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#### Withdrawal Symptoms as Catalyst for Brainstorming Sessions
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When **Steemit.com** was unavailable for days because of a DDoS-attack, I began to realise what an **influence** this entire ecosystem has on me. I was literally experiencing **withdrawal symptoms**, which could only be partly relieved by researching and writing a few posts, like this one.
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Luckily, the Steem **blockchain** was never compromised. In fact, it has been running **uninterrupted**, albeit with very few transactions; only the trading and voting bots that have direct access to the blockchain (and as such, don't need Steemit.com) were the sole survivers of this DDoS-attack.
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#### Now What Does This All Mean To You?
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A DDoS-attack can K.O. our beloved Steemit.com website, but not the blockchain. Hence, we need a **backup-interface** to interact with the blockchain. An example would be steemd.com, but unfortunately this interface is read-only.
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Now here's my **question to the devs**: could you please consider making the entire source of Steemit.com available on GitHub, to allow for **backup hosting by the community**? I believe this fits nicely in the "decentralized" concept, and it would be a great way to flip the bird to whoever is trying to disrupt this beautiful project with DDoS-attacks.
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Input/feedback would be appreciated very much.
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Thanks for reading!
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