RE: Voting Abuse and Ineffective Curation: A proposal for blockchain-level change

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Voting Abuse and Ineffective Curation: A proposal for blockchain-level change

in steem •  7 years ago  (edited)

Personally, my goal as an investor is to increase the demand for steem and increase it's worth. But I don't think the two goals are incompatible. I think more users will increase its value.

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I do as well. However, with the current rules in place, there is a ton of demand to own steem power. People can buy in and guarantee themselves a certain ROI via self votes. Too much emphasis on "quality" (whatever that means) is going to drive these investors away. I'm already seeing it happen with a few larger accounts, accounts that purchased the majority of their stake by the way.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

with the current rules in place, there is a ton of demand to own steem power.

That is apparently false considering that the broader cryptocurrency/blockchain market has increased in value 10-20x and Steem is languishing at $1 (very recently there has been a bit of increase). Our ranking on coinmarketcap has dropped from around #5 to #35 (not a perfect ranking system by any means, but we aren't trying to assess a fine distinction here either).

There are real reasons investors are putting their money into other blockchains and giving Steem a pass.

Good point, though I don't ever remember seeing it at #5, at least not for a long period of time. One could make the argument steem would be even lower if not for the current economic set up. It's impossible to measure. The lack of promotion/advertising is probably the biggest reason prices aren't currently heading higher.