This week has been an incredible one for great witness news. We've built and launched a beautiful, fast, and easy-to-use Steem Blockchain Explorer tool to keep adding to the Steemit ecosystem.

Just go to http://steemistry.com/steem-block-explorer/ and give it a shot. Enter any Steemit transaction ID number, click search, and you'll get speedy, reliable results from that transaction on the Steem blockchain. It's using our awesome, upgraded full public RPC node — remember that if you need a reliable node for your projects, you're welcome to use it as well! (get those details here.)

Here's a snapshot of the tool in action:

This one is especially handy for figuring out details of wallet transfers and for checking numbers of confirmations on those types of transactions.

We've almost completed another tool we're hoping to launch next week which will continue the trend of making it easier to find and understand actions and information on the Steem blockchain.

Now, you read that right. We're officially in the top 50 witnesses, so this tool is the first of our presents to go with the party.

As of right now, we're in position number 48. This is amazing, and due solely to the support of people like you, who find value in our work and who have voted for us to help us keep making Steemit better. We've been keeping our noses to the grindstone, working hard, building projects, and supporting Steemit and Steemians alike; we know that you can remove your vote at any time, and we're committed to continue growing with you. A sincere thanks, from myself @followbtcnews, and from my witness partner @crimsonclad.

Even more importantly: I GET TO EAT THE CAKE.

If you're not sure what the heck I'm talking about, you can see this post from last month, where we began our push to become one of the top fifty Steemit witnesses:
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@followbtcnews/help-followbtcnews-witness-eat-this-cake-only-you-can-make-the-difference

This thing has been in my freezer for a month, teasing me, and it's been driving my wife nuts. Good thing I'm hungry.

If you haven't voted for us yet, take some time to look at our tools and our work, and please consider placing a vote for our witness Followbtcnews at https://steemit.com/~witnesses

Launching our NEW Steem Block Explorer: It's a TOP 50 WITNESS party, but YOU get the presents (...and I finally eat the cake!)

This week has been an incredible one for great witness news. We've built and launched a beautiful, fast, and easy-to-use Steem Blockchain Explorer tool to keep adding to the Steemit ecosystem.

We've almost completed another tool we're hoping to launch next week which will continue the trend of making it easier to find and understand actions and information on the Steem blockchain.

Now, you read that right. We're officially in the top 50 witnesses, so this tool is the first of our presents to go with the party.

Even more importantly: I GET TO EAT THE CAKE.

This thing has been in my freezer for a month, teasing me, and it's been driving my wife nuts. Good thing I'm hungry.