BlogHide Resteemstheoretical (65)in blockchain • 5 years agoIn the Beginning, There Was DPoSWith recent events, DPoS (Delegated Proof of Stake) has received quite a bit of attention. It's become obvious to many people that voting for block producers is important . Let's put on our…theoretical (65)in blockchaindev • 5 years agoHello, world.Hello, world . I'm a blockchain designer. I helped build the Steem blockchain . I left the company Steemit, Inc. in December 2018. I'm simply another member of this community now. I've…theoretical (65)in steem • 8 years agoLearning to love the voting power equilibrium point changeAs noted here , the 100% voting power equilibrium point is being reduced from 40 votes per day to 5 votes per day in version 0.14.0. Among the core developers, I was a strong proponent of this…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoImproving the Steem platform for long-term contentI've been working steadily over the past couple days on one of the routine housekeeping tasks that's been neglected of late, namely, getting our Github issue tracker under control -- sorting…theoretical (65)in steemit • 8 years agoAre registry-based anti-plagiarism measures feasible for Steem?User @spartanza wrote a thought-provoking post here about the possibility of using some sort of content ownership registry to deal with image plagiarism. This might be a fruitful direction of…theoretical (65)in steemit • 8 years agoWhy is there so much negativity from people on Steemit?@jholdsworthy asks here : why there's so much negativity out there from some people about steemit I don't know anything for sure, and these opinions are my own . But here's my best…theoretical (65)in money • 8 years agoWhy would anyone use the conversion function when they can trade their Steem Dollars on the market?Some users have asked why anyone would use the 7-day Steem Dollar conversion function when they can trade their Steem Dollars on the market instantly. I'll explain in this post with a simple…theoretical (65)in steemit • 8 years agoHow much Steem Power makes an upvote worth $1.00?In this post , @bestmalik asks, "How much Steem Power makes an upvote worth $1.00?" The answer is, "It depends." Here are some of the things it depends on: Variable exchange rate:…theoretical (65)in steem • 8 years agoDev snippet: How to subscribe to blocksI'm going to try something new with this post: Sharing small specific howtos to help other developers integrate code with Steem. Today we'll look at processing blocks as they come in. We can…theoretical (65)in steemit • 8 years agoWhat if people start selling their votes?In this post , user @steemitpolitics asks, "What if people start selling their votes?" For the TLDR answer, take a look at my favorite webcomic : First, votes are soft rate-limited --…theoretical (65)in steem • 8 years agoThe Steem reward system, Part 6: Curation rewards calculus with s > 0This is the sixth post in a series about the Steem reward system. Please read my disclaimer . For previous posts, see my blog . This post is a mathematically intense post. In order to…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoThe Steem reward system, Part 5: Curation rewards calculus, s = 0 caseThis is the fifth post in a series about the Steem reward system. Please read my disclaimer . For previous posts, see my blog . This post is a mathematically intense post. In order to…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoHow to use the Steem APIIntroduction This comment led me to realize that we don't really have good documentation on how to use Steem API. So this post is going to fix that! The Steem full node is called steemd …theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoThe Steem reward system, Part 4: Curation rewards algebraThis is the fourth post in a series about the Steem reward system. Please read my disclaimer . Previous posts: 1 2 3 This post is a mathematically intense post. In order to…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoThe Steem reward system, Part 3: Curation rewards principlesThis is the third post in a series about the Steem reward system. Please read my disclaimer . Previous posts: 1 2 I took a break from this series of blog posts because there's been an…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoThe Steem reward system, Part 2: V-shares from R-sharesThis is the second post in a series about the Steem reward system. Please read my disclaimer . Previous posts: 1 Each upvote is assigned a number of R-shares by the system based on the…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoThe Steem reward system, Part 1: V-sharesThis is the first post in a series about the Steem reward system. Please read my disclaimer . Scroll down to the "Conclusion" section of this post for a TLDR version. The goals of this series…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoWelcome to the Theoretical StreemWelcome to the theoretical Streem. (That's what the steemd alternate block explorer calls a category.) Please read my disclaimer . The focus of this Streem is going to be my explanations…theoretical (65)in theoretical • 8 years agoWhat my posts aren'tDisclaimer All content posted by this account: Is not a statement of the official policy of Steemit, Inc. (or any other company) Is not a statement of the consensus of the Steem…theoretical (65)in test • 9 years agoHello, WorldFinally trying out the posting function on the website after working with the guts of the backend for a while! This account has a posting key distinct from its active/owner keys. Does it work…