What is "Governance Vote Expiration"?
As you may or may not know, @blocktrades team has been developing a "governance vote expiration" system. This system will serve blockchain users to prevent inactive accounts (or even in situations where the account owner has passed away) having a say in the governance. Whether it be witness votes or DHF proposals. You can read the image below for an explanation on vote expiration, written by @blocktrades here.
Blocktrades's comments about governance expiration.
Currently, the plan is to have this feature released with the next hardfork, sometime later this year. (2021)
The way this code works at the moment (per repository inspection) that if you do not have any governance action, such as voting a witness, voting a proposal or setting on a proxy for a whole year -- all your witness votes, proposal votes and proxy will be automatically disabled.
Lets say you voted deathwing
as a witness on June 14th 2020 and after that, you never voted anyone as a witness nor participated in DHF proposals (you never supported/unsupported any) that means, your witness vote for deathwing
will expire on June 14th 2021. (Please note that this will happen after the hardfork should the period be 365 days (which it is at the moment))
If you don't want your witness/proposal votes to be automatically removed, all you have to do is keep track of what is going on around the chain and regularly updating your DHF and witness votes. Remember, voting for disabled or stale witnesses or proposals whose owners are not justifying their DHF payment, is a bad thing to do.
Vote Expiration Tool
To find out right now (or even at a later date) whether or not your votes will expire, you can check out governance.deathwing.me where you can input your username and see when was your last governance action.
If your last governance action is currently valid.
If your last governance action is invalid and has expired.
Governance Expiration Simulation
To see how the current Top 200 witness list would look like, myself and @rishi556 have simulated a "governance expiration" please keep in mind that this simulation only takes into account votes done on or after July 1st 2020.
If by July 1st 2021 (Deathwing's assumption of the hardfork date™) no one updates their witness and DHF votes nor set a proxy, Hive witnesses would look like the following list. Please do note that users marked with an "X" under Disabled/Stale column mean that their witness was disabled or consecutively missing blocks/on an older HF version (stale) as of when this post was written.
List of witnesses on July 1st 2021 With Vote Expiration Applied: (again, Deathwing's assumption of hardfork date™)
Please note that the following list does not take "30 day vote delay" into account.
Rank | Witness | VESTS | HIVE Power | Disabled/Stale |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | blocktrades | 85.649b | 44.081m HP | |
2 | gtg | 83.028b | 42.732m HP | |
3 | steempeak | 82.949b | 42.691m HP | |
4 | roelandp | 79.671b | 41.004m HP | |
5 | good-karma | 78.260b | 40.278m HP | |
6 | ausbitbank | 77.741b | 40.011m HP | |
7 | steempress | 74.496b | 38.341m HP | |
8 | yabapmatt | 74.453b | 38.318m HP | |
9 | arcange | 72.437b | 37.281m HP | |
10 | stoodkev | 72.424b | 37.274m HP | |
11 | anyx | 72.031b | 37.072m HP | |
12 | themarkymark | 71.438b | 36.767m HP | |
13 | pharesim | 71.423b | 36.759m HP | |
14 | therealwolf | 70.716b | 36.395m HP | |
15 | aggroed | 63.818b | 32.845m HP | |
16 | cervantes | 63.573b | 32.719m HP | |
17 | someguy123 | 62.833b | 32.338m HP | |
18 | ocd-witness | 62.771b | 32.306m HP | |
19 | emrebeyler | 62.064b | 31.942m HP | |
20 | followbtcnews | 56.317b | 28.985m HP | |
21 | abit | 55.360b | 28.492m HP | |
22 | quochuy | 52.145b | 26.838m HP | |
23 | drakos | 51.705b | 26.611m HP | |
24 | leofinance | 49.847b | 25.654m HP | |
25 | curie | 48.771b | 25.101m HP | |
26 | lukestokes.mhth | 42.550b | 21.899m HP | |
27 | threespeak | 41.837b | 21.532m HP | |
28 | mahdiyari | 41.707b | 21.465m HP | |
29 | jesta | 41.667b | 21.444m HP | |
30 | smooth.witness | 39.725b | 20.445m HP | |
31 | netuoso | 39.251b | 20.201m HP | X |
32 | holger80 | 37.912b | 19.512m HP | |
33 | guiltyparties | 37.074b | 19.081m HP | |
34 | deathwing | 31.348b | 16.134m HP | |
35 | timcliff | 28.119b | 14.472m HP | |
36 | neoxian | 26.686b | 13.735m HP | |
37 | thecryptodrive | 26.599b | 13.689m HP | |
38 | riverhead | 26.057b | 13.411m HP | |
39 | pfunk | 25.864b | 13.311m HP | |
40 | actifit | 22.464b | 11.561m HP | |
41 | fbslo | 21.663b | 11.149m HP | |
42 | roomservice | 21.393b | 11.010m HP | |
43 | klye | 20.669b | 10.638m HP | |
44 | engrave | 20.294b | 10.445m HP | |
45 | steemitboard | 19.571b | 10.072m HP | |
46 | gerber | 16.832b | 8.663m HP | |
47 | bhuz | 16.339b | 8.409m HP | |
48 | r0nd0n | 16.285b | 8.381m HP | |
49 | c0ff33a | 15.854b | 8.159m HP | |
50 | enginewitty | 15.700b | 8.081m HP | |
51 | bobinson | 14.578b | 7.503m HP | |
52 | nathanmars | 14.447b | 7.435m HP | |
53 | stem.witness | 14.189b | 7.303m HP | |
54 | patrice | 14.164b | 7.290m HP | |
55 | ats-witness | 13.278b | 6.834m HP | X |
56 | liondani | 13.215b | 6.801m HP | |
57 | apshamilton | 12.968b | 6.674m HP | |
58 | innerhive | 12.833b | 6.605m HP | |
59 | qurator | 12.045b | 6.199m HP | |
60 | oflyhigh | 11.038b | 5.681m HP | |
61 | hextech | 10.721b | 5.518m HP | |
62 | dbuzz | 10.638b | 5.475m HP | X |
63 | bdcommunity | 10.316b | 5.309m HP | |
64 | cryptobrewmaster | 10.078b | 5.187m HP | |
65 | ura-soul | 9.750b | 5.018m HP | X |
66 | kevinwong | 9.655b | 4.969m HP | |
67 | crowdwitness | 8.990b | 4.627m HP | |
68 | jackmiller | 7.807b | 4.018m HP | X |
69 | firepower | 7.801b | 4.015m HP | |
70 | primersion | 7.054b | 3.631m HP | |
71 | cadawg | 6.681b | 3.438m HP | |
72 | dragosroua | 6.287b | 3.236m HP | |
73 | satren | 5.911b | 3.042m HP | |
74 | discovery-it | 5.587b | 2.876m HP | |
75 | blue-witness | 5.405b | 2.782m HP | |
76 | fernandosoder | 4.136b | 2.129m HP | X |
77 | reazuliqbal | 4.126b | 2.124m HP | |
78 | isnochys | 3.989b | 2.053m HP | |
79 | cervisia | 3.983b | 2.050m HP | |
80 | tazi | 3.628b | 1.867m HP | |
81 | mintrawa | 3.384b | 1.742m HP | |
82 | rotfl | 3.185b | 1.639m HP | |
83 | delegate.lafona | 3.114b | 1.603m HP | X |
84 | helo | 2.974b | 1.530m HP | |
85 | ihashfury | 2.870b | 1.477m HP | X |
86 | jamzed | 2.677b | 1.378m HP | |
87 | techcoderx | 2.658b | 1.368m HP | |
88 | steemychicken1 | 2.499b | 1.286m HP | |
89 | lapingvino | 2.473b | 1.273m HP | |
90 | kristall97 | 2.438b | 1.255m HP | |
91 | dmitrydao | 2.153b | 1.108m HP | |
92 | hagie | 2.119b | 1.090m HP | |
93 | danielsaori | 1.892b | 973.879k HP | X |
94 | elindos | 1.887b | 971.034k HP | |
95 | c-squared | 1.722b | 886.259k HP | X |
96 | blockbrothers | 1.693b | 871.275k HP | X |
97 | weedcash.network | 1.588b | 817.214k HP | |
98 | lootkit.witness | 1.567b | 806.638k HP | |
99 | veteranforcrypto | 1.423b | 732.177k HP | |
100 | nextgencrypto | 1.357b | 698.433k HP | X |
101 | coingecko | 1.347b | 693.062k HP | X |
102 | whiterosecoffee | 1.266b | 651.663k HP | |
103 | busy.witness | 1.265b | 651.170k HP | X |
104 | battlegames | 1.232b | 634.242k HP | X |
105 | b0y2k | 1.119b | 575.846k HP | |
106 | adsactly-witness | 1.111b | 572.032k HP | X |
107 | dsound | 1.077b | 554.282k HP | X |
108 | steemgigs | 1.005b | 517.190k HP | X |
109 | dpoll.witness | 948.284m | 488.052k HP | |
110 | clayop | 815.179m | 419.546k HP | X |
111 | shmoogleosukami | 794.170m | 408.734k HP | |
112 | aizensou | 759.061m | 390.665k HP | |
113 | disregardfiat | 748.863m | 385.416k HP | |
114 | wise-team | 714.557m | 367.760k HP | X |
115 | justyy | 678.723m | 349.317k HP | X |
116 | complexring | 665.251m | 342.384k HP | |
117 | partiko | 613.956m | 315.983k HP | X |
118 | yehey | 592.756m | 305.072k HP | X |
119 | utopian-io | 576.763m | 296.841k HP | X |
120 | thealliance | 576.016m | 296.457k HP | |
121 | fyrst-witness | 497.041m | 255.811k HP | X |
122 | krnel | 465.429m | 239.541k HP | X |
123 | prc | 433.783m | 223.254k HP | X |
124 | swisswitness | 387.709m | 199.542k HP | X |
125 | helpie | 373.058m | 192.001k HP | X |
126 | thekitchenfairy | 372.451m | 191.689k HP | X |
127 | reggaemuffin | 369.025m | 189.925k HP | X |
128 | teamsteem | 339.775m | 174.872k HP | X |
129 | travelfeed | 325.819m | 167.689k HP | X |
130 | fulltimegeek | 320.212m | 164.803k HP | X |
131 | oracle-d | 313.845m | 161.526k HP | X |
132 | steemcommunity | 307.463m | 158.242k HP | X |
133 | blueorgy | 300.351m | 154.581k HP | X |
134 | lux-witness | 296.799m | 152.753k HP | X |
135 | demotruk | 296.096m | 152.391k HP | X |
136 | yoodoo | 271.818m | 139.896k HP | X |
137 | steem-bounty | 270.797m | 139.370k HP | X |
138 | pcste | 265.638m | 136.716k HP | |
139 | blockchained | 261.614m | 134.644k HP | X |
140 | felixxx | 242.304m | 124.706k HP | X |
141 | untersatz | 238.871m | 122.939k HP | X |
142 | steem-id | 229.667m | 118.202k HP | X |
143 | markangeltrueman | 225.220m | 115.914k HP | X |
144 | chbartist | 224.919m | 115.759k HP | X |
145 | idnit | 224.834m | 115.715k HP | X |
146 | theprophet0 | 222.586m | 114.558k HP | X |
147 | silversteem | 217.460m | 111.919k HP | |
148 | pjau | 213.134m | 109.693k HP | X |
149 | jatinhota | 199.882m | 102.873k HP | X |
150 | justinadams | 199.687m | 102.773k HP | X |
This is the current status of witnesses.
When we look at our current votes, we can see that @blocktrades went fown from approximately 135 billion VESTS votes to 85 billion vests, same thing with @gtg moving from 135b to 83b @peakd (@steempeak) rose from 8th to 3rd in the simulated results as we can see other changes throughout Top 20 with @good-karma and @ausbitbank and others changing their spots while @emrebeyler becomes a consensus witness once again as @abit loses his spot.
Closing Thoughts
Off-Topic: Remember to never click on any suspicious links you receive as a comment, promising you free money and airdrops. Do not give your private keys for airdrops. There's been a lot of these going around lately.
If you receive suspicious comments/Discord DMs/Telegram DMs from "Hive Official Accounts" of some sort, it is very likely that they are attempting to scam, make sure to verify on Hive Discord/Hive Telegram before proceeding with anything, for any official announcements, please follow @hiveio account.
Make sure to check your witness votes, proposal votes, recovery account ever so often to verify their current status.
If you like what I am doing consider supporting me as a witness, also, I'd be happy if you can support my friend, @rishi556 who has been working together with me in various different projects!
You can do so using the following links: