Steem and Steemit guides

At the bottom of the witness vote page you can see a field that says witness proxy, and many people are unsure what this field actually does. It's actually pretty simple, and what the witness proxy does it allows you to select another user that votes for the witnesses for you. You have a total of 30 witness votes, so it can be very difficult to find 30 people you like, but by selecting a proxy, you copy all their votes, so you don't need to worry about it yourself. I suggest to only pick people you trust as a witness proxy, since they will be able to vote however they like with your votes. However, they can not do anything else with your account, and you are free to remove the witness proxy any time you like to. It is important to keep in mind that you cannot vote for anyone yourself when you have an active witness proxy.   If you want to learn more about witnesses, check out the witness guide category . 

The Steem blockchain has a total of 30 active witnesses that are responsible for keeping the blockchain running, as well as accepting any new updates to the blockchain. Anyone can run to be a witness as long as they have the blockchain running on their system, and anyone can vote on who they want as their witness as well. In order to vote for a witness, you need to head over to https://steemit.com/~witnesses . You need to be logged in to Steemit to be able to vote. This page will show you the top 50 witnesses, and you simply click on the upvote button next to the witness(es) you like to vote for. If you want to vote for someone else (not currently in the top 50) then scroll to the bottom and write their name in the field there. Don't use the @ before their name, but just type their usersname in the field.   If you want to learn more about witnesses, check out the witness guide category .