects from which the community benefits immediately. Utopian wants to make the term “project owner” obsolete, by creating a platform for Open Source projects to grow in the community, thanks to the community and for the community. It’s a Utopia, isn’t it? The only Utopia made reality.

## Decentralisation

<a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> is meant to be fully decentralised. Utopian lives only thanks to the sponsors https://utopian.io/sponsors who have delegated their Steem Power, bringing Utopian at almost **4 Million SP**. Utopian uses the SP to upvote the contributions submitted in the platform.

While Utopian is meant to be decentralised I am for now covering all the costs, server costs, collaborators costs, advertising costs. I have dedicated **30K Euros** for this project to grow from my own pocket, but that is not enough.

Utopian needs to grow the amount of liquid Steem and Steem Power for the following reasons:

- Grow the upvoting power to upvote the ever increasing number of contributions.
- Be able to cover the ever increasing server costs and collaborators costs.
- Be able to create accounts directly from Utopian to fast-forward mass adoption outside Steemit.

### And I repeat:

**Be able to create accounts directly from Utopian to fast-forward mass adoption outside Steemit**. I can't repeat enough how this point is important for the Utopian growth. Without having the funds to create accounts Utopian is not gonna survive for long. Other ICOs are happening out there, willing to do the same thing Utopian is doing. Utopian must find all the possible ways to fund the accounts creation and this is what I am already doing:

- Creating curated contents published by @utopian-io
- Seeking help from Steemit
- Now proposing Utopian as a witness
- Soon asking for donations 

Having more Steem to fund the project is not the only reason why Utopian should be a witness:

- Bringing the voice of the Open Source community in Steem.
- Give Utopian more ground to drive the development of the next Steem features.
- Stay on top of everything happening in the Steem ecosystem.

## @Utopian-io as a Witness
By proposing @utopian-io as a witness we are pushing probably the first witness driven by the community, for the community.

Utopian is already helping all the Open Source projects of the Steem Ecosystem to grow by a 1000% rate, compared to their growth before Utopian existed. 

Utopian is allowing projects to have much more contributions than even before, while also convincing closed source projects to become Open Source:

- **STEEM Explorer Now Made Open Source**:  https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@netuoso/steem-explorer-now-made-open-source

- **Steem Dunk is now Open Source - Automated Curation Platform - Hosted version is FREE for EVERYONE**: https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@samrg472/steem-dunk-is-now-open-source-automated-curation-platform-hosted-version-is-free-for-everyone

## Can You Think of A Better Candidate as a Witness Than @utopian-io?

I am not proposing myself as a witness because I believe Utopian is a much better candidate than me. The reason for this is that Utopian is a project driven by the community and I am only the actor, transforming those decisions and feedbacks into new features of the platform.

## I may also consider to split the master key of the account and give it to the main sponsors

Utopian is fully open source and if tomorrow I decide to go and live in Mexico (won't happen), Utopian can still exists without me. The Sponsors could just un-delegate to  the current @utopian-io account and create a new one, the code is public and already forked by quite a few Github accounts and all the data is in the blockchain.

Utopian is transparent. Every single transaction made by the official @utopian-io account has a memo and will have a memo explaining the reason of the transaction.

## So What is Your Feedback?

So What do you think? Should I propose @utopian-io as a witness officially?

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#### A Special Thanks to The Sponsors

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@freedom
@misterdelegation
@ned
@transisto
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@billbutler
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@lexiconical
@masterofcoin
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@johnsmith
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@unosuke
@gokulnk
@o1o1o1o

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@techslut
@jenkinrocket
@steemj
@ivysrono
@nesian101
@shreyasgune
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@sircork (<a href="https://steemit.com/~witnesses">Vote for witness</a>)
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@kemal13
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@evildido
@katamori
@sonnyboy
@alexsm
@allowisticartist
@doodlebear
@dubem-eu
@fakire1sadaka
@steemfunding
@lusanamaya
@callmetoxy
@rizal.konoha2
@tanvirrahman

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#### A Special Thanks to The Moderators

@elear
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<br /><hr/><em>Posted on <a href="https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@elear/utopian-proposing-utopian-io-as-a-witness-what-do-you-think">Utopian.io -  Rewarding Open Source Contributors</a></em><hr/>