I'm here from bitcointalk. This thread seems to be a little meatier than the bitcointalk thread. I like the technical info although I have no idea what a brownie is.
About my involvement in STEEM: I've mined this coin since before it launched
![Tongue :P](http://bitsharestalk.org/Smileys/aaron/tongue.gif)
I'd like to run a delegate/witness node, so here is more:
I have been following crypto for about 2.5 years now and it was only a few short months after my first purchase of BTC before I started getting involved on the development side. Lately, I have been working with the Eclipse dev team as a programmer. To clarify things, we have several devs. I am the lead (overly-outspoken) programmer. We also have an administrative dev and a cryptography expert. We are all "equals", leading different parts of the project.
I have expertise in enough programming languages not to bother mentioning them all. One language I will mention is C++ because much of crypto is written in it. I've studied cryptocurrency code so much that I can read through it like a newspaper and can spot logic bugs without even running the code. I have written a lot of cryptocurrency code for many projects.
I have many years of experience in system administration, setting up long running networks both as a consultant and salaried professional.
If I run a witness, I will do so using a top-tier cloud platform like google, amazon, or azure.
I prefer my witness account to be "steemed" if I am selected. I also have steemroller and steemer, and many, many others.
I have been putting everything into vests, even at the low rates we have been getting now. I was probably one of the first people with vests after relaunch.
I'm excited to see where this project will go. I have been recruiting new participants behind the scenes, and even helped a few people at BCT both on the board and privately.
Even if I didn't have a stake in this project, I'd be enthusiastic about its progress as the devs' goal is one of the well known killer dapps that will serve a useful purpose to society.