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So basically one user with a ton of steem power can nominate himself as witness and hurt the platform and no one can do anything about it?
| author | techslut |
|---|---|
| permlink | re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-scipio-how-to-solve-spam-on-steem-introducing-userauthority-20171118t095802358z |
| category | utopian-io |
| json_metadata | {"tags":["utopian-io"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| created | 2017-11-18 09:58:03 |
| last_update | 2017-11-18 09:58:03 |
| depth | 3 |
| children | 11 |
| last_payout | 2017-11-25 09:58:03 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.364 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.116 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 138 |
| author_reputation | 111,778,832,002,739 |
| root_title | "How-to solve SPAM and Democratize Steem: Introducing UserAuthority" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 10,000 |
| post_id | 20,762,091 |
| net_rshares | 216,687,759,755 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pharesim | 0 | 104,217,431,041 | 0.03% | ||
| gavvet | 0 | 266,320,014,064 | 2% | ||
| dragonslayer109 | 0 | 44,390,958,867 | 2% | ||
| jacor | 0 | 4,827,177,376 | 2% | ||
| crazymumzysa | 0 | 2,633,439,064 | 2% | ||
| timsaid | 0 | 180,660,622,750 | 2% | ||
| fred703 | 0 | 806,978,505 | 2% | ||
| graviton | 0 | 649,198,200 | 2% | ||
| ruthofisrael | 0 | 620,565,491 | 2% | ||
| harferri | 0 | 96,022,690 | 2% | ||
| mandela | 0 | 4,267,461,255 | 2% | ||
| hendrix22 | 0 | -392,802,109,548 | -100% |
One bad witness can't hurt the platform. The job of a witness is to sign blocks and to approve software upgrades (forks). If a witness does not do what he is supposed to do then he/she is kicked out from the top spots or is left running a version of the software that is incompatible with the one used by the rest of the witnesses and by doing so is no longer part of the blockchain. It takes 2/3 of the top witnesses to enforce consensus rules. Even is someone with a big stake does bad things socially, he still needs to behave **as a witness** and do useful work for the platform. One "bad whale" is not an issue if the "good whales" counteract his or her social "mis-behavior".
| author | onthewayout |
|---|---|
| permlink | re-techslut-re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-scipio-how-to-solve-spam-on-steem-introducing-userauthority-20171118t113301959z |
| category | utopian-io |
| json_metadata | {"tags":["utopian-io"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| created | 2017-11-18 11:33:03 |
| last_update | 2017-11-18 11:33:03 |
| depth | 4 |
| children | 10 |
| last_payout | 2017-11-25 11:33:03 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 1.194 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.335 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 685 |
| author_reputation | 13,205,527,560,619 |
| root_title | "How-to solve SPAM and Democratize Steem: Introducing UserAuthority" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 10,000 |
| post_id | 20,768,300 |
| net_rshares | 687,525,572,440 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pharesim | 0 | 104,217,431,041 | 0.03% | ||
| gavvet | 0 | 266,320,014,064 | 2% | ||
| dragonslayer109 | 0 | 44,390,958,867 | 2% | ||
| onthewayout | 0 | 68,747,203,010 | 25% | ||
| jacor | 0 | 4,827,177,376 | 2% | ||
| crazymumzysa | 0 | 2,633,439,064 | 2% | ||
| timsaid | 0 | 180,660,622,750 | 2% | ||
| fred703 | 0 | 806,978,505 | 2% | ||
| techslut | 0 | 9,288,500,127 | 1% | ||
| graviton | 0 | 649,198,200 | 2% | ||
| ruthofisrael | 0 | 620,565,491 | 2% | ||
| harferri | 0 | 96,022,690 | 2% | ||
| mandela | 0 | 4,267,461,255 | 2% |
This is good to know. However, this still requires the witnesses to be active and somehow cooperate in some form of moderation and enforcement of consensus rules. So the question is - do they? And how can we tell, aside from state of the witness posts? This past week, with all that's been happening, just made steemit more fascinating to me as an Internet culture researcher. I still have a lot of questions unanswered, like what can be done about illegal content on the blockchain. What happens if someone posts child porn, for example? How does the blockchain deal with THAT?
| author | techslut |
|---|---|
| permlink | re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-scipio-how-to-solve-spam-on-steem-introducing-userauthority-20171118t113816953z |
| category | utopian-io |
| json_metadata | {"tags":["utopian-io"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| created | 2017-11-18 11:38:18 |
| last_update | 2017-11-18 11:38:18 |
| depth | 5 |
| children | 9 |
| last_payout | 2017-11-25 11:38:18 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 581 |
| author_reputation | 111,778,832,002,739 |
| root_title | "How-to solve SPAM and Democratize Steem: Introducing UserAuthority" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 10,000 |
| post_id | 20,768,607 |
| net_rshares | 0 |
> What happens if someone posts child porn, for example? How does the blockchain deal with THAT? This can be dealt with in several ways: - At the UI level, each front end provider can choose not to display certain content. - At the community level the users can downvote unacceptable content. - At the blockchain level the witnesses can come to a consensus not to include unacceptable content from certain accounts. The caveat is...who determines what is acceptable? What is illegal in one jurisdiction is legal in another. The only thing that we can all universally see as unacceptable is child porn...I think.
| author | onthewayout |
|---|---|
| permlink | re-techslut-re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-scipio-how-to-solve-spam-on-steem-introducing-userauthority-20171118t120152925z |
| category | utopian-io |
| json_metadata | {"tags":["utopian-io"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| created | 2017-11-18 12:01:54 |
| last_update | 2017-11-18 12:01:54 |
| depth | 6 |
| children | 7 |
| last_payout | 2017-11-25 12:01:54 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.131 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.042 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 616 |
| author_reputation | 13,205,527,560,619 |
| root_title | "How-to solve SPAM and Democratize Steem: Introducing UserAuthority" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 10,000 |
| post_id | 20,770,310 |
| net_rshares | 78,035,703,137 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| onthewayout | 0 | 68,747,203,010 | 25% | ||
| techslut | 0 | 9,288,500,127 | 1% |
> This is good to know. However, this still requires the witnesses to be active and somehow cooperate in some form of moderation and enforcement of consensus rules. So the question is - do they? And how can we tell, aside from state of the witness posts? The witnesses cooperate and come to consensus by running the same or a compatible version of the software. That is very visible on steemd.com. As far as moderation that is the job of the community (especially of those with a big stake due to the disparity in token distribution) but it is not a function of a witness per say.
| author | onthewayout |
|---|---|
| permlink | re-techslut-re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-onthewayout-re-techslut-re-scipio-how-to-solve-spam-on-steem-introducing-userauthority-20171118t121746979z |
| category | utopian-io |
| json_metadata | {"tags":["utopian-io"],"app":"steemit/0.1"} |
| created | 2017-11-18 12:17:48 |
| last_update | 2017-11-18 12:17:48 |
| depth | 6 |
| children | 0 |
| last_payout | 2017-11-25 12:17:48 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.131 HBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.042 HBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 HBD |
| promoted | 0.000 HBD |
| body_length | 582 |
| author_reputation | 13,205,527,560,619 |
| root_title | "How-to solve SPAM and Democratize Steem: Introducing UserAuthority" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 HBD |
| percent_hbd | 10,000 |
| post_id | 20,771,507 |
| net_rshares | 78,035,703,137 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| onthewayout | 0 | 68,747,203,010 | 25% | ||
| techslut | 0 | 9,288,500,127 | 1% |
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