Hello!
My name is Paulius Uža and today I'd like to propose myself as a candidate for Steem witness.
Instead of presenting the technical aspects of running a witness server in this setting, I'd like to talk about what we can do together, and hopefully inspire you to support my vision for Steem and earn your witness vote.
Why should you vote for me?
- I am a technical witness, I can run my own server without relying on third party help to do so in order to effectively decentralize the Steem blockchain.
- I will be working on a roadmap of products and services to greatly enhance the Steem ecosystem and make it one of the top #10 blockchain projects in 2018 and 2019.
- I'm relentless - I've been working full-time on Steem projects for the last 9 months during the bear market and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
- I have relevant experience and industry contacts to make a real and lasting impact as a witness and as a product / software developer.
My experience
- I have a broad skillset which spans over 12+ years, including full-stack development with a variety of languages (node.js, python, php, c#, go), UI, UX, databases, security and dev-ops. My references can be found on LinkedIn.
- Before joining Steem in late 2017, I was the CTO and team lead at of one of the largest Forex brokerages in Europe, and a co-founder of several tech companies.
- I actively invest into fintech, e-commerce and blockchain startups across EU and US, such as Nodesource and Stream to name a few.
- For the past 9 months I worked as Head of Development at BuildTeam where I designed and built projects like the new Steemvoter and QuickSteem.
- I created dsteem-fallback - a thin wrapper around dsteem with identical API and automated fallback support for production apps.
- I like to paint in my free time and I was recognized as one of the first artists worldwide to publish and sell their paintings on blockchain via Non Fungible Tokens (NFT), you can find them on ethereum network.
My plan for Steem Ecosystem
Steem has grown to be one of the most successful decentralized content platforms to date. Despite that it still has as relatively steep learning curve for developers who want to build on top of Steem ecosystem. There is also a lack of integration with the outside world (exchanges, 3rd party apps) and lack of utility for the native Steem blockchain assets outside Steem (e-commerce).
I will be working on several products and services which focus on these aspects:
- Improving ease of access to Steem for end users - easier account creation, better client side apps and wallet utilities, as well as easier access to purchase STEEM on external exchanges.
- Improving ease of access to Steem for developers - commercial grade infrastructure with lower barrier of entry (SaaS layer on top of Steem), better integration with existing services, better documentation and tools.
- Focus on Communities - products which enable communities to grow and thrive on Steem.
- Products for Investors - data and platforms tailored for larger institutional investors.
- Oracles, Smart Contracts and NFTs - applications making use of or enhancing native Steem blockchain functionality.
Let's work together!
I welcome everyone who would like to join me in creating the future of Steem and I ask for you to trust me with your vote.
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Thank you!
With your skills its a no brainer. Voted. Lets make Steemit the platform it should be
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Thank you!
Voted. Helll yeah
Awesome, thanks!
You have my vote!
I appreciate it
Congrats.
Don't forget to check out SteemPeak for a new UI experience for Steem
Thank you, SteemPeak looks fresh
I give my support and my wishes for your new journey ahead. Good luck and cheers!!
Thank you, highly appreciated!
hii, Paulius Uža, I am delighted to upvote you. I sincerely appreciate your commitment to work for steemit commmunity! Good Day:)
Thanks!
Good luck to you Paulius in your witness experience!
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delighted to vote for you as witness
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You have my witness vote
I really appreciate it!
Thanks for your hard work and being willing to do more!
Thank you. Every bit counts
You are quite an accomplished developer. Love your enthusiasm for the Steem. Voted for witness.
Thank you!
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Thank you
oh okay voted...Everyone has his own rules in steemit...But you know why I am using steemit?,,,I am using steemit because I am trying to to get knowledge from the useful post here...I know that the posts that are sharing here in steemit is very knowledgeful because here every one wants to share those things which is more interesting and get more votes from the readers...So by doing so I get knowledge as well as get paid in the form of steem dollars...i e one stone two birds....thanks for sharing your experience with us....
Thanks
Thank you for stopping by @upheaver. I admit to being a technophobe with little understanding of the technology and only just grasping the principles of crypto currencies. I like this platform because I am a writer - not always of heavy stuff, but what I enjoy and what's in my head, heart and kitchen and I would like to monetise that. As important, though, is the sense of community that I've found as I've begun to connect with likeminded folk.
So, perhaps where I'm going is to ask that sometimes you guys spare a thought for the mid-50s woman who's not a computer geek and can't follow the technospeak and doesn't care about the minutiae, but would like the platform to work well.
I am struggling to recover from Hardfork20 - no mana - or very little. It gets used up quickly. I cannot spend all my time here - life gets in the way, so I am really looking forward to improvements that benefit red fish in minnows.
Hopping over to vote for you as a witness and look forward to new developments.
Your work on Steemit and the blockchain is much appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you for your vote!
One of my goals as a witness is to build applications for Steem that focus on user experience and are accessible to anyone despite their technical knowledge. So I will absolutely keep you in mind! Thanks
You are welcome.
Thank you, too, for the votes and the resteems.
I did pick up your focus on user experience as I was reading your bits - for me, very refreshing, so I look forward to those developments. FYI, I was/am a WordPress blogger and now publish via that platform to Steemit. That's very klunky, though, because you can't change the default tags - not for love nor money. Ha! I use that platform because, although I could, I don't really want to learn markdown. I'm tech savvy enough to build and manage a Wordpress blog/site - I've done a couple- and Google sites and also manage the back-end of a website, which reinforces the point about minutiae. Ok, I have to stop now so that my RCs can recharge. Appreciate the reply and also lookforward to how things unfold.
Have a good evening/day - I am off to one of my other happy places: the kitchen!
Go ahead,I read your post and I put my faith in you.I think we need more people like you as our witness.In case,if you need me I will be here to support you.
Thank you for kind words! Appreciated
I gave you my witness vote,so do the best you can for us and for our community.
I like what you wrote here
I have voted for your witness
I like your way of thinking outside the box as i love to see steem in a place near to bitcoin🤗😇
Hi. I came to see my wallet. I will vote for you.