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Some of you may have noticed over the weekend that steemdb.com was offline with a message about it migrating servers. The database ended up finally growing to the point where I couldn't squeeze any more

Just a quick update to Vessel, for those using it. I had a few free moments towards the beginning of the week and ended up pushing out 0.2.8. There aren't a ton of changes, but they are listed below: Fixed

I'm not going to candy coat any of this, since I think the greater community needs a splash of realism and less pandering. At this point in time I have nothing to lose (besides wasting my time) and just

In the previous post here (please do read this first!), I talked about two key issues that affect dApps: the bootstrapping problem, and the issue of outsourced verification. The first problem I somewhat

There has been a big push in the cryptocurrency space about “dApps” lately, with many cropping up as potential replacements to a lot of centralized services we currently are using. Like with the big push

After the downtime experienced yesterday, many services are still coming back online and some connectivity may still be limited. I've received a number of messages today about using Vessel and not being

I just wanted to take a few moments now that the smoke is clearing to highlight what happened and why my witness missed so many blocks today. It was a combination of events that caused both my primary

I wanted to take a while today to update the Steem community on what's been going on over on my side of the blockchain. This post will be part progress report, part transparency report, and a touch of

With the launch of EOS just around the corner, we wanted to release the current iteration of our EOS light wallet into the world. It was recently discussed in some articles, such as EOS Is Coming, If Anyone

I figured it was about time to write a recap of what's been going on the last few months in the world of @jesta. So here we go. 2018 so far has been full of challenges and learning, which is both great

One of the discussions that keeps coming up is the topic of ‘Vote Buying,’ or ‘Witness/Block Producer Dividends.’ I’ve been thinking about how these topics relate to Delegated Proof of Stake for quite

New Projects SteemContext allows switching between all Steem frontend applications using the context (right click) menu. It supports Steem links on any website, and you can configure the frontend applications

It's a hard decision, but at this point I feel it's the right one to make. As I alluded to in my potential witness roadmap, I'm currently focusing on other needed aspects of the ecosystem and haven't given

As you may have noticed, the ranking of "steemit.com" has a gone up a lot these last few months. Currently, it is up and around the top 1000 most visited websites in the world (according to alexa.com)

Being that January has come to an end, I wanted to take a bit today to write and explain where my head is at for 2018 and a bit of a recap on 2017. Man, what a crazy year for crypto overall! Please note

Crypto is growing up a lot faster than many of us ever imagined. With mainstream adoption of the blockchain inching closer and governments taking notice, being personally responsible and trying to stay

This release is an update to address a security vulnerability within Electron/Windows and all Windows users are encouraged to update to 0.2.7 as soon as possible. Linux and macOS users are unaffected.

The reoccurring theme lately with Vessel updates seems to be just staying connected :) This minor release (0.2.6) is primarily that, with one potential security vulnerability also patched, and a few minor

If you have been experiencing connection issues with Vessel over the past week or so, and are unable to use the wallet, this update should resolve your issues. This update is purely maintenance and bug

Well, it took longer than I anticipated, but SteemDB.com is slowly coming back to life. The data migration I started a couple days ago completed earlier today and I'm bringing the services back online.