My updated witness post

My past, present, and future on Hive in a short post.

<h3>Past <ul> <li>Started my witness server in August 2017 <li>Launched a hive node <code>node.mahdiyari.info:2001 - Ongoing <li>Got my first produced block after 17 days <a href="https://hiveblocks.com/b/14970426" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">14,970,426 <li>Launched Steemfollower (discoverability tool) - Died after 1 or 2 years <li>Launched <a href="https://hive.vote" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">hive.vote October 2017 - Ongoing <li>Steemclient - never launched <li>Dblog - never launched <li>From 2018 to late 2019 smaller projects and maintenance of the ongoing projects <li>Launched <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/hive-tx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">hive-tx library in November 2019 <li>Migrating hive-js, hive-tx, and other projects to Hive after Hive fork <li>Posting dev guides and migrating libraries after HF25 <li>Smartchain - never launched <li>Launched <a href="https://gitlab.com/mahdiyari/hive-php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">hive-PHP library in July 2022 <li>Launched <a href="https://hivedex.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">hivedex.io January 2023 <li>Launched a public RPC node <code>https://rpc.mahdiyari.info <li>Big update on hive-tx library <p dir="auto">And the last one should be the account creation service on <a href="https://hivedex.io/signup" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">hivedex.io/signup <p dir="auto"><sub>This list is development only <h3>Present <p dir="auto">It has been 5 and a half years since I started my witness. I don't post frequently and I don't work as hard as I should. But thanks to you I'm #25 in the witness ranking. I think it is a pretty good spot and I'm very happy that you trust me with your votes. <p dir="auto">While I'm not top 20, I still try my best to be present and put forward my opinion on any matter that concerns the blockchain and its features. <p dir="auto">I try to provide support and guidance in the various discord servers to the new and old users related to general Hive matters or development. <h3>Future <p dir="auto">TBD <hr /> <p dir="auto">I can't let you go without a cute kitten.<br /> <center><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mahdiyari/243MLLyzCaQE9vovb7cRvXsurxG5bxcfZPnueaeudLFwreSD89XyCQLphTFVafGjUwsJu.jpg" alt="kitten-hive.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mahdiyari/243MLLyzCaQE9vovb7cRvXsurxG5bxcfZPnueaeudLFwreSD89XyCQLphTFVafGjUwsJu.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mahdiyari/243MLLyzCaQE9vovb7cRvXsurxG5bxcfZPnueaeudLFwreSD89XyCQLphTFVafGjUwsJu.jpg 2x" /> <p dir="auto">I believe the best "thank you" is to continue doing what I do. Continuously contributing to the Hive ecosystem. <p dir="auto">Best regards,<br /><br /> 03/30/2023<span> <a href="/@mahdiyari">@mahdiyari,