Hey @yabapmatt, you wrote
“That being said, I do know there are still many things I have left to learn and I literally keep a list of things that I don’t know or don’t understand about Steem and go through it periodically and spend the time to learn them.”
I’m curious to know, do you mind sharing some of the things on your list?
And from a witness’ perspective, what would be some of the most critical things you think all — new and old — users should know?
Well first off I think there's a big difference between things users should know and things that witnesses should know. For users, I made a post a while back with a list of things I think are important to learn if you're really serious about Steem: https://steemit.com/steemit/@yabapmatt/how-to-steem-part-1-learn-learn-learn
My list at this point is focused on many technical details that I think are important for top witnesses to know, but definitely not necessary for non-witnesses. One newer item on the list, for example, is understanding in detail how the bandwidth limiting works on the platform.
I understand it at a high level but don't know exactly how the "current_reserve_ratio" is set and how it changes and what things can be done both short term and long term to help the situation.
Thanks for the link to that post @yabapmatt, I found it pretty helpful.
This is all most likely stuff you already know, but I found another recent post going over the technicals behind the badwidth limits: https://steemit.com/bandwidth/@timcliff/steem-bandwidth-user-experience-issue.
Thank you for the thoughtful response! Keep up the good work!