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## Witness Server updated to run 0.20.9

We updated our witness servers to the latest version of Steem: v0.20.9:

```
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             STARTING STEEM NETWORK
 
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 initminer public key: STM8GC13uCZbP44HzMLV6zPZGwVQ8Nt4Kji8PapsPiNq1BK153XTX
 chain id: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 blockchain version: 0.20.9
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```

The update went smooth and no blocks were missed. Success! We will continue to take our responsibilities as a Steem witness seriously and will always keep our witness servers up to date.

## Steem.Ninja

With @Steem.Ninja we launched the easiest onboarding solution on this blockchain. Steem.Ninja allows you to purchase a Steem account and/or Steem Power delegations with a credit/debit card. Furthermore it incentivizes everyone to onboard their friends through the cool and unique referral system where the referrer can set their own reseller price. For more information about this project visit the Steem.Ninja website at: [https://steem.ninja](https://steem.ninja) and join our Steem.Ninja Discord server at: [https://discord.me/steemninja](https://discord.me/steemninja)

## An Oracle-D Hivemind Node

We are pleased to anounce the launch of hive.oracle-d.com - A public hivemind node.

According to the official Hivemind Github repository, Hivemind is a

> Developer-friendly microservice powering social networks on the Steem blockchain.

If you want to learn more about Hivemind checkout this post by @steemitblog: [Hivemind is Live!](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@steemitblog/hivemind-is-live)

We run our Hivemind on a dedicated server with **128 GB DDR4 ECC RAM** and an **Intel Core i7-5820k**.

You can check our nodes' status at: [hive.oracle-d.com/health](https://hive.oracle-d.com/health)

The following methods are available through our Hivemind Node:

### condenser_api methods

```json
condenser_api.get_followers
condenser_api.get_following
condenser_api.get_follow_count

condenser_api.get_content
condenser_api.get_content_replies

condenser_api.get_state

condenser_api.get_trending_tags

condenser_api.get_discussions_by_trending
condenser_api.get_discussions_by_hot
condenser_api.get_discussions_by_promoted
condenser_api.get_discussions_by_created

condenser_api.get_discussions_by_blog
condenser_api.get_discussions_by_feed
condenser_api.get_discussions_by_comments
condenser_api.get_replies_by_last_update
```

### hive methods

Additional to the condenser_api methods Hivemind comes along with are some extra methods that are subjected to change in future releases:

```json
hive.db_head_state
hive.payouts_total
hive.payouts_last_24h
hive.get_accounts
hive.get_accounts_ac
```


## Important Information

Hivemind itself is still in alpha. That means it should not be used for production environments. Developers may use our Hivemind node for testing and development.

## Example call

`curl -s --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"hive.db_head_state", "id":1}' https://hive.oracle-d.com`

## Direct Database Access

If you need direct access to the postgresql database contact wehmoen#0001 on the Oracle-D discord and explain your usecase.
We can grant you read only access to the hive database and the following tables:

```json
hive_accounts
hive_posts_cache
```

## Providing a daily snapshot

Oracle-D provides a daily updated snapshot of the full Hivemind database.
Before downloading check https://hive.oracle-d.com/dl/status.txt
If the response is **DONE** you can download the snapshot via:
https://hive.oracle-d.com/dl/hive_latest.sql.gz

For a complete guide on howto use this snapshot checkout @emrebeylers post:[Steps to restore a Hivemind database snapshot](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@emrebeyler/steps-to-restore-a-hivemind-database-snapshot) 

## Shoutout to @emrebeyler

We would like to thank the witness @emrebeyler for his massive support during the setup of our own hivemind node. He recently launched the first [public hivemind node](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@emrebeyler/introducing-a-public-hivemind-node) and provides [daily snaptshots](https://steemit.com/hivemind/@emrebeyler/daily-snapshots-of-hivemind) of the postgresql database. 

## Vote for Oracle-D as witness

If you like the services Oracle-D provides plese consider voting us as witness. 

Vote Oracle-D as witness with Steemconnect: https://go.oracle-d.com/witness