At the time of this writing 5 witnesses have been voted in by the Steem community.roelandp, yapabmatt, good-karma, anyx, and themarkymark.
This is a great start on the first day.
Steem still needs your help. Power up and vote for our witnesses in order to protect the Steem blockchain from the machinations of one Justin Sun.
Let's send a surprise message.
The Steem blockchain is currently being attacked by a central authority in order to take control of the witnesses. If you are not managing your witness votes, please consider setting @berniesanders as your witness voting proxy by clicking here to help restore the decentralization of Steem.