On the *8th of March '18*, I have produced my [first block<sup>20504909</sup>](https://steemd.com/b/20504909) on the STEEM blockchain. Almost one year has passed since I produced that block. 

It was a great year. I have worked on and contributed to countless STEEM related projects and am involved in lots of STEEM communities and -most importantly- used Steem as my primary online social network.

<center><img src="https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmT44wbwo6Rz64Jr9KVg5JYsquAYdMj35R9S69seJTGAmR"></center>
<center><sup>Check out my <a href="https://emrebeyler.me">witness profile website</a></sup></center>
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# Witness infrastructure

I run three dedicated servers to support the STEEM network:

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| Name              | Properties                                                   |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Primary Witness   | i7-6700 Quad-Core 64 GB DDR4 2x2 TB SATA  |
| Secondary Witness | i7-6700 Quad-Core 64 GB DDR4 2x2 TB SATA  |
| Hivemind          | i7-6700 Quad-Core 32 GB DDR4 2x500 GB SATA SSD|
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In addition, a script on a small virtual server constantly monitors my primary witness' status and failover to a backup server if a block miss occurs.

Even though I *roughly* produce 1 block every 45 minutes, it is important to keep the block misses as low as possible. 

# Projects

Here is a quick highlight of what I have contributed during the last months:


- I have founded and developed [dpoll.xyz](https://dpoll.xyz). dPoll is the only *running* polling app which operates on a blockchain. It's currently ranked at #6 on steemapps. The dPoll platform generated around 5400~ blockchain transactions in the last 7 days.

- I have created [Tower](https://tower.emrebeyler.me). A REST interface to Hivemind. It's the first project that enables access to the Hivemind database without owning a Hivemind instance.

- I have [introduced the first public Hivemind node](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@emrebeyler/introducing-a-public-hivemind-node).

- I distribute [daily database snapshots](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@emrebeyler/introducing-a-public-hivemind-node) of Hivemind.

- I have developed [Heisenberg](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@emrebeyler/introducing-heisenberg-a-python-framework-to-play-drugwars) which is a Python framework to play Drugwars.

- I have developed [Lightsteem](https://lightsteem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). A Python3.6+ framework to interact with the STEEM blockchain.

- I have developed [infestor](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@emrebeyler/infestor-update-account-creation-via-web-interface). A project that offers accounts for free. I have given away more than 150 accounts with this tool to the community.

- I have developed [transmitter](https://github.com/emre/transmitter). A Python3.6+ witness update/feed update tool. (Supports broadcasting with signing keys.)

- I have developed [steemconnect-python-client](https://steemconnect-python-client.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). Many applications use it to develop STEEM applications.

- I have developed [tagbot](https://github.com/emre/tagbot). A community curation bot based on tags. Lots of communities still use it.

- I have developed [instasteem](https://github.com/emre/instasteem). A CLI tool to cross-post your instagram posts to your STEEM profile.

- I have developed [dcom](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@emrebeyler/dcom-discord-community-bot-updates-automatic-curation-global-blacklist-support). A discord for STEEM communities. @sndbox, and @dolphincouncil projects use it.

And more... I don't want to bore you with all of them. :).

# Contributions

- I have contributed to [steemdocs project](https://github.com/steemdocs/steemdocs/commits?author=emre).

- I have contributed to [busy.org](https://github.com/busyorg/busy/commits/develop?author=emre).

# Community Involvements

- I helped @sndbox as a curator for organized contests. I Also maintain the main discord bot which handles registration and curation.

- I develop and maintain an automated voting bot for @creativecrypto.

- I review submissions in the development category for @utopian-io.

# Future plans

- I will continue developing and maintaining my open source projects and tools.

- I will continue to support applications and communities with my skills and expertise.

- I plan to have hands-on experience in the blockchain's core part. At least the ability to review the changesets and hard forks with a better understanding. I can already understand the code, however, I cannot say that I am %100 comfortable with it.

- I will run a full RPC node as soon as producer rewards cover the costs. (It requires a top20 spot to support it financially at the moment.)

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# Vote for my witness

Thank you for reading this far. I am having a good run towards top20, recently.

If you think I deserve a witness vote from you, consider casting a vote on [via Steemconnect](https://steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=emrebeyler&approve=1) or on [steemit.com](https://steemit.com/~witnesses).