These 2 lines:
3037525ms th_a witness.cpp:98 plugin_initialize ] _witnesses: []
3037525ms th_a witness.cpp:106 plugin_initialize ] m: ["crazyearnerminer","xxxx"]
Indicate that you have the miners section configured but not the witness section. You need this line in your config file:
witness = "crazyearnerminer"
Hope this helps...
I'm assuming your config file has an actual miner key instead of "xxxx". Good job remembering to redact it.
Yes it has miner key in it and everything in witness section too