==A game theory based virus==
I brought the idea from this famous solution for micropayments https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/Riv97b.pdf and even if it's obvious somebody wrote something even on second idea to build this mechanism http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1015.pdf
CONTRACT
I will take hash of block 422321 of the Bitcoin blockchain and get an 0<=x<=1 from it then use this number to choose someone in the list of voters, each voter is counted according to its SP*voting_power (rshare) at the moment of the vote. The chosen person will get 10% of this post reward to his account in SD.
tl;dr This is the first lottery with free tickets, your probability(reward)/risk = infinte, winner extraction in about 5.5 days.
CODE
import json, re, requests, collections
from piston.steem import Steem
def extraction(random, votes):
tot_rshares = sum(map(int,[x['rshares'] for x in votes]))
tickets = {}
for vote in votes:
tickets[vote['voter']] = float(vote['rshares'])/tot_rshares
tot = 0
for voter in collections.OrderedDict(sorted(tickets.items())):
tot += tickets[voter]
if tot > random:
return(voter)
blockhash = json.loads((requests.get('https://blockchain.info/it/block-height/422321?format=json').text))['blocks'][0]['hash']
random = int(blockhash,16)/16.**(64-len(re.match('[0]*',blockhash).group(0)))
votes = Steem().get_content("@rodomonte/social-attack-on-steemit").active_votes
print(extraction(random, votes))[We don't need an ethereum contract to enforce this since all my incentives are to execute it: I don't want to get downvotes, I get a positive feedback for next lottery. And all previous lotteries correctly executed will builds an obvious trust.]
DILEMMA
If you vote - caring about your own return - you get a "probabilistic payment" but you damage the steemit idea because you get something for nothing, although if you don't vote or you downvote - caring about the steemit system - you don't eliminate the problem. The problem gets bigger every lottery, since every past lottery build trust.
REFERENCES
Voting is not something for nothing since voting power is consumed. When the post gets downvoted and has 0 SD rewards, those who tried to get a reward are worse off than if they had not participated.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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We'll see how this whole thing plays out.. I am certainly finding myself 'playing the game'.. hopeful about this platform and new solutions that may arise. Thanks for your post!
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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