NEW REPORT! Witness Withdrawal Activity Weekly Report #1

You may have seen our weekly report on witness earnings. If not, you can find our latest report here. We are proud to announce that we will be running another weekly report. This is the first, and as such, we would love to get any and all feedback on our work. Let us know which charts aren't readable, which ones you love, and what you think we're missing.

This report, like our earnings reports, has been produced using @steemsql by @arcange. Ever since @arcange changed over to a paid model, the service has worked flawlessly and has continued to be upgraded with new features. The earnings made through using the service have more than paid for the cost, and the product continues to get better and better.

Other tools used in creating the report include steem-python, plot.ly, RAWGraphs.io, and the coinmarketcap python library. We expect that this report will continue to get more sophisticated, and are confident that these tools can scale up.

The report is based on the premise that transfers out of the platform constitute a "withdrawal." Whether the funds are being stored in an external wallet, exchanged for other currency, being transferred to another user in a more anonymous manner than Steemit allows, or being converted to fiat currency is up for debate. We will not comment on whether any of these activities are inherently "good" or "bad" for the platform. The goal with this report is to provide another layer of transparency that Steemians can use to make informed voting decisions for witnesses. For the purposes of this report, data was pulled for a week-long period, from 12:00 AM on March 5th, 2018 to 11:59 PM on March 11th, 2018. The data included all transfers from active witnesses to @blocktrades, @poloniex, @bittrex, @changelly, or @openledger. Please let us know if we missed any major exchanges that trade or accept STEEM or SBD. The data was separated into STEEM and SBD transfers which were also converted to USD Values using current pricing from CoinMarketCap.

You may also notice that @blocktrades is not included in the list (other than as an exchange). @blocktrades, due to being an exchange continuously makes a number of very large transfers, which tend to skew the data for normal witnesses. So, for the time being, they have been excluded from the report.

At the time of analysis the price of each currency was as follows:
SBD: $2.60
STEEM: $2.42

The Good Stuff: Our Findings

Without further ado, the results of our first report.

Cluster Chart

The below cluster chart shows the relative amount of withdrawals for each witness. The red bubbles on the left are STEEM withdrawals, while the blue on the right are SBD withdrawals.

As you can see @pharesim, @enki, and @imacryptorick have withdrawn the largest amount this week.

Here's another perspective:

The Biggest Transfers

Here is a chart showing the largest 3 outbound transfers for the week. These are the only witnesses that transferred out more than 8,000 STEEM and/or SBD for this week.

The Rest of the Pack

All other witnesses came in well below 8,000. As you can see here, of the witnesses in this chart, @prc, @anyx, @timcliff, @themarkymark, and @precise have also made significant withdrawals of STEEM and/or SBD.

Pie for Everyone!

These piecharts break down the USD Value of each witnesses' withdrawals.

More Than $1000

These witnesses withdrew the USD equivalent of over $1000 in STEEM and/or SBD.

$100-$1000

Here are the witnesses that transferred out between $100 and $1000 USD Value in STEEM and/or SBD.

Pocket Change: Less Than $100

These witnesses bring up the bottom of the transfer list, with each pulling out less than $100.

The Raw Data

As always, here is the table that was used to generate the above charts. Each witness' ranking can be found, as well as the exchange of choice for their withdrawals.

from	to	amount_symbol	amount	ranking	USD Value
@roelandp	bittrex	SBD	322.58	3	839.4854178
@timcliff	blocktrades	STEEM	1450	5	3502.939
@ausbitbank	bittrex	STEEM	500	7	1207.91
@pharesim	bittrex	STEEM	33900	14	81896.298
@netuoso	bittrex	SBD	73.64	16	191.6414724
@netuoso	bittrex	STEEM	812.32	16	1962.418902
@anyx	bittrex	STEEM	1887.8	17	4560.584996
@liondani	bittrex	SBD	92	25	239.42172
@teamsteem	bittrex	STEEM	1002.27	31	2421.303911
@teamsteem	bittrex	SBD	374.88	31	975.5914608
@klye	blocktrades	STEEM	1250.75	32	3021.586865
@klye	blocktrades	SBD	61.95	32	161.2192995
@prc	blocktrades	STEEM	2379.58	42	5748.636956
@prc	blocktrades	SBD	357.03	42	929.1384423
@joseph	bittrex	SBD	268.85	43	699.6579285
@joseph	bittrex	STEEM	830.72	43	2006.86999
@patrice	bittrex	SBD	231.49	45	602.4318909
@themarkymark	bittrex	STEEM	1127.11	53	2722.89488
@arcange	bittrex	SBD	117.01	61	304.5079941
@firepower	bittrex	SBD	280.16	67	729.0911856
@bacchist	bittrex	STEEM	25.33	70	61.1927206
@bacchist	bittrex	SBD	3.96	70	10.3055436
@jatinhota	bittrex	SBD	27.01	88	70.2910941
@demotruk	bittrex	STEEM	7.06	94	17.0556892
@demotruk	bittrex	SBD	5.04	94	13.1161464
@justyy	bittrex	SBD	240.67	103	626.3220147
@mahdiyari	blocktrades	SBD	100	104	260.241
@skenan	bittrex	SBD	6.95	105	18.0867495
@imacryptorick	bittrex	SBD	674	108	1754.02434
@imacryptorick	bittrex	STEEM	12450	108	30076.959
@steemitboard	bittrex	SBD	11.94	110	31.0727754
@jrswab	blocktrades	STEEM	19	111	45.90058
@fubar-bdhr	bittrex	SBD	28	118	72.86748
@davinci.witness	blocktrades	SBD	5.85	127	15.2240985
@pcste	blocktrades	STEEM	57.1	132	137.943322
@pcste	blocktrades	SBD	11.7	132	30.448197
@enki	bittrex	STEEM	22000	134	53148.04
@enki	bittrex	SBD	9000	134	23421.69
@wehmoen	blocktrades	STEEM	656	141	1584.77792
@zappl	blocktrades	STEEM	290.18	151	701.0226476
@precise	bittrex	SBD	1200	160	3122.892
@kennybll	blocktrades	SBD	3.75	161	9.7590375
@bitcoinparadise	bittrex	SBD	4	173	10.40964
@berniesanders	bittrex	STEEM	147.91	183	357.3239362
@grzegorz2047	blocktrades	SBD	24.64	186	64.1233824
@beerbot	bittrex	SBD	37	210	96.28917
@hernandev	blocktrades	STEEM	2.22	222	5.3631204
@hernandev	blocktrades	SBD	80.18	222	208.6612338
@puncakbukit	bittrex	SBD	42.14	229	109.6655574
@doctorvee	blocktrades	SBD	31.81	232	82.7826621
@doctorvee	blocktrades	STEEM	74.57	232	180.1476974
@kennyskitchen	blocktrades	STEEM	80.84	241	195.2948888
@xsorbik	blocktrades	SBD	0.61	244	1.5874701
@tuck-fheman	blocktrades	SBD	56	256	145.73496
@tuck-fheman	blocktrades	STEEM	134	256	323.71988
@brad-saunders	blocktrades	STEEM	15.43	297	37.2761026
@laurent	blocktrades	SBD	12	301	31.22892
@cheetah	bittrex	SBD	512.24	329	1333.058498
@lonelywolf	blocktrades	STEEM	0.02	364	0.0483164
@lonelywolf	blocktrades	SBD	11.53	364	30.0057873
@botdot	bittrex	STEEM	56.58	436	136.6870956
@stesting1	blocktrades	STEEM	104.96	517	253.5644672

As always, the data presented above is meant to allow Steemians to make more informed decisions on the witness votes that they cast. Stay tuned for more data soon!

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