Hello, World! I am Gandalf.
That is not my real name, but even my mom saved my number as Gandalf in her phone contact list.
Wait. I already wrote that over 4 million blocks ago in my first post on steemit
I signed up on steem at the end of June 2016. Unfortunately the ID that is so obvious to me was already taken. I had no other choice but to use a different account name. So I chose gtg, as in Gandalf the Grey.
Just recently Not so long ago, thanks to the kindness of @masteryoda and @joseph, I was able to finally get the @gandalf ID on steem. This account was created two months before I even knew that steem existed or what it was.
Thank you, again!
I will continue to use @gtg for witness purposes. As a witness, I am doing my best to improve steem, steemit and witness infrastructure, to make them more secure and reliable for the community.
If you believe I can be of value to steem, please vote for me (gtg) as a witness either on Steemit's Witnesses List or by using your cli_wallet command:
vote_for_witness "YOURACCOUNT" "gtg" true true
Also, I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to vote for other witnesses who play an important role on steem. If you do not know who is who, you can rely on my choices and set me as a "voting proxy" for your account. Currently you can do this only by using cli_wallet:
set_voting_proxy "youraccountname" "gtg" true
Remember that this only works when you vote for witnesses. This have no influence over what posts you choose to upvote.
Setting up a voting proxy and/or voting for witnesses does not affect your steem power or voting power. You can choose up to 30 witnesses. It does not matter if you choose 1 or 30, each vote will have the same (maximum) voting effect anyway.
You can contact me directly on steemit.chat, as Gandalf, or on one of these channels:
- #introduceyourself - a place where newcomers can promote their introduction posts without being flooded by other random links. That is where you can post links to your introduction and talk to other newcomers. When you are no longer a newcomer, you can curate others and encourage them to enjoy this platform.
- #mining - this is where you can get help with setting up your STEEM miner, talk about performance or just get an idea what mining is and how it works under the hood.
- #witness - this is where you can talk about witness related subjects if you are one of the top19 witnesses or just a runner-up witness; even if you are not a witness, you can keep an eye on what witnesses are currently doing.
If you have any questions, you can contact me using these channels. I check the chat box regularly, but I can not always respond instantly, so please be patient.
Confirming that it is me, myself and I.
One of the best moments of Steemfest was when @gandalf kept people in the dining hall for the group photo by blocking the door and saying, "You shall not pass!"
Congrats on your account, @gandalf!
Sending blessings to you and your lovely lady~
Thank you :-)
Awesome!
Congratulations!
Gandalf is not only one of the coolest names ever but the character is one of the most awesome ever!
Thank you :-)
Hi Gandalf!
Congratulations on getting the account :D I'm back on steemit and working on new works.
Good to hear that. I am looking forward to see your new works :-)
hey bro read a post online saying to try an contact you for an up vote i dont have steem and new to this lol
Can I ask that you, as I would like to see witnesses in general do, briefly describe where you stand socially and politically on a few issues of your own choice.
In my opinion, this gives a better understanding of the more personal motivations that could be driving a witness at some point in time.
I promised to reply to that, we were chatting about this some time ago... well, what can I write? Bunch of good looking keywords? Social and political issues outside steem does not matter here anyway.
You can get some idea about me by looking at my posts on Steem or my talks on steemit.chat
@infovore published some chat excerpt with me on his SteemMag (Steemit’s Weekend Digest #15)
Also, I have posted my replies to @thecryptofiend Witness Questionnaire
Thank you for explaining your perspective!
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nice to meet you GTG
You got my vote, on this post and on your witnessing. Thanks for the help today in chat. You are a steemit hero!
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Congratz on getting the Gandalf user name!
Gandalf is a badass of the badasses hahah ;)
Happy for your success. good luck to you
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Thanks for the upvote @gandalf
This is the first k have read about Steem mining. Only been here a week so far. Now I need to check it out.
I saw you voting on a post about a love letter and saw your name.
Damn your username, you rock mate!
Really interesting introduction.... I'll look forward to vote for you as steem witness because a wizard like you can do wonders in steem growth :)
Thank you :-)
hey just passing by to say hello. Found out your profile from a fat upvote you dropped me. Thanks a lot XD
can you delegate some of your sp to me
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@gandalf you had so much proven yourself after the first introduction
Ja także potrafię mieć takie rozterki nad nazwą ;D
Hello my dear friend,I really enjoy from your blog. I recently joined to steem and saw your posts. i like art, science, adventure and photography. I upvoted and follow you, If you like, please see my posts to support each other because i need to your help for being successful for even once. have good time.
@gandalf you were flagged by a worthless gang of trolls, so, I gave you an upvote to counteract it! Enjoy!!
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You have been infected by The King of Disease!
As a patient zero, the fate of the blockchain is in your hands.
Will you protect others? Or will you infect them?
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Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
Good to have you in the @steemterminal...