Proxies turned off?

Sorry for the dumb question but I'm still learning.

Is it possible I turned proxie scraping off and if I'm not running public proxies at least that could be the reason my server ip got banned?

Yes, I'd say definitely. Any SEO type of tool, whether it scrapes or posts frequently needs a mixture of proxies to work through to prevent spamming or scraping from the same address. If you're just scraping it's often just a matter of letting things rest for a while before trying again. If you're frequently posting from the same IP it's a sure way to get your IP blacklisted. 

Google your servers IP address and see what comes out. , 

oh I know it got reported, server company already told me and gave me a new IP. I just have to figure out what happened.

I tried a few new techniques I read about here and set them up, got about 4,100 verified links in a few hours