Yup, I always thought the private key login was a terrible idea, even back in the STEEM days. I am so glad they have things like HIVE Signer now. I hear that there is also a HIVE hardware 2FA device now, is that right?
In any case, that is very sad, so sorry to hear of these innocent people getting robbed. Be sure to ALWAYS use encryption to store your sensitive info guys! And also hardened Firefox with things like NoScript will save you in 99% of browser based attacks. That and dont save passwords in your browser, that is the FIRST place hackers look when they hack you!
Stay safe everyone.
Not really a 2FA hardware device. I'm working on a project called Hive Authentication Services that will provide similar protection.
BTW, if you want to support the related proposal, That would be much appreciated. You can vote for the proposal on Peakd, ecency,
Thank you!
That is fantastic news, I went ahead and voted for it, thank you for sharing! With voting on proposals, how does it work exactly? Does it need a certain number of votes to pass? Or the higher ranked it is the higher priority it is? I just wasnt sure, as the only proposals I votes in before had a binary yes/no option, so I wasnt sure how HIVE proposals differed.
To be funded, a proposal does not need a number of votes but need that the sum of Hive Power held by its is greater than that of the "Return Proposal" (proposal #0)
Thanks for the info.
You're welcome.
BTW, I noticed I miss your witness vote 😢
Do you mind casting one to me? It would be much appreciated!
Hi arcange, what is a witness vote?
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On the Hive blockchain, witnesses serve the role of validating signatures and timestamping transactions by including them in blocks. A block is any group of transactions (posts, votes, transfers, etc) that update the state of the database.
Witnesses are generally expected to manage a reliable block-producing node, implement a failover system, maintain a public seed node, tune blockchain operating parameters, publish correct price feeds, author/discuss improvement proposals, review code changes, and be active! Some contribute to core repositories. Some fund the development of other apps and infrastructure projects.
Every round of block production begins with the shuffling of 21 witnesses: the top 20 witnesses (by vote), plus one backup witness. Each is given a turn to produce a single block at a fixed rate of one block every 3 seconds. If a witness does not produce a block in their time slot, then that time slot is skipped, and the next witness produces the next block.
You can see the witness list here
You can see the live block production [here)(https://hive.arcange.eu/schedule)
By voting for a witness, YOU choose which ones you trust to ensure the security of the blockchain.