Learn about Voting Mana and Resource Credits in these Tutorials

in utopian-io •  6 years ago 

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This is an update to my #fundition campaign to produce and publish a course on the STEEM Economy.  You can read the initial application and news here with this link: https://fundition.io/#!/@paulag/yl5013tub 

This course is an entry level course for those using STEEM that need a better understanding of the Ecosystem and Economy.

So far I have shared with you the 6 videos and you an find links to these at the bottom of the post. Thank you to everyone for supporting this project.

Today I am delighted to share two further tutorials on the STEEM Ecosystem. Today you will learn about voting mana and resource credits.

I have a big shout out to do on these videos as the English closed captions were created by @allseeingewe and have been published on both Youtube and Udemy.  Thank you sooooo much @allseeingewe for your help on this.  You are a massive star.  I hope some of you reading this will hop over to @allseeingewe and show a little support.

Requirements

A desire to learn more about the STEEM ecosystem.  A STEEM wallet would also be a benefit.

Difficulty

- Basic

- Intermediate

Description

What is Voting Mana?

Formally known as SP, voting mana is how much power you have to vote with.  In this lesson you will learn what voting mana is and how you can increase it.

What is voting weight?

Voting mana and voting weight are two different things, in this lesson you will learn the difference between the two and how they interact.  You will also learn how to find out what your vote is worth

What affects your voting mana?

  If voting reduces your Mana, what do you think can increase it?  Learn more in this video

How to calculate the value of a vote

learn about Rshares, dust votes and dust threshold before exploring things further and learning how the the value of a vote can be calculated



Additional Resources

Check your voting mana on steemd ( change the account name to your own account name)

https://steemd.com/@paulag

Keep an eye on voting mana on steemworld.org

https://steemworld.org/@paulag

Understanding the minimum payout threshold

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@crokkon/got-upvotes-but-no-payout-an-overview-of-the-situation-around-the-minimum-payout-threshold-1536870593455

How to calculate the value of a vote (resource 1)

https://steemit.com/bisteemit/@paulag/how-to-calculate-the-worth-of-any-steemit-vote-steemit-business-intelligence

How to calculate the value of a vote (resource 2)

https://steemit.com/steem/@yabapmatt/how-to-calculate-the-value-of-a-vote

Description

In this second video tutorial you will learn

What are resource credits?

Resource credits are the credits you are given to transact on the blockchain.  In this lesson we will discuss the idea behind resource credits and the resources used in the calculations.

Why are there fees?

Blockchain is not free, there are server costs and running costs.  So, if there is a cost in running a blockchain there must be fees.  In the lesson we will discuss the need for fees when running a blockchain like STEEM.

How Many resource credits do I have and what can I do with them?

Resource credits are directly related to the SP you hold.  These credits are used to pay the transaction free when you interact on STEEM.  In this lesson we will discuss your resource credits and what you can do with them and where you can check your balances.

How much does it cost me per transaction in resource credits and how can I keep track of this?

Its important to keep an eye on your resource credits so you know how much you can do on the block.  If you don’t keep an eye on it and run out of credits you will not be able to transact.  In this lesson we will look at tools available in keeping track of what it costs and what you have.

How can I increase my resource credits?

It is possible to increase your resource credits, powering up is a critical element in this. in this lesson we will discuss how you can do this.



Additional Resources

Keep an eye on resource credits and pools

https://beempy.com/

RC Credits on Githib

https://github.com/steemit/steem/wiki/RC-Bandwidth-System

https://github.com/steemit/steem/wiki/RC-Bandwidth-Parameters

STEEM basics - official post

https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steem-basics-rc-system-for-beginners

Resource credits - a developers guide

https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitdev/developer-guide-resource-credit-system

Curriculum

So far I have published 6 videos from this course on the blockchain.

You will find the first two here in this post.  The Introduction and the STEEM wallet overview

https://steemit.com/tutorials/@paulag/online-video-course-understanding-the-steem-blockchain-economy-update

In this post you will find the next two videos covering STEEM and STEEM Power

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@paulag/what-is-steem-and-steem-power-video-tutorials-1540330487769

In this post you will find lesson on SBD and the Internal Exchange

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@paulag/what-is-sbd-and-how-do-i-use-the-internal-exchange-1540544013756

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Hello @paulag,

Thank you for doing such great video tutorials!

It is so good that these tutorials are up-to-date and done after the HF 20. I am sure many people appreciate the new information given here.

Your presentation is engaging and nicely done.

There is a typo at 1:14 in the first video.
It should be 'voting' instead of 'viting'.
You might want to correct that for the other platforms.

Somehow the audio of these videos are not as clear as the other ones.

Look forward to your next video,
Rosa

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This clears up the questions in the minds of beginners and some dumb members like me, well explained @paulag

by no means are you dumb, thank you for the compliment and thank you for visiting

I can understand this tutorial, how to work steem I already know because of your tutorial, maybe this video is very useful for everyone who joins steemit, thank you !

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Interesting and well done videos. This is not complicated to me, since I am a Software Programmer. But I can imagine how all this must sound like nonsense to the new users joining the Platform. It must be so confusing. Hopefully, your videos will help.

In total I have an hours video on all of this stuff. To have to spend an hour explaining just goes to show the system is way more complex for the every day user than it needs to be. I hope over time we will see changes that make this a 5 min explanation instead of an hour

Yes, I agree. I have been telling some friends about SteemIt... but I would advertise it a lot more, if it wasn't so difficult for newbies to understand it. :-/

Oh... and my uncle keeps asking me: "Where does the money come from, to pay all the users?"

To say the truth, I can't find a simple way to explain him.

  ·  6 years ago (edited)

well that part is simple. it comes from Investors. When steem was set up there was an investor named freedom. between him/her ned, dan and who ever else, when they set up steem the had to back the coin with an investment to give it an initial value, then as more and more exchanges took on steem, cryptocurrency buyers started buying, pushing up the price from the initial price which would have been set by the initial investment. So lets just say freedom decided to dump his investment, he has so much, I think we would see another fall in price. As the price falls, as you can see from your own votes, the value of a vote becomes less as there is less investment to divvy out.
So it not really where does the money come from, more of a case of new coins are produced and they now have a value based on market trading and the initial investment. Does that make any sense?

Yes, it does. Thanks for the explanation. :-)

Thanks for the information! It is very helpful and handy especially to new users. They should know these basic information..

Cheers!

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thank you for the explanations in the video and the compilation of text and links!
-1,2 rshares was new to me, the 0,02 payout threshhold was something I've heard of repeatedly in the last days.

also minute 8 second video was something I was searching for. how longer comments affect the RCs. I think to make the comment (max 250 bytes) is 12x more costly than adding extra 250 bytes to the comment.
so definitely not write two comments if possible :D.
how those bytes are calculated (one sign equals one sign or are pics and embedded videos more costly)? I still don't know with links, pics and videos but this was a good helpful start
also what amount/command editing is in terms of RCs I didn't get yet - maybe one of those custom jsons?