Cheers guys! @eurogee and @smyle really seemed to motivate their community. I hadn't heard of euronation before, but now it's on my radar. These two received a ton of votes together. So, rather than hand out one delegation for 500 I'm going to delegate to each of them 250 SP. Congratulations guys!
Next contest
Over the next two days I'll delegate 500 SP to one of the moderators. So, go ahead and put some votes together for moderator! Same rules as before. You can name up to two people. These folks don't have to be minnows to win. Also, I'll be rotating delegation to moderators frequently, so as long as I'm a top witness there will opportunities every week to reward the moderators. Hopefully everyone gets a few turns to win delegation. Here are the folks that are eligible.
Interest rate
Sorry to put this a little buried in a contest post, but I want to have a limited discussion on price feed options with the SBD getting a little hammered.
I want to protect the SBD price, but I'm also nervous that the primary beneficiary of that would be poloniex... Folks have tickets out for months and can't get their steem or sbds back. I'm not dying to add interest to help this way, but I'm somewhat amendable. I just want to start the discussion at least to see what people that voted for me think on the issue.
I'm sorting steemwhales by sbd in the image below.
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So, regarding prices.... I think we're going through trouble because the main exchanges are having difficulty. The value of Steem and SBDs are going to be depressed if people can't easily exchange it for other currencies.
In the short run we can leave it alone and hope they come back online for steemit soon, increase the interest rate, which drastically benefits poloniex and bittrex, but likely won't provide much benefit to average holders in the short run, and we can change the bias effectively making it more attractive to convert SBDs to steem. Those are the short term options.
Longer term options we can build and house an exchange. I'd like to spearhead a group to do this. I'm aware it's a big challenge to solve, but if you have skills, thoughts, or would like to think this through let me know.
What do you want to see happen to move the price of steem and sbds up?
I don't see anywhere in there I can't vote for myself. So I nominate @sammosk for all his selfless time spent helping all the minnows and burning up that VP on spam voting like a maniac. Muahahaha. Also @crimsonclad, because amazing. <3
I think the problems on the exchange is the size of the chain, the time spent processing it and catching up after maintenance, perhaps the single threaded nature of the process is hurting this. (I think it's all singled threaded atmo) The next update should resolve this.
What can increase the price of steem? network effect, print those shirts, spread the message, put out business cards, get people talking about it. Take every single user from face book and drop them in the ocean sink or swim styling.
Make it more effective to hold/hoard steem vs sell it, if everyone is holding and picking up more steem the price will obviously increase.
Slow the generation of the coin as well, if you limit supply then you increase scarcity which will also increase the price.
Ditch the needless complexity of SBD, just destroy that currency entirely, locking a coin to a fiat value is stupid, you can print an infinite supply of fiat, can you make that same claim with crypto?
How about you just get half of the post reward in liquid SP, and the other half in not liquid SP.
Why they even brought in SBD in the first place confuses the hell out of me, pegging any crypto to a static fiat value is an exercise in futility. Now you have witnesses having to set APR rates, creating artificial scarcity while everyone scrambles to make a buck, adding a whole layer of things to manage in terms of running a witness.
My 2 cents.
Oh and allowing a SBD to SP conversion on the site if you want to burn the tokens back into steem power, at a rate that is polled from the steem price / btc price. eliminating the entire step of having to take it external and rely on an external source to exchange during the 'clawback of sbd' period.
Afterthought, if I win, I would like my delegation to be sent to @msp-creativebot so all the delegates can share in it including myself, it supports my stance of 'when I win everyone wins' and 'help those that help themselves' if that is an option, otherwise I will just increase my delegation to it. Thanks in advance. <3
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sammosk for sure :)
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I'm gonna third this one. Re: vote @sammosk and @gmuxx
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Seconded!
Plus I vote for @sammosk too
And my second for @gmuxx
Love your work, all 👍
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You have my vote too @sammosk
Please count this as 1 of my votes @aggroed
My second vote is for @crimsonclad
Wish I had more votes......will have to wait for next time
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@sammosk is already nominated so I'll just go ahead and vote for him. He has contributed a great deal in making my Steemit experience a worthwhile one. It's hard to not vote for @discordiant. So I'll use my two votes for both. Good luck, buddies 😉👊
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Let's see how long I can manage zero votes.
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sorry @discordiant...
NO VOTES FOR YOU!
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Fine, won't vote for you :P haha
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sorry man, you can't still be on zero surely.
It was hard and I didn't vote you this time, but I hereby ask you to put the hard word on me via dm next time round, and you can count on me.
How could I choose?
I should have read the comments fully first
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cookie crumblin'
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Amazing! We are really happy to win this contest!
The 'Euronation' are new but passionate steemians who believe in Steemit and its vision.
We appreciate this great opportunity given to minnow by @aggroed. We will forever be grateful.
This delegation will help many new steemians and the 'Euronation' for the trust they have in us.
On behalf of @eurogee and myself @smyle, we say thank you.
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EURONATION a community that grows the upcoming
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Thank God we won! Euronation for real
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It is an honour to have won this. Thanks @aggroed for bring up such an excellent opportunity to empower minnows.
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EUROGEE is the Leader, thanks for creating EURONATION
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I would have to put my vote in for @sammosk and @crimsonclad they are fantastic moderators I love them all but they get my vote they both spend a crazy amount of time in P.A.L. just trying to give a minnow a helping hand
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U.R.R. @aggroed!
Please cast my 2 votes for CrimsonClad and @sammosk, please ;)
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LOL, I said SPAMMO and he upvoted it ;) hehee
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This was my first time that i vote and i don't know if im doing it right, just beep me back if i'm wrong and teach me how do i really vote, my vote as a moderator will give to
@sammosk
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My votes go to @rhondak and @swelker101
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What @gmuxx said.... my vote goes to @rhondak
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Me too: My votes go to @rhondak and @ swelker101 AND @gmuxx, but if I only get to vote for two...
Yes. Only two.
@gmuxx and @rhondak, then... dang... this is hard! All great choices! How to choose?
Trying to figure out how and where to vote
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well, this is awkward 'cause I wanna vote for half of them at least.
but having to choose two this time I am going to say @crimsonclad and @sammosk for personal and non personal reasons.
They have been esp. kind to me, but then again so have a few others too, so that doesn't help much.
but they are always around in discord, helping out us bait-fish,
unless they are not.
Just like a few others
(probably all of them)
I think that it really depends on your timezone, who you end up connecting with on discord.
I have done every part of the 24 hour cycle, in my brief stint.
but they sure do more of those 24 hours than I can.
lol, lets face it, I was bribed too.
crimmy put the hard word on me just to make sure it didn't go to shane
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Ok, very very hard choice because they are all great. But decisions must be made, so in conclusion I vote for @crimsonclad and @sammosk
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Not a fan of voting against ppl I consider my friends, but I'd like to vote for @sammosk and @crimsonclad for their fine efforts and making me feel quickly a part of the community.
I do this and would love to also vote for the others, for they all do a great deal to make the community great.
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I vote @crimsonclad and @gmuxx
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Well found this post so I decided why not put my 2 cents in and I believe I will vote for @sammosk, one of the main reasons being the fact that he has been very helpful to me and others that I have seen. So I will definitely vote for @sammosk.
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I vote for @Gmuxx and @SammoSK <3 <3 <3 <3 those guys are like Jedis defensores de la paz y the new future
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So tough because all of the Mods are awesome and helpful people. I'll have to go with @Gmuxx and @SammoSK since those two have been so helpful to me personally since joining PAL. Can we do this again so that I can vote for the other Mods? :D
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I want to vote for everyone, but I can't!
I'm going to have to go with @swelker101 and @sammosk!
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Seconded on these two.
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It's so hard to make a decision, I like all of y'all... Let's run with @sammosk and @gmuxx
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Oh boy oh boy. Well without a doubt @gmuxx . My second vote will go to @sammosk cause of the msp-creativebot and the setup help he gave me.
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I nominate @sammosk @discordiant and @crimsonclad
Sorry couldn't pick just 2 haha
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My vote goes to @sammosk and @Gmuxx because they always take time to answer my pesky questions, but I adore them all and if I could I'd vote for everyone! ❤❤❤
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@Sammosk and @crimsonclad
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My votes go to @sammosk and @gmuxx
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My votes goes to @sammosk and @crimsonclad for their spirit, motivation and amazing work every day.
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I vote for @sammosk and @swelker101.
Really wish I could also vote for @crimsonclad and @discordiant.
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If I must... I pick @sammosk and @gmuxx
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I vote for @sammosk!
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@rhondak & @sammosk
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My votes are for @sammosk & @gmuxx! :D
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Voting is just through comments here?
Will vote for @sammosk
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Hi aggroed, must the contestants be already made moderators or new people can be?
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I nominate @illuminatus and @steve1122. My reason is that these guys have been up and doing in helping each and every redfish and minnows they have come across .
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@rhondak and @GMuxx. They bribed me with sex and drugs I didn't have a choice. And gummy bears, I held out until they got to the gummi bears.
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I've still got a soft spot for @gmuxx and @swelker101, those two have been on Discord since the beginning and I still see them there for a ridiculous amount of time every day.
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@aggroed
Do we vote here?
I vote for @gmuxx and @crimsonclad
It is always great seeing them on PAL!
Next time I have two more to vote for!!
Peace
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Yeah. Vote in teh comments.
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excellent post and upvoted.
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If I had to choose 2 it would be @crimsonclad and @gmuxx. Because they have been the most faithful on the PAL Network. But thats not to say that @swelker101, @discordiant, @sammosk, @stitchybitch, @r0nd0n, @soundwavesphoton are not faithful.
Its so fun to come into the PAL #generalnoposting.
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I would like to vote for @rhondak and @gmuxx. Both are active and essential members of the #fiction-workshop. This is a group that is work hard to improve the quality of posts on steemit. This is especially apparent with @sft. If they have some delegated power, there is no doubt that they will put it to work helping everyone. I have great respect for several other mods and the work they do, but these two are above and beyond where I hang out.
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Congratulations to the winners! To be favored by aggroed is a blessing, so consider yourself blessed :) my votes for mods are Shane and Gmuxx.
Not sure on the price of steem other than to wait it out. However, if there is something I could do to help you out let me know. Also, I love ya! Thank you for all that you do!
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It's hard to cast a vote for this. @GMuxx and @swelker101 would be my picks, because I've worked with them so closely and have benefitted so directly from their committment.
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Cheers bro....
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Somehow, there has to be an easier way to convert sbd to other currencies. It would be more advantageous to steemians to have a house exchange. IMO that will be a longer term solution. Thanks for the post. 🐓🐓
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@vogeltron1 @avilsd
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I vote @rhondak and @gmuxx
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i am so glad @eurogee and @symle won.Thanks for the opportunity given them
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@gmuxx and @rhondak
Sorry to the rest you're all awesome.
Bloody Sophie's choice.
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"So, regarding prices.... I think we're going through trouble because the main exchanges are having difficulty. The value of Steem and SBDs are going to be depressed if people can't easily exchange it for other currencies."
This. Having to convert to another crypto, paying said fees, then convert again to fiat, paying MORE fees (or the reverse) is very off-putting.
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Much thanks to @aggroe for this uncommon event as I would put. We will always ensure u r on top. Ride on.
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No for sorry sir @aggroed for giving a price for sp is better than sbd..we know we need sbd,but it will come on a right time,worth is the wait!RESTEEM UPVOTED
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By the way, @aggroed - you are a legend :-)
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EURONATION is the next Big Bang! Congratulations.
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an exchange is a great idea. I think the steem council..or whoever it is should approach one of the exchange people and suggest a piggyback for a steemit exchange ! surely one of the blocktrade types would have a suck ?
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My vote is for @rhondak !! she helped me a lot with my yet unpublished story
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@sammosk cuz he's PEACH Leader and @crimsonclad ;)
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Crimsonclad for me for her tireless efforts for MSP
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@gmuxx and @crimsonclad My bae <3
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I'm voting for @gmuxx because he's awesome!
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I am so happy to be part of a growing community that cares for one another and helps the fellow minnows out. I have seen a lot of greed on this platform along with helping your own level of bloggers out , lots of injustice goes on , but I have never been disappointed from your project and I am happy that you are progressing everyday , keep it up
And Steem I'm still holding and keeping faith because that's where I feel we will see a rise , and just because I keep seeing it fall doesn't mean it's gonna stay that way , every great rise has a fall
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congrats lads!
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When steem is over $1.1, I don't see the value of SBD.
Am I missing something?
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from coinmarketcap.com
I think that we let the price do what the market is letting it do. It's all a short-term flux, and probably has to do with the recent overall trend in Crypto. Don't over-think the short term pricing of SBD too much, @aggroed.
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Voting for my boys @gmuxx and @swelker101
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