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RE: Don't use vote-selling bots: use @promoted instead. A bot that upvotes you when you burn money!
there's no way to stop it, because anyone could still send money to an account where the owner has lost their keys. as I said above, originally, I believe the idea was to control STEEM inflation somewhat (last year, it was around 100% annually). but inflation is much lower now, around 9% or so (that's also where the reward pool comes from).
as for the @null account, that was just built into the system as more or less a "burn" address where funds could never be retrieved (again, because no one has the key).
ok - that explains a lot - more to process through my head about this. I'm actually trying not to focus on the money side of things and stick with the content only until I have any money to worry about - so I don't really even know the details of the money at all.
But this explains a lot about he system so I really appreciate all of it. I had heard of the inflation rate before but ignored thinking about it. Now I have some info to think about.
It's interesting to be here while it's crashing and I have no dog in the race. I saw innumerable people putting money in on the way up and I know some are retrieving it now. Just like the stock market! At least I semi-understand that farce.