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A couple of years ago, I had never thought that this day would come so fast, I had never thought that this door would open for me and that I would have the courage to take this step into the world that I love the most today, the blockchain; yes, just as you read it, this is the announcement of my official Witness Node in Hive, and not to digress, let's get to the really punctual, for the emotional part, you can watch the video.

Who's Ilaz?

I am a 28 year old Venezuelan Hive Builder, lover of technology, art and video games, who has been living in the crypto world for 5 years, totally in love with the technological paradigm that brings with it the blockchain and Web 3 in general.

My branding since my arrival to this world has been @ilazramusic, but for issues of a rebranding in all my social networks and the fact that I like more my new personal brand, I will use this account @dimeilaz for witness work, in addition, then it will become my main profile, leaving behind the account @ilazramusic.

If we talk about my work perspective, I can emphasize the following:

• Web Developer graduated since 2014.

• Web Development (JavaScript, CSS), C# and Databases teacher with 6 years of experience.

• Music Teacher and Director of a Children's Choir with 5 years of experience.

• Computer Support Technician with 8 years of experience.

• Bilingual (Spanish, English), in the process of being a polyglot (French, German, Japanese).

• Composer, Guitarist, Guitarist, Drummer and Music Producer with 13 years of experience.

• Translator/Interpreter at live events with 2 years of experience.

• Amateur dancer, currently preparing to become an instructor of Salsa On 1 / On 2.

• Graphic Design Amateur.

And besides all this, I am a lover of animals, justice and happiness, a natural enhancer of my environment, resilient, creative and proactive.

Ilaz's career at Hive

I came to Hive since its birth and since then I have not stopped building in the Hispanic community, but if I must emphasize what I have done in my almost 3 years of life in this blockchain, I could mention:

• Curator trained by @curie from the old blockchain.

• Part of the founding team of the @la-colmena team.

• Co-creator of the community and discord of the @aliento project, as well as content curator for it.

• Creator of the communities EspaVlog (@espavlog) for audiovisual creators, Bee on The Stage (@beestage) for Performing Arts content creators.

• Co-creator of The Hive Classroom project to teach Hive classes to newbies.

• Co-creator of the Hive Caracas project (@hiveccs) for off-chain marketing in Caracas, Venezuela.

• Creator of the EspaWOW! program to meet network personalities and introduce them to the Hispanic community.

• Creator of the Ready Player Hive curation program for video gamers (@playerhive).

• Part of the Original Content team of @cervantes Witness.

• Part of the technical team of @aliento Witness.

• Host of multiple events with the @hivecreators team both in person and online.

• Part of the Hive Music Festival judging team.

Why vote for Ilaz as a Witness?

Every Witness in Hive must propose something that gives value to the chain and in my case it won't be different; even though I'm pretty much steeped in the programming world, my main focus won't be development.

I would really like to be a Witness that performs in-chain and off-chain marketing tasks, that is, to be a bridge connecting projects, ideas, visions and hivers that want to build on Web 3.

So, within my proposal (in the first instance) I want to propose the following:

• Generate more decentralization in chain security

As you may know, each Witness Node generates security for our chain and my mission will always be to be updated regarding all maintenance work to keep my server operational as much time as possible, not to say 24/7, besides keeping myself always documented about blockchain technology and Hive Node infrastructure.

• Make a Podcast talking about Hive

I want to touch on topics that may be controversial, contribute ideas on future developments in the DApps we currently have and be able to be part of solving problems that plague us as a community and as a platform.

• Lead Hive Marketing Events in Caracas, Venezuela

After the creation of @hiveccs my focus is to do a lot of advertising of the chain to attract investors, creators and businesses that adopt Hive as I did at the time.

• Conduct interviews to relevant people in Hive

I want to connect with people who have visionary ideas and want to make them happen, look for ways to support and incentivize the creation of more and more ideas that bring value to the blockchain.

• Reaching the Top 50 Witnesses

I don't see it crazy at all to be able to reach the achievement of being part of the Top 50 of our Hive witnesses, this would mean getting some interesting rewards that could make me able to support with funding to initiatives, projects and events that can generate value within Hive.

• Educate about Hive and about supporting Witnesses

A recurring weakness I have seen currently, is that in the top of Witness Nodes there are many inactive witnesses who are still in very high positions, some are still getting rewards even and have not done updates since the old chain, I want to generate culture about it so that people get used to exercise their duty responsibly to preserve the balance between people actively working for Hive.

• Be Speaker at multiple crypto conferences to talk about Hive

I know that for this I don't need to be a Witness Node, but I feel that, by having a role like this, this generates a status that can help you to be seen as a more relevant person in this world and therefore, I can receive invitations to events where I can talk about Hive.

• Achieve greater financial stability

I have always wanted to dedicate almost 100% of my life and time to Hive, but this is not possible because it is a world that is part of cryptocurrencies and this makes it very volatile, but if I reach high positions in the Top of Witnesses, this could impact my own finances in such a positive way that could generate peace of mind and in turn allow me to collaborate more actively to be able to devote more time to build in Hive.

• Generate more Happiness to my environment

You may wonder what this has to do with a Witness, but believe me, being altruistic is beautiful when you have resources to positively impact people's lives, if I reach high positions as a witness, I know that I will be able to impact the lives of many people in a very positive way, either by making votes, by generating diffusion, by helping to develop ideas, by offering funding to an initiative, a project, an event and more, that is my vision, to be happy making others happy.

Witness Node Technical Specifications

To perform my work as a witness, I have decided to afford a HIAB VPS (Hive In A Node Box) from @privex, which allows anyone to get their node pre-configured and be able to broadcast the witness in a super fast way, and the details about the machine are as follows:

Agradecimientos Adicionales

I want to thank all the team that helped me work on this video proposal: @mundomanaure, @ladyunicorn, @elfranz, @thejuls, thanks for the great work.

The background music for the video was obtained from Pixabay and the song information is as follows: Music by 21039285 from Pixabay.

Final Words

I am honored to be part of the Hive Witness Nodes and I feel that this is a step that will mark a before and after in my life as a Hiver, so I hope I can count on the support of the community and I promise you that I will work hard and do everything in my power to make this proposal work with love, passion and expertise, so that everyone knows that they chose the right person to support them.