RE: Why Steem witness @blocktrades continues to sponsor contests
Thanks for the detailed comment!
I agree with the first paragraph, and think it's the direction things are heading also.
...[blocktrades] their service has been one of the most reliable services on Steem and has been that way for a long time now. Their updates are always relevant and, they have never as far as I remember updated/posted without some kind of need.
This is true, updates are less frequent that most and they do seem to have the approach of only post when there is something to say.
And yep, the contest was great for engagement and came at a good time. The prize pool was monster too, that certainly helped! Hopefully this analysis shows that their witness also benefited from the contest, and not just the guy taking home 600 SBD!
Cheers :)
I wonder if you factor in the payout values of all posts that took part minus the ones supported by blocktrades, what kind of distribution and, what size accounts took part and benefitted.
Ouch, more work!
Can i put this on the list I keep telling you about (that little seems to get removed from)? :D
Good point. Between author and curation rewards flowing from so many posts, it was clearly a fairly wide reaching event.