BlockTrades now offering Steem Power Delegations

blocktrades (74) in blocktrades • 7 years ago (edited)

BlockTrades (http://blocktrades.us) has begun testing a new feature: the ability to purchase temporary delegations of Steem Power from our site using bitcoin, litecoin, and other currencies. Initially we’re offering 30 and 90 day delegation periods. The cost for a 30 day should be relatively similar to that offered by MinnowBooster, with some additional discount available for 90 day delegations. Also we plan to shortly enable the ability to renew existing delegations from BlockTrades at a discounted rate.

While it is not strictly necessary to create a BlockTrades account in order to purchase a Steem Power delegation, we strongly recommend it as this allows a user to have a record of the current expiration date of the delegation and will also allow for renewal of an existing delegation.

Terms and Conditions for Steem Power Delegations

While BlockTrades does not plan to directly oversee usage of the delegated Steem, we will investigate complaints of abuse by the community. BlockTrades reserves the right to terminate a user’s delegated Steem Power without refund if the user uses the delegation in a manner it considers harmful to the Steem community. The most common forms of abuse in this context would be: frequent upvoting of nearly contentless posts and/or plagiarism posts, targeted downvoting attacks on non-abusive community members, or phishing attacks aimed at defrauding other Steem users.

On the other hand, BlockTrades does not consider it abuse to upvote your own posts as long as they consist of original material that can be argued to have some meaningful content (even if it’s just an original joke).

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abudar (66) · 7 years ago

@blocktrades before I say thank you
that is what we hope for and that we are waiting for from you,
but there is little that I doubt,
what if the community delegates two places, that means delegating from the first party and secondly from the second party, whether it can get the SP from both parties.
as an example, I've got delegates from others, can I still get from you?
thank you for posting this

robert-call (57) · 7 years ago

Yes

abudar (66) · 7 years ago

@robert-call there is no definite answer
can or can not?

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robert-call (57) · 7 years ago

You can receive delegated STEEM Power from multiple sources.

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

yes, robert-call is correct. You can get delegation from multiple sources. Note that it is NOT possible to re-delegate the steem you get from a delegation, however.

boyasyie (59) · 7 years ago

Thanks so much..this is a very good landing for steemit users in the future to develop the economy. i like you. i always follow you.

th1nkfast (56) · 7 years ago

@blocktrades
Congratulations for this new feature, I love your services, always consistent and fast! Also this new lending feature seems to be pretty fair I will certainly give it a try!

riseofth (62) · 7 years ago

Does that also mean that one can buy delegated SP from @blocktrades single time, second delegation is not possible until expiration. Or, @blocktrades can delegate from multiple accounts? Can you kindly clear it?

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

You can buy multiple delegations for a single account, our system automatically tracks prior delegations and delegates the appropriate additional amount.

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deliberator (63) · 6 years ago

Hi, question, do you only do 90 day leases now? as I can not see a 30 day option? thank you in advance.

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blocktrades (74) · 6 years ago

Yes, we only do 90 day leases now.

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deliberator (63) · 6 years ago

Thanks for the reply, the return for 6sbd seems not worth doing now, so I will have to give it a miss. Will you be adding ripple xrp to the trade list in the future? as I have hundreds of those in my nano s wallet, and would gladly exchange them.

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sanjeevm (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

I just checked this and we get only 18.827 steem power for 1 steem for a 90 days period, where as the same investment in minnowbooster gets 150 SP for a period more than 4 weeks. So not sure, how even they are comparable. Isn't it too small ?

I would love to have a vote from you instead 😁

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

I looked up minnowbooster's pricing page that you're referencing, but something is hard to understand about that price, because it's not what you actually get from a delegation from them when you do it. I think we are both misinterpreting the meaning of that page.

sanjeevm (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

Do you have a community leasing in a more discounted price ? We are building a charitable bot , for which we will need some support.

https://steemit.com/@thehumanbot

And by the way I already have bought some from you for a monthly price, lets see how it goes.

anarcho-andrei (64) · 7 years ago

The difference here is that you can lease delegations in crypto other than Steem.

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

A 90 day delegation is worth more than a 4 week delegation, so you have to adjust by the time period to compare them.

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kryptocoin (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

You can visit my post I made HERE some days back giving you a look at the steem price to delegation quantity. Hope that helps out.

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mak78 (10) · 7 years ago

https://steemit.com/photography/@mak78/my-clicks-of-today-rate-the-pictures-which-one-is-best-comment-please

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ugetfunded (62) · 7 years ago

Hi @blocktrades, I was thinking why would you compete with MB on something that they are very good at. So, I was searching for the uniqueness of your program and I'm happy that I found this:

While BlockTrades does not plan to directly oversee usage of the delegated Steem, we will investigate complaints of abuse by the community.

Can there be a reward for those who buy the highest SP through delegation feature and don't abuse it? :)

Keep inspiring the world with you awesomeness.

Steem On!

greenrun (66) · 7 years ago

The ability to purchase with bitcoin, litecoin, and other currencies is also a plus.

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

It's a new business for us, so we'll take some time to explore and see what works best. It's hard to say so early.

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zahidsun (65) · 7 years ago

It's really great

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futurethinker (61) · 7 years ago

Competition doesn't have to be bad.

I think it's good that blocktrades are trying this

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twoitguys (62) · 7 years ago

That's really exciting news! Good job! @blocktrades are you planning (in a near future future) to offer shorter periods ( like 7 days ) ?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

Short periods don't work as well because there's a 1 week delay before delegated steem "returns". So short delegations would end up being much more expensive. But it's a possibility if there is enough interest. It might be a good way for an author to quickly gain attention for a series of posts in order to establish themselves.

riezky (61) · 7 years ago (edited)

I totally agree with you @blocktrades. It is a good and bad side but I see with this delegate a lot of steemians who can help themselves and the theme so this is a good idea. Thanks for share information @blocktrades

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pathtosuccess (51) · 7 years ago

just a thought. But wouldn't a voting bot where the vote could be purchased for x days at a time at x voting strength accomplish this better than trying to buy delegation for less than say 2 weeks? Once the voting period is purchased it is up to the purchaser to make the posts to get themselves established.

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kiaazad (59) · 7 years ago

is the delegation amount based on a calculation, do you know how many post I need to post and like in these 30 days to make a profit?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

There's no way to compute this I think. For example, perhaps most importantly, the ultimate value of purchasing a steem delegation can be much more than the immediate return one gets from upvoting one's posts. This is because it makes it easier to gain attention initially and this can lead to long term profit long after the delegation has expired.

kiaazad (59) · 7 years ago

Ah, true, gaining more followers is another benefit, but I wish there was a way to predict all of those, after all we're spending the money for a profit.

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steemitqa (64) · 7 years ago

You could try the MoonBot which is a subscription based upvote service. You can then spread out the curation over a month or so.

kiaazad (59) · 7 years ago

sounds more fair than other bots I saw, but I can only write four or five posts each month.

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ecoman1 (29) · 7 years ago

whatt is price??

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kiaazad (59) · 7 years ago

you can get around 377,493.556 Delegated STEEM POWER (30 days) for each bitcoin

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eric-boucher (68) · 7 years ago

What a way to empower those who would normally not be. this is so great, as long as there isn't any abuse, we'll all win from this. Great job Blocktrades!!!

All for one and one for all! Namaste :)

yehey (63) · 7 years ago

When money is involve, abuse is always lurking around.

startupsuccess (31) · 7 years ago

pretty much

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johano (59) · 7 years ago

This is Steemit's slogan: Money talks !

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amity123 (61) · 7 years ago

In other words, The Bees are always on Honey.

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reggaemuffin (66) · 7 years ago

Wow, these prices are really good! Thank you for the service, I think it can even be profitable to buy delegated steem power from you and then sell your vote to minnowbooster. I will test that out over the next days.

Do you plan on bumping up the SP limit? Or is it gone once it it sold out?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

We have a limited supply, of course, but I'm not sure exactly how much we will be able to offer. We've been planning to do something like this almost since delegations were initially announced, but we just have been too busy with other projects.

We have no plans for offering a service that directly competes with minnowbooster's business model of matching up delegator/delegatees, as it's a much more complicated thing to do well and doesn't really fit with how the rest of our system operates.

michaellamden68 (69) · 7 years ago

Hi blocktrades, do you have an approximate timescale for when the delegations will be available again?
Thank you

preparedwombat (70) · 7 years ago

This may or may not be a bug, but extremely small amounts don't seem to work:

https://steemit.com/blocktrades/@preparedwombat/re-whatsup-rent-steempower-easy-from-blocktrades-20171107t040109872z

Is there a posted minimum somewhere?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

Yes, there is a apparently a 2 Steem Power minimum enforced by the blockchain. We're adding a warning about it now, because I guess some people try such minimum amounts as a test.

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techslut (70) · 7 years ago

That's an interesting development, and I looks forward to seeing how this works out. Not going to buy power now as I don't really need it, but for curators who aren't authors, this is an amazing tool.

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

Actually, I think it's probably most beneficial to authors who are just trying to get established on steem.

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techslut (70) · 7 years ago

Authors can promote their content in a bunch of ways, but curators who are not content creators at all are a group that is largely neglected when it comes to tools for growth.

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

I tend to agree. But the worst thing they face currently, IMO, is the 30 minute rule that tends to take away a lot of their potential rewards.

vladimir-simovic (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

@blocktrades:
are there any plans to make it possible to buy Steem, Steem Power or SBD via BlockTrades directly with Euros (€)?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

It's definitely something we want to offer, but it's a matter of getting regulatory approval to do it. We've been very busy and haven't had time to explore the requirements fully yet.

theleapingkoala (61) · 7 years ago (edited)

Hi @blocktrades,
I have featured your new delegation service in this post. I hope you like it!

I would appreciate any comments, corrections/clarifications or additions that you would like me to add for a more accurate representation of your service.

Thank you for your visit in advance.
Dr. TLK :)

public-eye (54) · 7 years ago

Yes, it was good to get a comparison and info.
Thx

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theleapingkoala (61) · 7 years ago

You are welcome. Thank you too :)

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deanliu (77) · 7 years ago

To be honest, I still feel weird to see blocktrades doing this. I think mainly because you have such a strong brand image of quick and no-fuss exchange but buying SP delegation is totally another thing. Wouldn't this undermine your brand somehow? especially to those outside the Steem community... I am not sure, maybe you have evaluated this already.

One particular good thing from this service though, in addition to MB's similar service that is, is that this will facilitate those who want to give power to some Steemians but do not want to reveal their Steem identity or even do no have one at all!! So this is somewhere you might consider focusing for your future marketing direction. Say if Vitalik Buterin sees a Steemit post about him and likes it so he decides to give the author a gift in this way but he doesn't want to register at all (yeah, I can imagine that...). This is what he can use. XD

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

The purchase process for Steem Delegations is actually pretty much the same as normal purchases of coins (except that we will offer the option of delegation renewals in the near future). So I don't anticipate it will cause any confusion to our existing user base (and so far, we haven't seen any).

Naturally, there will be some people who will think it's a bad thing: this is true of just about any new thing in crypto from what I've seen. As one of the largest steem holders, I did give it a lot of thought before deciding to offer the service, and I'm sure it will be a net positive for the long-term value of the coin.

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htliao (76) · 7 years ago

That’s a cool new feature and it even offers a discount for a longer period or renewal of the delegation. A great news for the minnows who want to increase their influence on Steemit and start their own projects.

steevc (73) · 7 years ago

Delegation is a powerful feature. I've delegated to a few people I trust so they can use it to vote up the good content. I do have concerns about people buying such things to just benefit themselves, but I think Ned said it's just another business opportunity.

I saw you around at Steemfest, but missed the chance to chat and thank you for your generous votes on my posts. They are much appreciated. This platform is amazing and the people I met there just reinforced my belief in it.

joshuatucker (49) · 7 years ago (edited)

@blocktrades I just went to https://www.steemnow.com/upvotecalc.html and put in 100,000 SP. It calculated that full power upvote to be worth $8.44.

Is that correct? (For instance) paying $2,000 for approx 100,000SP only gets one less than $10/upvote? (yes I know steem price varies, etc.)

In your experience so far, what do people do with the delegated SP they buy from you? If they buy, say $2,000 for an approx $9 upvote....even if they do all 10 full power votes for themselves they're running a loss on that investment. I guess they're hoping for followers and 'trend' upvotes...)?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

I haven't done the math, but I think delegations are only cost effective if you are able to get others to vote for your posts as a result of the higher profile your own vote brings. But you are missing one factor in your calculations that improves the value of getting a delegation: a delagatee doesn't just get extra money when he self-votes, he also gets higher curation rewards on all his votes (not just his own posts).

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joshuatucker (49) · 7 years ago (edited)

Hmm, right. Thanks.

If, for instance, one bought 2,000 of delegated SP (about a $.15 upvote), and JUST curated, could one break even or profit in 30 days?

I haven't seen the values there yet (will go google something like 'how much can one make curating on steemit').

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago (edited)

I doubt it, but in theory I think you SHOULD be able to, because more people would see the post you've upvoted and upvote it as well. In practice, I doubt you would unless you were very good at finding posts that other people just don't see at all, because the 30 minute rule tends to crush a curator's potential for profit (this is something I would like to see change).

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haveyouvisited (47) · 7 years ago

Why would anybody spend money to buy delegated SP to spend it all on others? Then it' s just a straight monetary loss.

em3 (60) · 7 years ago

@haveyouvisited
It is called a philanthropic spirit.
There are actually many on steemit that do it. Same as YouTube, people give money through Patreon to their favorite content creators.

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

Yep, many of the people who've contacted me about the new service are interested in promoting some kind of common-interest group of writers.

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renutyagi (66) · 7 years ago

u need to give at least three warnings to alleged abusers before cancelling delegation. Plus u need to return unused part of bitcoins on retrograde basis. That will be a fair contract. Else it does not generate enogh confidence.

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago (edited)

Our policy is strict because we have a strong stance against abuse. If there's any doubt in the mind of a potential purchaser about whether or not people will consider their usage of the SP delegation to be abusive, they should not use our service for delegations.

thecryptotrader (63) · 7 years ago

Can we buy sp with steem?

thecryptotrader (63) · 7 years ago

I don't understand, why 30 days are cheaper than 60 days?

kryptocoin (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

It is cheaper because of the "Period of rent(delegation)", hiring a service for a longer time means you have to pay more. So, that longer time rent result in lower SP. and yeah, you can buy delegation with steem and many other cryptocurrencies as well. Hope that helps

thecryptotrader (63) · 7 years ago

Thanks for help, but this is cheaper than minnowbooster, right?

thecryptotrader (63) · 7 years ago

Minnowbooster say that gives you 150sp every 1 steem but in reality it gives like 37 sp for 1 steem..

kryptocoin (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

Yes, it is cheaper than minnowbooster, MB gives 150 for 4 steem(28 days) while BlockTrades is 197 for same 4 steem(30 days). So that is 47 extra SP when you use BlockTrades

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thecryptotrader (63) · 7 years ago

Yep, im going to use blocktrades then, thank you!

slavix (64) · 7 years ago

@blocktrades Please add support for Golos and Golos Gold (GBG)

adly.jailani (55) · 7 years ago

I'll wait for the next reward payout then I'm rent it...:)

Anyway dear @blocktrades, please take a look just a moment to this post. I'd like to recommend this nice spot to be the next SteemFest Location/Destination, named Sabang, Weh Island, Aceh, Indonesia.

This spot near India and Australia. Would you like to support my effort too? If you agree please upvote and resteem it > https://steemit.com/steemfest/@adly.jailani/proposal-sabang-weh-island-aceh-the-next-steemfest-destination

sirstacksalot (63) · 7 years ago

Well, using Blocktrades is a whole lot easier to buy delegation than most of the other services.

kevteh (46) · 7 years ago

Awesome

bigtakosensei (59) · 7 years ago

I didn't know this was a thing. So do you just send them steem and after the term you get a percentage of the return?

cloudspyder (59) · 7 years ago

How about us to delegate sp ti blocktrade for a portion of profit like minnowbooster do. However, with minnowbooster the divided turn low overtime.

hafiz34 (66) · 7 years ago

That will be helpful for the investors who are trying to get higher SP. Now no need conversion from SBD to steem to SP. Can directly do that from blocktrades. Great job indeed. Way to go.

cryptonfused (46) · 7 years ago

Except you are not beung sold SP but being lent SP. This may have only been profitable if influence is not tied to reward.

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ridwan-kamil (56) · 7 years ago

an exciting news .. hope the future of steemit can create features that can chat directly between users of steemit. thank you@blocktrades

sinta (50) · 7 years ago (edited)

I like your posting .post is good. i want to be like you are a lot of fans. and i need your support in achieving the ideals in order to become a good artist. i need support from you.

joshuatucker (49) · 7 years ago

Question: Did the price for delegated SP just change?

Two days ago I put $2000 (randomly selected amount) worth of btc into the blocktrades purchase section to see how many 30 day delegated SP that would buy.

Two days ago it was 112k SP.
Today it's 74k SP.

Big difference.

The price for delegated SP went up ($1,000 more for the same 112K amount compared to two days ago)?

steemiteducation (72) · 7 years ago (edited)

If anyone would like step by step instructions, we wrote our version of them here.

https://steemit.com/delegation/@steemiteducation/blocktrades-delegation-tutorial-now-small-donations-can-have-a-large-impact-on-your-favorite-steemit-project

If @blocktrades or anyone notices an error in these, please let us know.

skreza (61) · 7 years ago

I wanted to get some more delegations.. but I can't access blocktrades.us for a while now.. is there any limit to how many times I can use blocktrades in one day or a week and that's why I can't have access now or there is an issue with the overall site? Am I the only one who can't open blocktrades website or others are also facing this.. is there anyone here who will reply me.

Thanks

gold84 (63) · 7 years ago

@blocktrades this is another disrupted initiative from you. All the steemit community should be thankful. The first great thing you did was creating a magical tool to convert steem into Litecoin, Ethereum or Bitcoin, and other, and deposit it on any wallet of the persons choice, this is increible, a great bridge for people to exchange some of their earnings for fiat money and make a living from steemit. Simply great. upvoted. @gold84

fatkat (71) · 7 years ago

Dude Blocktrades thank you so much!!! What a great deal and nothing better than more competition!!!

brothermic (68) · 7 years ago

@blocktrades, your deal is awesome, I will save up some spare steem to get me some, really nice! do you get it instant?

valikos (64) · 7 years ago

I like this idea ;)

valikos (64) · 7 years ago

Site is go down :D

valikos (64) · 7 years ago

Did somebody try it ?

valikos (64) · 7 years ago

Your Delegated is more expensive than MinnowBooster!

charles1 (68) · 7 years ago

This is a ood news @blocktrades I always like and welcome healthy competition. Will you also offer the ability for someone to delegate steem power to your service say 90 days with ability to extend it?

nmalove (63) · 7 years ago

Well, that's a great idea. I hope it works out well.

hms818 (61) · 7 years ago (edited)

Amazing news....Excellent feature is added by http://blocktrades.us to support this great community...

simnrodrguez (66) · 7 years ago

Spanish version of this BlockTrades publication / Versión en español de esta publicación

https://steemit.com/blocktrades/@simnrodrguez/blocktrades-ofrecera-delegaciones-de-steem-power

jerrybanfield (74) · 7 years ago

Awesome update thank you!

decentropia (61) · 7 years ago

Great service, this will provide low cost entry of VP to minnows who are the backbone of the steemit.

simnrodrguez (66) · 7 years ago

I loved this new information @blocktrades!
Would you allow me to translate your article into Spanish to share it with the community that reads in Spanish?

blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

Sure, we are generally fine with anyone translating our articles into their native language when we don't provide our own translation. Assuming it is a reasonably accurate translation, of course :-)

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simnrodrguez (66) · 7 years ago

perfect! It will be ready soon!

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public-eye (54) · 7 years ago

@simnrodrguez I love your avatar!
providing a translation service is good! maybe I'll check it out to practice my spanish!

especialmente para servicios como Blocktrades. oportunidad igual. progresso igual.

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simnrodrguez (66) · 7 years ago

Thank you very much for your comment @public-eye
I love that you like my avatar :)

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irfansardar (48) · 7 years ago

Thank You @blocktrades Resteemed and Share on Steemit Viral Facebook Page by @irfansardar Good Luck!

oodeyaa (60) · 7 years ago

It is revolutionary idea will impact the whole rewarding process, waiting for more information.

spotlight (60) · 7 years ago

Hey @blocktrades Great idea! I was on the site and maybe its just my browser, but 90days is showing up as less delegation than 30days @ the same price point. Looking forward to trying this out.

public-eye (54) · 7 years ago

Yes, I think you figured it out....
for 10Steem you can get 1000 SP for 30 days or 333 SP spread out over 90days. (not realistic...just an ex)

Actually the 90day delegation is about 10-15% stronger or better... so if you can afford it... go for the longer delegation. but balance with your time input... if you want to go Hard and Heavy for 30 days, better to invest 10 or 20 or 50 for much more SP but only 30 days. But if you are slow and steady, less SP, but longer time is a better deal.

thecryptotrader (63) · 7 years ago

Yep i have the same doubt.. 30 days cheaper..

spotlight (60) · 7 years ago

I'm realizing its because the duration is longer.

public-eye (54) · 7 years ago

yes, see my explanation below @spotlight comment.

90 day is a better deal. more bang for your buck.

EX. 10Steem for 30 days gets you ????? 500 SP
10 Steem/30 days for 90 days gets you ??? 560 SP... but that 10 steem is per 30 days... so will cost 10X3= 30 Steem for 90 days.

10-15% better rate.

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owner99 (66) · 7 years ago

If I want to send 10 Steem, how much I will get sp from your program @blocktrades

jackytjai1984 (43) · 7 years ago

Thats great news

scrooger (66) · 7 years ago (edited)

This is quite interesting and love the instant delegation. Amazing! Can't wait for the renewing option. =)

public-eye (54) · 7 years ago

at some point I need to get on chat or discord to sign up for Qurator.... you are one of the mods correct?

Thx

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scrooger (66) · 7 years ago

Indeed I am. Come have a chat on Discord. =)

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fbslo (70) · 7 years ago (edited)

Great :)
This was possible all day.

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re-steem (45) · 7 years ago

hello, @blocktrades

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angelgarz (61) · 7 years ago

Great news! This is a really great feature to be added. Would you allow me to translate this post into spanish?

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flowily (60) · 7 years ago

That's something I was waiting for a long time. I hope you guys develop more in this direction. It gives more opportunities for us - users. Now we can choose from one or another option and that creates healthy competition. Very happy for you @blocktrades

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future24 (75) · 7 years ago (edited)

Really interesting idea @blocktrades!

PS: I have posted my article about our awesome #Steemfespoker night and thanks that you have participated, it was a pleasure to play my last hand 1 on 1 against you! :-)

https://steemit.com/steemfestpoker/@future24/steemfest-poker-photo-impressions-playing-poker-with-nuts-in-a-5-star-hotel

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kouba01 (80) · 7 years ago (edited)

Great news..Thanks for these efforts beneficial for the growth of our community.

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mursin (46) · 7 years ago

Good post @blocktrades

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magnata (66) · 7 years ago

The whole week the news is pleased, we need to get acquainted. Thank you.

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odigetti (52) · 7 years ago

Wow this is a very good idea that will bring new opportunities especially for newbees keep it up and keep the good work !!

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baby07 (56) · 7 years ago

lenders suck the borrowers...I have a lot of friends who fall unto it and ended bankrupt...

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

This isn't lending and there's no interest. Usury is a totally different thing. And I agree that lending can be dangerous if not properly managed. At least we have bankruptcy laws nowadays to protect people from permanent debt (although they sadly broke those rules for college loans here in the US).

ismailovsardor (28) · 7 years ago

hi @blocktrades . I am a new user i tried to buy steam power but i was not able to that , here is what I got at blocktrades.us :

''Using your wallet, send any amount of SBD to this address:
“blocktrades” with the memo xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
And we'll convert it to STEEMPOWER and send it to the steem address ismailovsardor.

You can deposit any amount up to the suggested deposit limit, and you can use this address as many times as you like. Each time, we will convert the amount at the current conversion rate at the time the transaction is fully confirmed on the steem network.

If you remain on this page, we will show the progress of any transactions you send to the deposit address above.

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cultura.bitcoin (61) · 7 years ago

Quite a good experiment, let's see how it goes :]

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jjsolley (42) · 7 years ago

I did not get my bitcoin I converted two days ago. What gives?

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

Please send support requests to [email protected] because our support people do not monitor comments sent to our posts.

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stephanj79 (50) · 7 years ago

Gret THX for information!!!

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ebi16 (48) · 7 years ago

I love BlockTrades :)

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yasirmirza (46) · 7 years ago

Thats why i love @blocktrades

Awesome features

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por500bolos (68) · 7 years ago

The cost for a 30 day should be relatively similar to that offered by MinnowBooster, with some additional discount available for 90 day delegations.

Great initiative my dear friend @blocktrades. However, when I checked this above in your website I noticed something a lil bit confuse and hard to understand.

¿How comes that if for example: I pay 0.0050 BTC for a Delegated Steem Power (30 days) deal I obtain 1950.435 SP and if it is for a (90 days) deal I obtain 744.676 SP? ¡Almost 3 times less delegated SP for the 90 days deal!

Uhmm, something appears to not be right in the calculations according what I quoted above.

Please, take a look on this and throw us some clearer light about this mate. :)

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dailygospel (52) · 7 years ago

Yes, you obtain less because your money is distributed for mor days

744 SP for 90 days should mean 2232 SP for 30 days.. so, the fact that you get 1950 means you are getting 300 more.

valyk (55) · 7 years ago (edited)

I think is a good idea ;) Thank You Block Trade :)

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autofreak (62) · 7 years ago

I am going to be among first 1,000 that will use this service. That is a new development.

@autofreak is here to make a mark.

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edinso (38) · 7 years ago

interesante

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prajwalvajandar (33) · 7 years ago

good and informative post

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superstar2018 (57) · 7 years ago

Great! I may go for you if I get a better deal when my minnowbooster delegation expires.

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zf90 (50) · 7 years ago

Good post my brother.
Allow me to share for others.

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hannahwu (66) · 7 years ago

It is time to rent some sp to be a big whale @veronicazhu 可以租不用买啊再也不用担心睡桥洞。

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sparganose (2) · 7 years ago

I think that the delegation is not practical, but direct boost from @randowhale or @minnowbooster is much better and more useful

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

There's pros and cons to both methods I think. To me it really depends on how you want to engage with the community. If you're mostly just interested in promoting your own content directly, vote buying is certainly one way to get attention for it. But a combination of voting up your own and like-minded posts can also be a powerful to build up a community.

riezky (61) · 7 years ago

I also strongly agree with you in building a very useful delegation community with our delegates to help fellow community members. By giving upvote we imagine if our society big must upvote also big value from delegation

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machhour (61) · 7 years ago

Great option from an amazing site we love blocktrades

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pixresteemer (65) · 7 years ago

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markzain (49) · 7 years ago

Thank you that's what we hope for and what we are waiting for from you, thank you

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eirik (69) · 7 years ago (edited)

Awesome stuff Blocktrades!

Will you also support different coins?

Thank you!

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

yes, we'll be adding more coins soon

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syedshakawat (11) · 7 years ago

nic

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amrumk (61) · 7 years ago

Great job @blocktrades...

I wish, you would be the part of our No Smoking Campaign. Its our privilege that you are one our supporter. We together try to reach this campaign to each and every steemian's. Come and join us..

No smoking Campaign 🚭

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barvon (66) · 7 years ago

this is good news for me and others, because some people here want to delegate SP, but they do not know what to do.

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deniskj (63) · 7 years ago

I love the idea. I have used blocktrades for many of my transactions favouring it over exchanges because it is fast and fees are affordable.
The UI is more userfriendly than minnowbooster so I guess I will be purchasing my subscription from here. Great job.

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ace108 (76) · 7 years ago

Cool. I have transact SBD to BTC and ETH in the last few weeks and happy with you guys. :-）

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binkyprod (67) · 7 years ago

This is very interesting. Delegation is when someone lends their Steem Power to another user, right?

From what I understand of things, being able to use Blocktrades for those who delegate their SP, it will make it much simpler.

Should we create an account with Blocktrades if we use it to exchange SBD?

Thx.

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

It's probably a good idea to create an account, because it makes it easier to track your purchases, but it is not required.

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binkyprod (67) · 7 years ago

Cool, thanks :)

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jesusj1 (59) · 7 years ago

saludos apoya en mi crecimiento excelente post!!

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mrblu (62) · 7 years ago

wow this is good news..for us..for low steem power like me..this will help a lot..good job @blocktrades

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mrblu (62) · 7 years ago

how much steem or sbd should we pay on the said service?

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

You can find the prices on our web site, they change with time.

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farukcom (65) · 7 years ago

Great news: testing a new feature: the ability to purchase temporary delegations of Steem Power from our site using bitcoin

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gloglo (63) · 7 years ago

This is another way of rewarding contents and am happy about it. But with how many bitcoin would one get it.

This is a great thing to do @blocktrades.

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fknmayhem (70) · 7 years ago

Nice new addition to an otherwise already awesome service, @blocktrades.

Quick question: please hit me up on Steemit.chat (same user name), I have some questions around this and would love to further promote it (also outside of steem). Thanks in advance!

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slempase (65) · 7 years ago

a very nice innovation, I really like the @blocktrades program..

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dj123 (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

Someone should create a site/bot to monitor delegation eg. from mb and blocktrades, and in the very near future from a thousand other exchanges, corporations holding crypto, blockchain funds, Chinese mining investors, facebroke, googling, media companies, and other soon to be mainstream steemit investors when steem >$100.

Why you ask?

Well, it can be very positive:

Put your name it, site will mine data and show you how much you have earn with delegated&upvoted post enhancement during periods of delegation. (Will be some creative programming to sync all those delegation overlaps, 7 days payment delays, and finding total % of additional upvotes it attract when you get that delegated milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard....but that's why I'm only 'reply' in english and not implement in code)
A site can be setup to show top 100, % return for accounts using delegation, so other can learn from them (aka stalk them and reverse engineer their style)
Site will show % of self delegation upvote vs % of delegation to upvote other users, to celebrate those who share the wreath at least a little (meaning 100% self upvote vs 1% other upvote), or those who just don't share at all (so we can all agree never to upvote them unless the post a masterpiece...or upvote them with our special 0.001 steem upvote account to earn curation at the 20-40minute mark ;-P )
Site will show % of delegated steem use to downvote (ok this is controversal, but delegation can be a powerful way to abuse someone) or powerup revenge flag wars....just saying.

Ok...maybe not 4, I probably don't know what I'm talking about, I just like to reply with shit that comes to my mind....then later think about it and go...ok that's fkup.

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dj123 (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

Upvoted .....cause it makes it obvious to everyone that corporation will dearly benefit from steem, big time.

don't get me wrong, I'm sure I'm going to like @blocktrades when I start using them (just as soon as I figure out how to invest in this blockchain technology....I'm still struggling to finding a mythical btc atm when you can put cash in so I can get myself some juicy steem anonymously?)

elieltavares (38) · 7 years ago

I liked it, 90 days and your system is very fast.

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greatness96 (69) · 7 years ago

It's beautiful initiative, @blocktrades. I love your services. Please it would be highly appreciated if you try to make the price very low compared to what others are offering, especially since other coins other than steem will be involved. Great job!

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jenkinrocket (64) · 7 years ago

This is HUGE news. Blocktrades, already an awesome platform, has just pulled ahead of the pack. It never even occurred to me that this could be possible.

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long888 (65) · 7 years ago

@blocktrades I'm not sure if you can still read this but anyway i tried to sell 1SBD for a 30 SP days delegation but until now my SP did not increase. How many days it would take before it will be reflected in my SP? thank you.

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

It depends when you bought, you're in a queue with other people waiting to buy. See this post for details: https://steemit.com/blocktrades/@blocktrades/advisory-delegation-buys-from-blocktrades-are-currently-being-treated-as-pre-orders

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barrydutton (74) · 7 years ago

Another @blocktrades tool for the toolchest.

Good stuff man, have a nice weekend.

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arslan786 (61) · 7 years ago

Mean I can get steem power forever or temporarily?

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blocktrades (74) · 7 years ago

temporarily

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