![Supporters.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPYqEL285TXtLkgZ8MUeQNqBu4yGsA3Jk5ewWR7C1qh1y/Supporters.png) ## We Have Witness Support!! " What is a witness?" If you are in the camp asking this question, skip to the next part. If you already know, read on. We want to give a big shout out to @enginewitty and @cryptohazard!!!

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@enginewitty shows up big on this platform. Many of you probably have seen this tag #thealliance. He is the founder and force behind this group - this family whose purpose is to support each other. Keeping a group of over 200 people engaged and friendly with each other requires leadership, dedication and lots of time! He seems to know each member and knows where help is needed. When we started to plan the birth of the Freewrite House, he reached out to us and offered his support. Even though he is not even a dolphin in this ocean where big fish seem to get all the glory, he didn't hesitate to give us a delegation and a nice upvote on all of our posts. Thank you so much!!! And thank you for telling others about the Freewrite House!! If you wonder how to pronounce his name - just say this: in·ge·nu·i·ty ---- en-gi-new-i-ty Here is his latest [witness update](https://steemit.com/thealliance/@enginewitty/witness-update-my-delegations). It is past his payout, please vote on a more recent post.

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@cryptohazard might be a name you haven't seen around very much - because he has three names. @cryptohazard is his witness name. As a writer, you know him as @jyezie. But if you every check where the beautiful upvotes you get are coming from, you have seen @lablockchain showing up right after you post. All three are the same person and we thank you so much for your support!!! [Here is an article explaining why @jyezie decided to support the freewriters and the Freewrite House](https://steemit.com/freewrite/@jyezie/mecene-on-steem-why-i-support-the-freewrite-community) Here is [his witness update](https://steemit.com/witness/@cryptohazard/witness-update-i-m-back-online-je-suis-de-retour) - also past the payout. Please find another post to upvote.

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## Witness? Huh? Here is a very short, simple, and sweet explanation of the role of the witnesses on this platform. * Witnesses have computer setups which record all the transactions on the blockchain. * Witnesses are helpful to the Steem community in a variety of ways. * Witnesses help to shape the direction of Steem. Most witnesses write updates on their activities ever so often. Every account on Steemit has 30 witness votes. All of us are helping to shape the future of this platform by voting for the witnesses who support what you value.

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## How to Vote for a Witness On the Steemit platform, you see three lines next to your avatar. ![Screen Shot 2018-03-31 at 8.54.45 AM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmR6FHBq8dAykVmHNJJzS2ZxurUQAQBuan6wcCv7viit61/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-31%20at%208.54.45%20AM.png) If you click on the three lines, this window opens. ![Screen Shot 2018-03-31 at 8.55.04 AM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmemkt99ZKSfcy95vEhMaHYQysG7NoaK7Wgz1QmUckD91r/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-31%20at%208.55.04%20AM.png) Click on Vote for Witness, and this window opens. ![Screen Shot 2018-03-31 at 8.57.18 AM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdJoQuAJNGU57vUx1tzWvKPtdjX9jXkMsxe2Puvqw8Mr8/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-31%20at%208.57.18%20AM.png) You will need your active key to place a witness vote. As you can see, the names of the top 50 witnesses are showing up if you are opening this window. @enginewitty and @cryptohazard are not yet in that space. If you want to vote for them, you have to write in their name. ![Screen Shot 2018-03-31 at 9.47.06 AM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmckqZvdDzgCHKV37c3jBSK2iCbzXyuayBVC6Zo6k61drK/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-31%20at%209.47.06%20AM.png) As you can see, we have only voted for three witnesses so far and are working on filling all witness votes soon. If you click on Witness report next to the names of the top 50 witnesses, you will be directed to their profile.

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### Thank you @enginewitty and @cryptohazard for your support!!!

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