This is a list of Blurt's top 10 active manual organic curators, by amount paid out (and amount of curation rewards earned).
How it was calculated
Manual curation is done by a person (not software). Organic curation is based on the content (not the creator). Active means currently and regularly voting on content, so curators like @Leifasaur - who has been away for a couple weeks - will not appear on this update.
Thus, "active manual organic curators" are accounts operated by humans currently voting on content for its own merit. It excludes bots, voting services, and those who primarily vote for themselves or a closed group ("farmers" and "jerkers"). Group accounts and curation projects are eligible to appear on the list.
Since there is no published data on this, I used the tool created by @ecosynthesizer to sort all Blurt accounts by BP. Next, I listed them by "Vote Weight", which is their Blurt Power plus delegated BP coming in, minus delegated BP going out.
Then, to narrow the list to the intended field, I removed all accounts known to be bots, voting services, farmers, or jerkers.
Final Results
Voting Weight is shown in thousands of BLURT.
- @beblurt - 5492
- @saboin - 4841
- @ecosynthesizer - 3167
- @curationcoconut - 2368
- @blurtpower - 1819
- @elkezaksek - 1702
- @outofthematrix - 1405
- @randula - 1040
- @drutter - 1011
- @kryptodenno - 975
As of 9 Dec 2023, those are the 10 accounts manually drawing the largest amounts from the Blurt reward pool!
Note: If you know of any accounts on the list that shouldn't be there, please let me know, and I'll make an update. Likewise, if you know of an account that should be on the list but isn't, drop me a line so I can look into it.
I did not account for Voting Power (other than by excluding accounts regularly sitting at 100% VP), since we now know that Voting Power does not affect total votes or rewards.
People who split their BP over multiple accounts (like @r2cornell - total 2831k), are tallied separately. This results in a lower position on the list than they would have if they curated from a single account, but is not meant to diminish the significance of their contributions.
Change from last update
I previously calculated a similar list back in March.
Beblurt has surged from 914k to 5492k, becoming the top manual curator on this platform. Congratulations and thank you, Beblurt!
Saboin, ecosynthesizer, curationcoconut, blurtpower, outofthematrix, drutter, and kryptodenno maintained their relative positions as they added between 10% and 30% to their VW. Elkezaksek and Randula were new on this tally.
I hope you found this useful and interesting. Now go out there and create high-quality original content, and hope you're visited by the above excellent curators!
Personal situation
I'm honoured to appear on a list with such all-stars of manual voting. Without curation, there are no payouts on this blockchain. No curation, no Blurt! So these people are not only Blurt's investors, they are the ones keeping the platform running, the ones drawing in and maintaining content-creators, the ones giving the BLURT token value.
My mission is 1,000,000 BP (before delegations) by December 31st, and I'm most of the way there! Here is my latest update, where I hit 970,000 BP.
Currently at 973k on December 9th, I will need something more than just my regular earnings if I want to achieve that goal. But I'm already at 1,011,000+ including delegations, and will surpass the million BP on my own sometime in January.
It's a pleasure to curate with this many tokens behind me, helping support good creators, and build the platform. Also, I want to thank you for your contributions. Everyone on Blurt is a participant, and all participation on Blurt has an impact.
DRutter
