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There are two concerning things happening with the price of Steemit currencies right now. The price of STEEM continues to fall. Many people are worried it will never find a bottom. The amount of SBD debt has also passed 5%, and the system is now paying out author rewards in STEEM instead of SBD. If the debt level reaches 10% of the marketcap, the system will no longer pay conversions at a rate of "approximately one dollar worth of STEEM" per SBD.

I want to show that while one of these (the falling price of STEEM) is probably causing the most alarm - it is actually not as big of a deal as people think. I believe the other problem though (increasing level of SBD debt) is a larger concern. I will show why, and offer a potential solution that the top 19 witnesses and community could implement together - which will hopefully address the problem.

The Falling Price of STEEM

To start with - the biggest item of concern on most people's minds is the falling price of STEEM.

Everyone has heard that STEEM has very high inflation, and users should convert to Steem Power to protect against it. Do people really understand what that means though? To put it in another way, the price of STEEM is meant to go down. Granted it is going down faster today than it should/will under 'normal' conditions, but that is mainly because of several factors which make today's situation kind of unique:

  • The network is in a distribution phase, which means it is purposely inflating STEEM at a faster rate than 'normal'.
  • Many of the early adopters are powering down and cashing out to capitalize on their initial investment, as well as fund projects that they believe will add value to the project in the long-term.
  • The July price spike caused the network to produce a lot more SBD than the platform was arguably 'worth' at the time. There is now a very large amount of debt that the network must pay back.
  • There is still not a very big demand for STEEM/SP yet, because the product is not ready for mainstream users, and there is not much to combat the inflation by generating more demand (like through advertisements) other than speculative investing, and users wanting to work their way up to dolphin/whale status.

The Rising Price of SP Vests (Wait, Rising??)

There is another way to look at the price, which is the value of vests. This is really what users should be most concerned with, because if you are holding SP, this is what you have.

To help explain how the vests work, here is historical vest price information:

  • On 7/6, 1M VESTS = 197.368 STEEM = $45.987
  • On 7/20, 1 MV = 1M VESTS = 229.192 STEEM = $804.005
  • On 10/29, 1 MV = 1M VESTS = 410.581 STEEM = $65.412

What does that mean? Well the short answer is that if a user had bought around $46 USD worth of STEEM on 7/6 and powered it up, and left it in their wallet (and done absolutely nothing else) - they would actually have around $65 worth of STEEM in their wallet today. (Being held as Steem Power.) Yes, their SP would actually be worth more today than it was when they powered up! (Despite today's lower price of STEEM.) That is how vesting works. As a side note, if the user had been actively curating the whole time - they would have generated even more SP/vests.

Most of the stress about the price is coming from users (myself included) who bought in between 7/20 and today, while the price was being inflated. (My biggest cash investment by the way, was at right around $800/vest.) Depending on whatever the price was when those users bought in, they likely have less in their account today than they did when they bought in. These users are wondering if we will ever see STEEM reach the "good old days", where the prices will be in line with what we saw during the July spike.

Will We Ever See the "Good Old Days" Again?

I will not go into that much here, because it has been covered in a lot of other posts, but my personal opinion is that STEEM / vests will eventually reach new all-time highs, once:

  • The site becomes fully ready for mainstream users.
    (Major community issues/strife resolved, new features added, etc.)
  • We do a big recruitment push to get tons of new users (and keep them).
  • We implement some form of "attention economy" based advertising program, which will create demand for the supply of STEEM, using Steemit's massive and engaged user-base as a selling point for people who want to pay for our attention.

(Note - this does not constitute investment advise. Please consult with a professional advisor and/or do appropriate research before making any investment decision.)

The SBD Debt Problem

The existing SBD debt is a big cloud of doom looming over the price of STEEM today. At some point that debt needs to be cashed in for STEEM, and if the price of STEEM keeps falling - more and more STEEM will need to be created in order for it to pay back that debt. Also, if the debt level passes 10% of the total marketcap, the system will no longer honor the "1 SBD = approximately 1 USD worth of STEEM" contract. It will start paying users less than what $1 SBD is worth, to prevent the system from collapsing.

This fear is one of the contributing factors to the downward pressure on the price right now, and it will only get worse as the SBD debt to marketcap ratio continues to get worse.

There is a lot of discussion/disagreement about whether or not having this 10% limit is good or bad. On the one hand it is a precaution against a "black-swan" event like @dantheman has described, which could cause the price of STEEM to spiral downward out of control (to zero); but on the other hand, it creates doubt for investors that holding onto SBD is a stable investment.

My opinion on this is that we do need this built into the system as a "last resort" safety mechanism, but it should be one of those things that never actually happens. In order to make SBD a stable investment, I think the most important thing we can do right now is ensure that is the case.

Proposed Solution to the SBD Debt Ratio Problem

For the Witnesses:

  1. The top 19 witnesses should pick a day on which they will begin implementing a "significant discount" in their price feeds. The date should be publicly announced, and the community should know about it in advance.
  2. There should be an agreed upon debt level (I propose 3%) at which point the "significant discount period" will end.
  3. During that time, witnesses should adjust their price feeds such that a SBD->STEEM conversion results in anywhere from $1.05 to $1.30 worth of STEEM being produced.
  4. Once it ends, the price discounts should be updated to return the price of conversions back to a $0.95 to $1.05 level.
  5. Witnesses should also use the SBD interest rate (as suggested by @smooth) to add increased demand for SBD if needed during this time.
  6. Witnesses will need to monitor their price feeds very closely. If the increase in liquid STEEM produces too much downward pressure on the price, to the point that the debt to marketcap ratio starts getting worse and not better - then a decision should be made to end the "significant discount period", and reduce the discount back to a $0.95 to $1.05 level. The interest rate can be kept at a high level (or even raised higher), to continue to prop up SBD demand as needed.

For the Community:

  1. I know a lot of the users in the community will not like this metaphor, but similar to a time when a country is at war, they encourage their citizens to support the country's economy for the "good of the country". We need that type of mood right now in the Steemit community. The situation we have today as a result of the July price spike, is a big hole that we need to dig ourselves out of, if the price of STEEM/SBD is going to recover.
  2. Let me be clear though, I am not asking users to invest more money into STEEM/Steem Power. You can if you want to, but that should be for purely market based reasons (if you think it is a good investment).
  3. What we need is users who are holding onto SBD which they essentially received as "free money" for participating in the site, to use the "significant discount period" to convert their SBD into STEEM and either Power Up or use it to buy more SBD on the exchange.
  4. Users are also encouraged to use the "Power Up 100%" option during this time for their posts as much as possible.
  5. Basically what we are trying to achieve is to reduce the SBD to marketcap ratio to a sustainable level, without dumping all of the converted STEEM directly onto the exchanges.

The Risks:

  • The biggest risk of this comes from the fact that there will be a significant increase in the amount of liquid STEEM being produced by the blockchain, as the virtual supply of STEEM (debt) is converted into actual STEEM.
  • Some users will not want to power up and would prefer to cash out their SBD for BTC/fiat (which should be allowed if that is what they want to do). In addition, many traders who are holding onto SBD for purely investment reasons will use the "significant discount period" to get a good conversion rate, and sell their STEEM that is produced on the exchanges.
  • If users rush to the exchanges and try to sell, it could put an even more significant downward pressure on the price of STEEM than there is today.
  • If the price of STEEM gets pushed down at a greater rate than the debt level is decreased, then this could actually make the debt to marketcap ratio even worse, rather than better.

The Potential Positive Effects:

  • Reducing the SBD debt level below 5% of the marketcap will return the system to its normal state of paying out author rewards in SP/SBD instead of SP/STEEM.
  • Backing away from the approaching 10% of marketcap debt level will bring a sigh of relief from investors, who are currently concerned that the entire system is going to collapse.
  • There is a good chance that potential investors will notice that we have addressed one of the major instability problems that they were worried about, giving them new confidence in the future of the project.

Closing Thoughts

I want to stress the fact that this is a proposal and that no changes are being made at this time. I am hoping that the rest of the community (including the other witnesses) can review this proposal and provide feedback. This is not a sure thing, and there are definitely real risks. It needs to be carefully considered and vetted before taking any action. If there is a general consensus that this is a good idea though, and would likely work - then I think the top 19 witnesses should move to adopt the plan within the next few weeks.

Thanks to everyone who provided input on this, including those who have been presenting opposing views. I want to highlight the help I have received from @lafona, @james-show, @liberosist, @bacchist, @dragosroua, @arhag, @good-karma, and @gtg in Steemit.chat, as well as through the various posts that they have created. Also to the many other members of the community who have been contributing to the conversation via their posts and comments about the topic.

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Very good proposal but there is a psychological issue most people forget when it comes to Steemit.

Almost every single member that joined Steemit comes from the wild west of short investing. People that have been around in the blockchain for quite sometime now, know that you cash the fuck out anything you can as fast as you can, waiting for the next hype. Those who mine, shifting their mining power left and right, know this very very well.

Right now mining zcash and even ethereum is much more profitable rather than trying to mine steem. Any investor that dares to put some money in will see it drained out immediately. The initial investors, the whales, have made ROI already and now is all about a "dog eat dog" situation in regards who gets the last breadcrumbs.

I don't see any solution other than getting all the whales and witnesses to work together. Right now though most of them act like the Titanic is sinking and all they care is saving their own ass.

We shall see.

Regarding the dog eat dog for the last breadcrumbs, I tend to disagree. We are in a phase where they are building out the site, and the community is working on projects that will add value in the long term.
I think this article does a good job explaining it:
https://steemit.com/steembubble/@dan-atstarlite/why-the-steem-bubble-was-an-investment-round-and-not-a-product-launch

The problem we have right now is more of a short term surplus supply/debt one, which I believe can be solved through proper monetary/fiscal policy by the community/witnesses.

I couldn't agree more, you certainly have your head wrapped around the way crypto works.
Also mining zcash currently.

Excellent post! Clear and concise.
I think it will not only help non-financial-gurus to understand what steem's 3 tokens are, but how they interact. kudos!

or ... the whales and witnesses have to accept that it's not about them, but about those 90.000 users that are missing ...

as 90.000 more users would actually solve the problem, but in order for that to happen; the whales and the witnesses need to accept that they're the problem, not the solution ...

but they can never do that, because they just love playing god ...

it's just sad that we have to watch this happening more than 300 years, almost 400 years after Rene Descartes already solved this problem ... it's such a disgrace to the human race

I am going to start a new thread here so we can keep nesting..

Out of curiosity, if the whales stopped voting it would basically be up to the 'dolphins' as to who got all the votes. What is to say that this group (and the minnows who now also have more power) would do a better job promoting content that was in the platform's best interest?

Also, your argument about STEEM crashing is also not necessarily true. Bernie and all the other whale's shares today are still worth more than they were before the July price spike.

Out of curiosity, if the whales stopped voting it would basically be up to the 'dolphins' as to who got all the votes. What is to say that this group (and the minnows who now also have more power) would do a better job promoting content that was in the platform's best interest?

because there are only 30 whales, while there are about 1.000 dolphins and thousands of minnows; it's the principle that makes the free market work and why socialism always fails

and yes, the next problem is indeed the artificial inflation, that would be the next problem to needs to be solved

because there are only 30 whales, while there are about 1.000 dolphins and thousands of minnows; it's the principle that makes the free market work and why socialism always fails

If we were at the point that the product was about to officially launch and move from BETA to mainstream users - and we were still at the situation we have today with 30 whales having 90% of the influence and average users having no say, I would probably grab a pitch-fork and join you on your crusade.

With where we are today though, I believe their goal right now is to find users that will make good dolphins and get them to the point that they can be the ones holding the power once the site is ready to go mainstream.

and yes, the next problem is indeed the artificial inflation, that would be the next problem to needs to be solved

Yeah, there are a few threads on that this morning. I'm still not convinced that is an issue either :)

I do have netflix, I'll watch it now and thanks for the upvote

let it be that's indeed their goal; most people that write posts are not even curators, they might upvote a bit, but not much, as they're too busy writing posts ...

but ok

If we were at the point that the product was about to officially launch and move from BETA to mainstream users - and we were still at the situation we have today with 30 whales having 90% of the influence and average users having no say, I would probably grab a pitch-fork and join you on your crusade.

I'll take peace with that for now ...

nice talking to you this time ... if you could maybe upvote some of my comments, I would really appreciate that

talk later ... on your next post ... about the whales consuming all the voting power ;-)

Upvoted this one at 100% because I feel it deserves it :)

Do you have Nextflix? If so, you would probably really enjoy an episode of "black mirror" called "nosedive". I think it does a good job highlighting some similar issues to what you have with Steemit, as well as gives a good example of someone going off on the system and being 'voted down' by those in power. If you check it out, let me know what you think :)

as 90,000 more users would actually solve the problem, but in order for that to happen

I agree with you here. 90,000 more users and a way for the system to make money off them being here (adds).

If you look at the price since the July spike, it has been steadily going down. I think you are mainly judging based on that. If you look at the full picture though (including the pre-spike time period), the price of 1 MV has actually still gone up.

This post here does a good job explaining what I think is going on right now. The July pump was not meant to be a product launch with everything ready for mainstream users. It was intended to be an investment round to generate capital to fund projects that are going to fix a lot of the issues you are concerned about. The problem is that there is a lag / time delay from the time they raised the money until we will see the results play out in a fully functional website ready for the 'average user'.
https://steemit.com/steembubble/@dan-atstarlite/why-the-steem-bubble-was-an-investment-round-and-not-a-product-launch

something else, it might not seem relevant, but ... we can't comment more than 6 levels ... what a shitty problem to have!

how come all those super fantastic, superior, know it all whales and witnesses can't even solve a small problem like that? because they're scared of their own feelings!

most whales and witnesses don't know how shame works, they think it's a permanent feelings, which scares the shit out of them, and why they insist in betraying themselves by believing their own lies

while shame is how we learn, it's a very unpleasant feelings, but it's how our brain prevents us from making the same mistake twice ... as long the whales are too scared to allow their own brains to function properly; nothing will change

in other words; the one and only real solution can only come after the whales and witnesses learn to embrace the shame ... only shame can solve this!

I agree. Too many threads get cut short, or you have to find another persons post to reply to, to address the comment that won't allow a reply. It's definitely one of the more irritating parts of Steemit. Is there a reason that they capped it at 6?

because at first authors would also get rewards for the comments on their posts, but max 6 deep

Is there not a way to cap a specific amount of posts to be paid out, but not limit the replies? I can see it being legit trying to limit post rewards after a specific count, but it definitely hurts some of the more interesting convos around here. Thx for the reply.

The reason it is there is because when the original platform was launched, the author of the post actually would get a share of all the comments payouts (to encourage posts that generated conversation). To keep the blockchain math simple, they put a limit of 6 on the nesting of how deep the payout would be calculated.

I wasn't there at the time, so I don't know why they did it - but they did remove this. The limit of 6 is just a legacy "feature" that they haven't gotten rid of yet.

Usually it is not on the whales and witnesses to actually solve code problems with the blockchain and code (although some of them do). The dev team is aware of this issue though, and it is one of the things they are planning to fix.

Where it is at right now is they are trying to come up with a clean design of how to have 20 level deep comments represented on a display that currently keeps indenting after each new comment. They are going to have to make an adjustment to the way the conversations are rendered in the GUI, and they are trying to figure out what the best solution will be.

By the time the site is out of beta, I'd expect this to be fixed.

my point is that 'they' can't even solve a small problem like that ... what hope do we have they can solve the big problems?!

Well if they weren't able to solve it, I would agree with you. They are going to be making a fix though, so I don't see it as an issue. If you have an issue with it not being ready "today", and that it is just something that will get fixed "eventually", then that is a different discussion. It is not a matter of "can't even solve a small problem like that" though - it is just one of time constraints and priorities.

no, what I'm saying is that right now the whales consume 90% of the voting power, which is the main problem, while it would be a much smaller problem if there were in total at least 100.000 users, but ... that will never happen because none of the whales are willing to take any responsibility for their own actions ...

I already read that post; he got a point, but no solution

steemit was meant to be decentralized, but ~30 people control everything and they're so full of themselves that even after months of failure; it's not just the price that's crashing; users are down, posts are down, comments are down ... yet, none of them is willing to ask themselves what it is they're doing wrong ...

this while Rene Descartes already solved what's at the core of this problem more than 300 years ago ... such a disgrace

no, what I'm saying is that right now the whales consume 90% of the voting power, which is the main problem

Curation guilds have a good chance of helping with this problem. If more whales delegated their voting to groups that can take the time to do good curation, then it will be better than someone who isn't a good curator (but holds a ton of power) from making all the decisions on what to do with their power themselves.

There is also a trend (a very slow one, but still a trend) away from the centralization of power. If you look at a 2 year horizon, it probably won't remain this way long-term.

I agree though that if you look at the situation today, that is one of the larger problems with the site/platform/community.

it's not a matter of agreeing or doing the right thing ... those whales need to realize that if they want to see their estimated value go up again ... they need to put their voting slider on 1% and leave it there!

it's in their own self best interest, but ... they're so emotional and short minded ... they just can't accept that they're the reason why they lost millions

why do you think bernie has been downvoting me? because he's frustrated over the millions he lost, but he can't accept that he's one of the main reasons why that happened, so ... he downvotes me ... what a spiteful loser!

Interesting. I hadn't thought of that. So I will concede that it would at least work. It will still never happen though.

A lot of whales are actually doing good with their voting, and an even larger majority at least think they are. So in their minds, giving up their voting and letting other people have more control, because who doesn't think they are doing the right thing :)

Also, out of curiosity, if the whales stopped voting it would basically be up to the 'dolphins' as to who got all the votes. What is to say that this group (and the minnows who now also have more power) would do a better job promoting content that was in the platform's best interest?

I'm looking forward to your post were you address the single largest problem TODAY; too many big whales that don't understand all the damages they cause ;-)

Many humans are selfish, and are going to act in their own best interest. You can make the case for "this is for the good of the platform" but very few humans are actually that altruistic.

good, let them be selfish, that's not the problem, the problem is that they're very short minded

I don't want them to do it for the greater good or any of that bullshit

they need to do it because that's the only way their value will go up again

if they want to make money ... in the long run and not only a few months to then lose everything, as that's what's happening now; they need to put their voting slider on 1% and leave it there; it's the solution for their problem as well!

that's what they don't get and what you still don't seem to understand; the whales are also losing here, even more so then everybody else while they're the ones that cause that

if they want to stop losing money; they need to put their voting slider on 1% and leave it there

the reason why bernie's estimated value went from almost 10 million to less than a million is because he's voting; he caused that problem himself

so ... if bernie wants to see his shares go up again; he needs to put their voting slider on 1% and leave it there; that's the solution

the best thing that those whales can do to save their own ass is to they to put their voting slider on 1% and leave it there; it's in their own self best interest!

it's not about me having an issue with him ... he has an issue with me, which is why he has been downvoting my comments; he hates the truth and the truth is that he (and those 30 other braindead whales) fucked up steemit

it's about the fact that those whales are way too big compared to the total amount of users!

whenever bernie votes; he takes away from the real users; his votes are skewing the results

and yes; bernie will never accept that he's one of the biggest problems around and that's why the price keeps dropping, people are leaving and steemit will die

I hate to be right about this, because at first I was really enthusiastic, until I realized that there's a small group of people that have no clue how steemit actually works, while at the same time they're ones consuming 90% of the voting power ... it's fucking communism all over again; it's so blatant, yet I'm one of the few who's willing to bring up the truth;

the whales are consuming 90% of the voting power and that's the problem!

if bernie and those other short minded lefties would never have voted at all... steemit would be a real success now; those whales fucked up steemit!

it's all mathematical; there's no point trying to deny it, yet that's all the whales do; denying reality ...

K. I won't get into the you vs. Bernie thing, because I agree it is besides the main point. The main thing is the 90% of the voting power across all the whales. To that, I added a reply to one of your earlier comments.

We need to do a better job recognizing these people and up-voting their content.
I'm sure there are others out there right now too, but @berniesanders is amazing at this. He has made so many Steemer's days by 'blessing' them and upvoting their posts.

that's the exact opposite of the solution!!

he didn't bless anybody; he skews the results and takes away the voting power of everybody else and that's why steemit doesn't work!!

the whales have a voting slider now; if they would put it on 1% and leave it there, they can still vote without fucking everything up

the whales are consuming 90% of the voting power and that's the problem!

if the whales were to stop voting (or at max 1%) then other people's vote will finally count, so good posts will get the rewards they deserve without votes from whales, people will have fun, commenting will be worthwhile etc ... but none of that is happening, because the whales can't accept that they're the ones that are now fucking everything up!

the whales are consuming 90% of the voting power and that's the problem!

how many times to I have to repeat the same thing until you finally get it?

the whales are consuming 90% of the voting power and that's the problem!

Yeah, I realized that was in there after I shared the link with you.. I know you have an issue with him. I don't share your view, but I do know he used to be different. He used to be one of the few whales that was actually spending time to truly curate and upvote posts that were underpaid but deserved to be making money. He still kind of does (through Curie), but it is not the same as before.

the whales are consuming 90% of the voting power and that's the problem!

I see what you are saying. Basically you want the whales to stop using their influence. Whether I agree or disagree with you is irrelevant. It's not going to happen.

Also, the point of my post was basically knowing that there is not going to be a way to literally stop whales from using their influence, the best we can hope for is to make the case for them to use it in a way that we more agree with.

Curation guilds have a good chance of helping with this problem.

or ... the whales could just stop creating the problem, so there's no need for curation guilds ...

Continuing here due to nesting.

the whales are consuming 90% of the voting power and that's the problem!

I mentioned it in my other comment, but basically whether I agree with you on this or not is irreverent. The reason is because it will never happen. There are a lot of reasons for this, but here are the main two:

  1. Many humans are selfish, and are going to act in their own best interest. You can make the case for "this is for the good of the platform" but very few humans are actually that altruistic.
  2. It will only work if every single whale agrees to it.

I actually believe that there are more 'good' whales than 'bad' ones who will genuinely do what they believe is in the best interest of the platform over themselves. So let's assume we get 90% of the whales to go along with your idea.

The problem is the 10% that are left. You would actually be giving a 100% increase (1000% actually if you count the n^2 algorithm) in voting power because they will be the only ones with a large stake in determining what posts get huge upvotes.

The worst part about it, is these people who didn't go along with the plan are the exact ones that you would not want having the power, because these are the ones that are arguably acting in their own self interest, rather than handing over their voting power for the good of the community.

do you think that it serves the whales that steemit is crashing? obviously not, right?

they want steemit to be successful, so ... they need to put their voting slider on 1% and leave it there, as what they do now is what's causing the problem!

good points. Totally agree with your suggestion. Resteemed

I've already written about this. Holding Steem in or out of the system has no actual effect on the price of Steem.

The reason is simple - as long as the single most influential user and producer of Steem is Steemit, then Steem will always be traded like a company share. Add to that the constant printing of new shares (devaluation of the rest) and no information about the actual value of the Steemit network, and you have a serious problem on your hands.

To better understand this problem, ask yourself the following:

If a company of unknown value has 100,000,000 shares (and their number keeps increasing), but only one share is sold on the market, while the rest are held by company investors, are you going to pay a premium to obtain 1 share out of a million, or would you rather pay a millionth part of what you, as a trader, consider the company to be worth now and in the future?

As far as holding on to SBD - it was a huge mistake to introduce a pegged currency, in the first place. The developers couldn't have known how their project and attached currency will fare. This was a psychological gimmick for investors, but a huge risk for the system. And as we are now aware, the developers' expectations were wrong, especially considering the overprinting of Steem. In fact, hard coding economic growth is always wrong. The last time someone tried planning its economy, it changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people (USSR and the Eastern Block; China in 70's).

If a country pegs its currency to another, to make its economy stable, it never:

  • Changes the peg.
  • Trades with its pegged currency.

Why? Because changing the peg speaks of continuing instability and trading with a pegged currency leaves the country's economy in the hands of the foreign exchange market, which always reacts negatively to instability.

There is only one solution to Steemit's problem:

  • Stop printing Steem.
  • Start offering something unique in exchange for other currencies.

The first one won't happen. The second one will soon be changed with the introduction of advertising banners on Steemit.

It's an interesting perspective.

Hi Tim, thanks for the article and for the mention. It's a bit late now for me, but I promise to look over the entire article with more attention tomorrow and hopefully come up with a more complete answer, but until then, at the first glance, I don't think this "interventionism" will work. The problem is real, but fixing it from the top to bottom may not be ok. IMHO, it will be way better if STEEM holders will have something to spend their steems on, than to adjust the numbers from the price feeds. But then again, I promise to look over your proposal in the morning, it may work very well and I may just be bit foggy now.

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate you planning to provide scrutiny/review.

MHO, it will be way better if STEEM holders will have something to spend their steems on, than to adjust the numbers from the price feeds.

Yes, I agree that this would be better, but it would need to be something that actually 'uses' STEEM/SBD, rather than having it exchange hands.

While this solution would be preferred, my worry (and other's as well) is that the time to develop and roll out a solution of this nature could take another several months or even closer to a year.

The problem we are trying to solve is basically the price spike from July, and is not meant to be a long term solution for the price/value of STEEM/SBD.

In the end, I wrote an entire article, because it would have taken too much space here. Thanks for incentivizing me to do this :)

https://steemit.com/steem/@dragosroua/steem-is-a-river-sbd-is-bottled-water-and-steem-power-is-a-dam

Really good article! Thanks for putting that together, I enjoyed reading it :)

Yes, I'm thinking at the same thing, a way to actually "burn" STEEM. I have something in mind. We'll talk more in the morning.

Although I read the broader situation a bit differently, I love how much thought you've given this.

Personally, I like that the price of steem is currently low and very volatile, as this has made it possible for me to power up far more than I otherwise would have been able to. Also, I would much rather see STEEM trading at $0.05-$0.15 and SBD consistently at $1 than STEEM at $0.25 and SBD bouncing around below $0.90.

I know what you mean. I have been using the low STEEM prices to increase my vests as well :)

To be clear though, the proposal is more focused on the SBD debt ratio than the STEEM price. As far as the effects it will have on the price of STEEM, it could actually send that in either direction.

Thanks for this thought out response to the current sbd steem situation. I have been offline for a bit but it is nice to have a post like this to catch up.

Great post. We are basically in the midst of an economic and sociological experiment. The only way to know what will happen is to try it with appropriate contingencies as you have suggested. It is also best to try it out whilst the community is small.

One important factor that I haven't any one mentioned is that why we could not deposit steem to users' wallet directly. All the steems that is given out of the system never has chance to return the system again. Steem buyer on exchanges will not get any benefit from holding Steem for long term. If they want to join in Steemit, they have to sell steem then buy it again to deposit to their account. This disadvantage which is only benefit for steemit founders accompany the hight rate steem inflation would be cores reason to let steem falling nonstop. However the situation will change when there's an outburst on information quality and qualtity created by steemit users which is worth over the steem market capitalization.

There is actually a way to transfer STEEM from an exchange into your wallet. Which exchange do you use? I can find a guide for you.