@blockbrothers are already very active in the community through @exyle and @s3rg3 (Dutch Community), @brittandjosie (our community manager) and our own @blockbrothers account.

But we like to do more.

Not long ago we released a post here where we clearly state which witnesses we vote for and why.

Since that time many Steemians have entrusted us with their proxy witness vote. Our vote has grown to an impressive 1106MV (to put that into perspective @freedom, one of the biggest accounts on the blockchain has 17000MV).

A month has now passed since our push for more transparency regarding our witness votes and as promised here is the new monthly list with upcoming changes (2).

If you like our choice for witnesses you can set @blockbrothers as your witness proxy and we will honor that trust.

Set blockbrothers as your proxy via SteemConnect

The following witnesses we still approve of but will be rotated out:

Witness	Reasoning
@fulltimegeek	Turned of his witness here. We are still looking forward to vaporchain!

The following witnesses will be rotated in:

Witness	Reasoning
@themarkymark	Developer and very active community witness. Also known for his work on the The Global Blacklist API.

@blockbrothers approves of the following witnesses (complete list with reasoning).

Witness	Reasoning
@abit	Saved the blockchain after the chain stopped after HF20. Knows his stuff. Maybe not as visible on the blockchain as other witnesses but someone you want to have around.
@adsactly-witness	Community witness. Heavily invested. Support bloggers as well as developers. Very active under the @adsactly-witness and the @adsactly account.
@aggroed	One of the most dedicated Steemians. Minnow Support Project Founder. Community leader and Co-founder of Steem Monsters. Run their own infrastructure decentralising the blockchain.
@anyx	For his work on optimizing full nodes
@blockbrothers	Community (@exyle and @s3rg3) and developer witness (@bennierex and @eqko). Creators of Steemify and very invested and informative for the community through @exyle and @s3rg3 (Dutch community).
@blocktrades	Developer witness. Business owner of blocktrades.com. A portal to convert other crypto to STEEM and back (for a fee). Has a team that can build for the blockchain. Business owner.
@busy.witness	Community and developer witness. Creators of the first alternative front-end for Steemit.com with Busy.org.
@curie	Community witness. Curator of content.
@cervantes	Community witness for the Spanish Community.
@fyrst-witness	Community and Developer witness. Very active community member. Founder of Steemspeak on Discord. One of the biggest community servers outside of Steem. Owner of Booster. A promotional service for the blockchain.
@followbtcnews	Developer witness. Owner of Steem.chat Owner of Steemtipper.com.
@good-karma	Developer of the Esteem ecosystem. Run their own infrastructure decentralising the blockchain.
@jackmiller	Very active community witness.
@lukestokes.mhth	Community witness.
@ocd-witness	Community witness. Curator of content.
@oflyhigh	Underrated witness. Knows a lot about the blockchain. Programmer. (got on our radar when he answered this question about the price feed perfectly. here.
@partiko	For their work on the Partiko app
@pharesim	Developer witness. Made https://steeminvite.com. Is able to check Hard Fork code.
@reggaemuffin	Developer Witness with @buildteam. Run their own infrastructure.
@someguy123	Developer witness. Not active as a community member but is the creator Of Steem in a box which is an extremely helpful tool for everyone that wants to setup a witness.
@steemcommunity	Community and Curator witness.
@steempress	for their work on Steempress
@stoodkev	for his work on Keychain and SteemPlus
@thecryptodrive	Business man and developer Witness with @buildteam. Run their own infrastructure.
@therealwolf	Developer and community witness. Creator of Smartsteem. Recently trying to get Steem on Coinbase. Creator of SteemApps
@utopian-io	Witness for https://join.utopian.io/
@wise-team	for their work on Engrave
@yabapmatt	Developer witness. Co-founder of Steem Monsters.

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