안녕하세요, @jayplayco 입니다.

첫 포스팅 부터 지켜보고 있었던 프로젝트가 이제 스팀페스트 3 이후로 서서히 정체가 들어나기 시작하면서 2틀 전에 @morning님의 글과 @starjuno님의 글을 보고 이 프로젝트에 전적인 지원및 홍보를 해야한다는 결심을 하게 되었습니다.자세한 두분의 글은 다음과 같습니다.

사이트 링크 : https://dstors.com/
스타주노님 : https://steemit.com/kr/@starjuno/dstors--1544409210498
총개발자분 : https://steemit.com/dstors/@morning/dstors
백서 : https://steemit.com/dstors/@dstors/dstors-com-whitepaper-release-executive-summary

1. dStors는 무엇인가?

지마켓이나 네이버스토어 같은 곳이라고 생각하시면 됩니다. 판매자가 스토에 제품을 올리고 구매자가 구매를 할 수 있는 곳입니다. 단지 판매를 하면서 판매자도 구매자도 완료된 거래후에 추가로 STORS 토큰을 보상 받을 수 있는 시스템입니다.

2. 이것이 왜 중요한가요?

우선 거래 완료후 보상이 지급이 되며, 그 보상이 DEX(Bitshares)에서 현금화가 가능합니다. 토큰의 다른 용도는 현재 @dclick과 비슷하게 Steem상에서 쓴 글에 대한 업보팅 요청도 가능합니다. 추가적으로 Whaleshares에서도 리워드 요청으로 전환 할 수 있습니다. 하지만 더욱 중요한 이유는 다음과 같습니다.

==예시==

* 카카오 미니 AI 스피커를 사려고 한다. * 인터넷 최저가가 배송비 포함 49000임. * 카드 할인 받아서 5% 추가 할인해서 총 46550원을 내고 산다. * dStors는 토큰 리워드를 주기 때문에 판매자는 마진율을 줄일 수 있습니다. 처음부터 배송비 포함 최저가를 40000원에 해당하는 스달(SBD)이나 스팀(STEEM)으로 세팅합니다. (보상을 받을 것을 감안하여) * 구매자는 실제 스피커를 구매하고 거래가 완료된 후 추가로 보상을 STORS 토큰으로 받아 이를 현금화하여 실제 구매가는 30000원이 된다. 오옷? * 판매자는 리워드 받은 STORS 토큰으로 마진율을 회복한다. 오옷? ---------------------------

이런 종류의 시나리오가 가능합니다. 또한 국내 배송 해외배송의 경우도 마찬가지로 해외 배송비에 대한 부담이 큰데, 판매자 마진율 회복이 가능하기 때문에 해외 배송비 책정을 적게 하거나 아예 없앨 수 도 있습니다. (물건 부피, 무게에 따라)

(그림1) (그림2)

3. 그럼 dStors는 돈을 어떻게 벌 것인가?

현재 서비스 기반 dApp들의 경우는 유저 베이스를 만들어서 이를 바탕으로 B2B에서 돈을 끌어와야 하는 숙명이 있기 때문에 서비스 확립및 유저 base 확립시까지 버틸 수 있는 시간이 가장 큰 관건입니다. @steemmonsters같이 처음부터 판매를 목적으로 하는 경우를 제외하고는 사실상 BP positive를 갖추기가 쉽지 않은게 사실입니다. dStors는 다른 ecommerce 플렛폼과 마찬가지로 3.0-7.5%의 수수료를 챙깁니다. 이는 다른 이커머스 체계들과 비슷한 수준이거나 약간 낮은 편입니다. 그래도 운영을 하면서 곧바로 수익을 낼 수 있는 구조이기도 합니다. 추가적으로 dStors에서는 아이템을 좋은 위치에 노출 할 수 있는 상품이나 배너와 같은 마케팅 수단도 같이 판매할 예정입니다. 실제 마켓플레이스들의 주 수입원중의 하나인 이 마케팅 역시 놓치지 않고 적용을 하네요.

운영후 사용자들이 충분히 늘어만 난다면 초기부터 흑자 구조로 갈 수 있는 시스템입니다.

4. STORS 토큰 발행량은?

총 발행량 : 250,000,000 STORS
런칭시 풀릴 물량 : 21,000,000 STORS
런칭 물량 분배
10% (2,100,000) 개발팀
10% (2,100,000) 마케팅팀
10% (2,100,000) 스팀파워 임대에 대한 보상
30% (6,300,000) 쇼핑결제에 대한 보상을 주기 위한 물량
10% (2,100,000) BitShares 거래소에서 마켓메이킹을 위한 물량
30% (6,300,000) dStors 회사 보유
나머지 물량 229,000,000개는 훗날의 보상과 운용자금을 위해 보관해둡니다.
정식 런칭시에 12,000 STORS 이상의 지분을 받는 사람은 50%를 유동 STORS로 받고 나머지 50%는 24개월에 걸쳐 1달에 1/24씩 받습니다. 스팀파워 임대를 통해서 확보한 지분은 12,000 STORS가 넘더라도 100% 유동 STORS로 받습니다.
Source: @morning

여기서 주의할 것은 초기 총 발행량이 2.5억 토큰입니다. STORS 토큰도 스팀헌트, 트립스팁과 같이 inflation을 적용하기 때문에 총 발행량은 스팀/스달과 같이 지속적으로 늘어납니다. 그러니 실제 초기에 시장에 풀리는 토큰의 양은 극명하게 작습니다. 팀이 가져가는 물량은 4백2십만개 (개발및 마케팅) 6백3십만개가 회사보유. 그것도 50%는 현금화를 하지 못하도록 24개월동안 강제 파워다운 예정입니다. 나머지 물량은 임대와 bitshares 그리고 쇼핑 결제 보상을 위한 물량이며 가장 큰 2억2천9백만개는 보상과 운용자금을 위해 우선은 풀지 않을 예정입니다.

5. STORS 토큰의 지갑은?

STORS 토큰의 경우는 SMT에 맞춰서 개발을 하고 있습니다. 그러나 실제 STORS 토큰이 발행되고 전달되는 것은 각 계정에 남겨진 Bitshares account입니다. 혹 Bitshares account가 없을 경우는 45일 동안 dStors가 보관을 하다가 그 이후에는 소각됩니다.

6. 초기 투자자 혜택은?

가장 중요한 포인트로 넘어왔습니다. @lucky2님의 말대로 “선동당하려면 초기부터…”가 있듯이.. 토큰 발행도 Bitshares로 넘겨져서 곧바로 현금화 가능한점이 마음에 듭니다. 초기 투자자 혜택 정리합니다.

a. STEEM 파워 임대 이벤트

특이한점은 임대를 최소 6개월간 끊임 없이 유지를 해야 한다는 것입니다. 임대도 스타트업 VC 라운드 처럼 라운드 A,B,C가 있어 각 혜택이 다릅니다.

• A 라운드 1 스파당 : 3 STORS Tokens
• B 라운드 1 스파당 : 2 STORS Tokens
• C 라운드 1 스파당 : 1.5 STORS Tokens

토큰은 최소 6개월 이상 임대를 하신 분들에 한해 7번째달 첫 영업일에 지급됩니다.라운드 A는 임대스파 75만이 되거나 내년 1월말경 MVP가 나오는 시점과 동시에 종료될 예정입니다. 현 시점 24만스파 약간 안된 상황입니다.

중요한 것은 최소 스파 임대는 500스파 부터라는 진입장벽이 있으니 참조 부탁드립니다.

b. 임대에 따른 업보팅

* 런칭 이전까지 @dStors 계정에 5000스파 이상 임대를 해주신 계정에 업보팅을 하거나 dStors 관련된 글을 쓴 분들. * 런칭 후에는 @dStors 계정은 STORS 토큰 요청에 의한 업보팅을 먼저 하고 남은 스파는 dStore관련 글을 쓴 임대자분들께 할당할 예정입니다.

우선, 스팀가격이 많이 내려가서 그나마 스파업하기 좋은 계절이긴 합니다. ㅎ

7. dStors의 배경

@kaliju : dStors대표, 캐나다 출신, 현재 가족과 한국 거주 (FSE로 추정) @morning : 메인 개발자분 (10개월전 글로 태국 거주로 확인, 한국분 ^^) @derangedvisions : 마케팅및 커뮤니케이션 ( 미국 Utah 거주)

International하게 구성된 팀입니다만, 한국과 연관이 상당히 깊은 팀이네요. 대표분은 한국에 계시고, 메인 개발자분도 한국분이시니까요 ^^

흥미로운 것은 그외에 dStors측에서 투자및 지원요청을 위해 투자자를 찾아 초기부터 움직였던 것으로 보입니다. @kaliju님의 dStors관련 첫 글이 뜬 직후에 @haejin님의 스파 투자가 거의 곧바로 이루어졌습니다. 해진님이 갖고 계신 계정은 여러개일텐데, 메인 계정에서 나간 임대는 실제로 dStors한군데이니 그만큼 이 프로젝트에 대한 믿음이 있는것이라는 판단입니다. 그외에 @clayop님도 dStors의 경우는 특이하게 메인 계정에서 유일하게 임대를 직접 한 경우입니다.

8. dStors 스파 임대 링크

[500 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=500%20SP)| [1,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=1000%20SP)| [3,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=3000%20SP)| [5,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=5000%20SP)| [10,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=10000%20SP)| [20,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=20000%20SP)| [50,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=50000%20SP)| [100,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=100000%20SP)| [500,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=500000%20SP)| [1,000,000 SP](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=&delegatee=dstors&vesting_shares=1000000%20SP)

9. 결론

이커머스는 정답입니다. 말을 바꿔야겠네요. 아직은 생소하지만, 디커머스가 정답이네요. 아직까지는 그 어떤 아마존도 이베이도 쿠팡도 지마켓도 거래후 사용자들에게 이득을 줄 수 있는 것이 없었는데, dStors가 그 첫 역활을 할 것으로 보입니다. SMT가 현재까지는 Light 버젼으로만 시작할 예정이라 dStors측도 초기부터 적용을 할지, 추후 inflation 기능이 탑재된 후 시작을 할지 두고봐야겠지만, 적어도 시작을 할 경우 SMT의 DEX가 늦어져도 상관이 없을 것으로 보입니다. 어차피 STORS토큰은 곧바로 bitshares 계정으로 보내지니까요. 특히 일반 판매 제품의 최저가를 갱신할 수 있는 시스템인 것으로 보이기 때문에 초기 스팀이나 암호화폐에 대한 진입 장벽이 높음에도 불구하고, 소비자들은 최저가에 대해 상당히 민감하기 때문에 외부 사용자 유입에도 상당히 이로울 것으로 보입니다. 아직 KR에는 많이 알려지지 않아 모르시는 분들이 꽤 계시는 것 같은데 이런 종류의 댑은 충분히 FOMO를 일으킬 수 있는 배경이 될 수 있을 것이라고 생각됩니다.

널리 널리 퍼질 수 있도록 많은 리스팀 부탁드립니다. ^^

@dStors 화이팅!! 모닝님 화이팅!!! 칼리쥬님도 화이팅.

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• STEEM CHAT
• DISCORD
• TELEGRAM
• TWITTER
• INSTAGRAM
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이 글은 투자자문이 아닙니다. 이글은 단지 새로운 서비스에 대한 소개이며 투자는 각각 개인의 몫입니다. 참고로 저는 상기 서비스에 임대를 통한 투자를 했음을 밝혀드립니다.

 Hi @jayplayco here!

@ned has announced different kind of things the last days and one of it is the announcement of the SMT road. We will have a short look at how this is going to effect Steemhunt. Source

1. Roadmap for SMT (Lite)

• Claiming Names - 1st. February 2019
• Tokens - 1st. February 2019
• Issuance to one account - 8th. February 2019
• xfers - 15th February 2019
• immutability - one-shot
• Test-Net - 15th of March 2019 for 30 days
• Estimated start of SMT Lite Mainnet between 14th-15th of April 2019 (?)

On hold features without dates but for next iteration

* on chain dex * market maker * ico contract * vote-able emissions

2. Possible Scenarios for Steemhunt

First of all, it is great that Steemit Inc. does have a plan for SMT and bring at least part of the functions alive including a time plan. With this kind of information, SMT based startups like Steemhunt can at least plan the next steps.

Beginning with the implementations of SMT lite Steemhunt will be able to convert the current HUNT tokens to SMT based tokens. Additionally, the rule for Hunt tokens can be fixed. This would include features like inflation, etc. After this has been set for once, it will not be able to change again.

So we will have Hunt tokens on the SMT main net and also included in our Hunt wallet.

3. What will be possible after SMT lite?

• When Hunt tokens are issued on the SMT network, it will be possible to transfer them to other users.
• As Hunt tokens will have inflation included in their logic, the inflation will start based on the logic Steemhunt setup.
• Transaction of Hunt tokens will be trackable on the BC.
• Hunt tokens could be sold P2P outside the market.

What will have to wait

* As the DEX is postponed, a direct conversion of HUNT to STEEM or SBD will not be possible. * Voting based on HUNT tokens and POB will not be able in the first moment. This means that until this function is given, Steemhunt's voting rewards are still going to be in STEEM/SBD. * But due to the announcement from Steemhunt to be able to choose to get your rewards in HUNT or SBD this is going to be an interesting part to watch.

4. Conclusion

With the announcement of the SMT Lite roadmap the Steemhunt community can expect that their Hunt tokens will be transferable in a few month. We will have to wait for further development roadmaps from Steemit Inc. for functions like POB for tokens or a DEX, but having tokens ready and be able to transfer them within the STEEM BC is already a very good start.

안녕하세요, @jayplayco 입니다.

이번에 K-Pop Steem이라는 서비스가 새로 열게 되어서 소개를 해드리고자 합니다.

https://kr.kpopsteem.com/


1. 간단소개

K-Pop스팀은 기존의 다른 스팀 기반 댑들과 마찬가지로 특정 주제로 이루어진 3rd파티 인터페이스 입니다. 스팀헌트가 Gadget, 트립스팀이 여행, 테이스팀이 식당및 음식에 관한것이라면, Kpop스팀은 말 그대로 Kpop에 관련된 내용입니다. 대신 다른 서비스와 차별화가 있다면 팬돔을 기반으로 한다는 점입니다.

올리는 내용은 아이돌들의 직촬이나 직캠입니다. 오래전(?) EXID의 허니 직캠으로 “위 아래”라는 노래가 역사속으로 사라질뻔 했다가 팬분의 직캠으로 다시 역주행을 하는 것을 기억하시는 분들도 계실겁니다. 이렇게 이제는 팬분들이 찍어주는 직촬, 직캠도 아이돌과 관계자들에게 중요한 마케팅 수단이 되었있습니다. BTS의 경우도 초기 소형 소속사라는 단점을 극복하기 위해서 팬들과 적극적인 소셜 미디어 소통과 일상 생활 공개를 통해 더욱 가깝게 다가가서 팬들도 스타와 호흡할 수 있는 공간을 만들어준 것이 성공의 한 요인으로 꼽히고 있습니다.

Kpop스팀은 팬들이 서로의 직촬/직캠작들을 공유하고 서로 보상을 해줄 수 있는 공간을 제공하고 있습니다.

2. 사용성

이제 막 연 서비스라 사용성이 아직은 많이 제한이 되고 있고 “알파” 상태라고 봐야 할 것입니다. 실제로 기능중 글을 쓰고 올리는 기능정도 활성화 된 정도입니다. 하지만 UI Layer들을 살펴보면 최종적으로 이루고자하는 서비스의 질을 가늠하기에는 충분합니다.

a. Kpop 베스트 어워드


우측 상단에는 아직 활성화 되지 않은 랭킹 보드가 따로 전시되어 있습니다. 예상으로는 업보팅에 따른 랭킹으로 일별, 주별, 월별 랭킹이 표시될 것으로 보입니다. 랭킹보드가 갖고 있는 고질적인 문제는 랭킹 조작을 어떻게 방지하는 것인가 인데, 이것은 사용자가 모이면 분명히 풀어나가야할 것중 하나라고 보입니다. 다른 한편, 실제 Army가 Kpop스팀에 도착한다고 하면, 스파업으로 무장하고 BTS를 항상 상단에 어떻게던 안착을 하지 않을까 생각합니다.

b. 1Day 투표

 베스트 어워드와 겹치는 부분인것으로 보입니다만, 실제 가수와 노래에 대한 투표를 따로 진행할지, 올라온 직촬/직캠에 대한 투표를 통한 랭킹일지는 불확실합니다. 음반 순위일 경우에는 스파업에 따른 순위가 정해지는 관계로 스팀 기반의 투표를 진행할지 아니면 Kpop스팀 내부적으로 따로 계산되는 투표가 될지 지켜봐야 할 것으로 보입니다.

c. 핵심 키워드


상단 서치바 옆에 핵심 키워드는 따로 노출이 예정되어 있습니다. 많이 걸리는 태그로 표시가 될것으로 보입니다.

d. 선물하기 기능


로드맵에 1월중에 탑재할 예정인 기능입니다. 현재 설계상 게시자에게 선물을 할 수 있는 기능으로 보입니다만, 팬돔에 기반한 스타에게 선물을 할 수 있는 기능인지 아니면 팬들끼리 선물을 줄 수 있는 기능인지는 지켜봐야 할 것으로 보입니다.

e. 즐겨찾기/ 친구 기능


즐겨찾기는 자기가 좋아하는 직촬/직캠을 “저장”하는 기능을 가질 것으로 보여지며, 유저들의 경우는 보통 특정 아이돌을 좋아하는 경우가 대부분이라고 보여져서, 자기가 좋아하는 스타의 게시물을 즐겨찾기할 것으로 보입니다.

친구 스팀 유저를 팔로우하는 기능으로 보입니다만, Kpop스팀만 하는 유저의 경우는 자신과 같은 팬클럽의 유저를 친구로 등록하는 방법으로 이용될것으로 보이네요.

f. Profile 페이지

 현재 자신의 Profile 링크를 클릭하면 진짜 프로파일이 아니라 임의로 만들어놓은 "나의 페이지"가 나와 있습니다. 자기 소개와 소셜 미디어 계정 링크와 같은 것이 눈에 띄네요.

g. 뮤직 / Shop

계정 확인을 할때 뜨는 메뉴중에 뮤직과 샵도 있습니다. 샵에는 팬관련 제품을 판매계획이 되어 있으며 뮤직의 경우는 유튜브 서비스를 연계할 예정이라고 하네요.

3. 로드맵


다른 SMT프로젝들과 마찬가지로 3월달 스팀이 SMT를 시작할 수 있을지는 미지수이긴 합니다. 중간에 아무래도 ERC-20 기반 Airdrop을 진행할 예정은 있는것으로 보입니다.

4. 비젼과 과제

[Source: veeterzy](https://unsplash.com/photos/b_xciWkK8Pc)

• 유입자 확보 : 다른 댑들과는 다르게 현재 스팀에서는 없는 youth 사용자들의 유입을통한 서비스 활성화
• 마케팅 : 대형/소형 팬클럽들과의 컨텍을 통한 서비스 홍보가 필요함.
• 인터네셔널화 : Kpop의 한류를 바탕으로 해외 팬도 한곳에 모아주는 역활
• 생태계 생성 : Kpop 팬돔을 기반으로 하는 생태계 생성 (제품이나 사진등 판매, 팬클럽 관련 사업 서비스(광고)등)

5. Summary

서비스는 아직 초기 단계라서 수정 사항이 많은 것은 사실입니다. 그러나 마케팅과 팬클럽과의 소통을 통해 사용자층을 늘려나갈 수 있을 경우, 실제 스팀에는 관심이 없더라도, 스팀 기반으로 팬들의 욕구중 하나인 자기 스타의 대한 새로운 소식을 지속적으로 접할 수 있는 공간이 될 수 있을 것이라고 봅니다. 가장 큰 관건은 사용자 유입이 될 것으로 보입니다.

주변에 K-Pop을 좋아하시는 분들이 계시면 소식 전달해주시면 좋을 것 같네요. 새로운 서비스라 아직 전혀 알려지지 않아 많은 응원과 리스팀 부탁드립니다. ^^

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이 서비스는 @devdevil0625 님께서 준비해서 진행하고 계시는 서비스 입니다. Kpop스팀의 스팀 계정은 @kpop-manager입니다.

Hi, @jayplayco here!

When building up a service and especially if you have something to give as an example like a reward, there are always attempts to abuse the system. I would like to list up a few of them to show with what kind of abusing you will deal when building a service based on Steem and SMT. But any other system that is rewarding the user in any form will see similar patterns of abusement in their system.

0. Repository

https://github.com/Steemhunt/web

Source: Pawel Janiak

1. Steem reward abuser

Steemhunt is both airdropping Hunt tokens and also rewarding Users with upvotes for their comments and hunts under specific terms. At the beginning of Steemhunt, the ranking was directly coupled with the upvote power. This resulted (with a much higher Steem value at that time) in an upvote for the first rank over 100USD and more. This started a rally for the rank with hunts, where the quality doesn’t matter but only the ranking itself.

a. Ranking abusement

 [Source: Miguel A. Amutio](https://unsplash.com/photos/ngZ4V-myG5s)

If you have a ranking system that gathers the ranking based on the Steem system it will be at the end whales who get the highest ranking and also the high upvote. Whales could use their self-vote or also bots to boost their ranking to a higher place. And in reality, whales arrived at Steemhunt and took the higher ranks for themselves.

b. Vote 4 Vote abusement

 [Source: Brandi Redd](https://unsplash.com/photos/aJTiW00qqtI)

Sometimes you can see in the Steem economy, that there are rooms, chats, groups where people ask for a vote and give based on the vote a vote back. This may have no big impact in the Steemit economy but for a ranking board, this is pure manipulation as both sides are gaining higher places in the ranking.

c. Circle Voting

 [Source: Stanley Shashi](https://unsplash.com/photos/Pm_926lM-xI)

A lot of communities within Steemit are supporting each other, following each other and voting for the content from their communities. Often these communities are based on nationalities or languages. As the same problem here for a ranking board like Steemhunt is, that it impacts directly the ranking where the core is that somebody should only vote if they really like the PRODUCT and not the HUNTER.

d. Alt Account abusement

 [Source: rawpixel](https://unsplash.com/photos/11tff4dfKDo)

Due to a limited Steem upvote weight, Steemhunt needed to adjust the strategy what and how many hunts or comments they can upvote on a daily base. In the current moment, the Steemhunt bot upvotes the top 100 ranking hunts, based on the hunter score. Only one approved hunt per hunter is upvoted per day. Up to two comments are upvoted. These comments have also a ranking, like the hunts, based on the upvotes they get. Only the top 100 ranked comments get an upvote. Source: Steemhunt

e. Countermeasure for Steem abusements

The abusements above where the main reason that the development of an own [ABV](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jayplayco/steemhunt-abv-2-0) started. The current development is now on a stage where this ABV is combined with a hunter score and where the hunter score is the basis for a hunters upvote weight in both directions. It means that the hunter score is responsible for the Steemhunt upvoting weight, which is now decoupled from the Steem upvoting weight. Also, the reward from Steemhunt is leveled based on the User Score the hunter gains with their activity on Steemhunt. Alt accounts are heavily effected together with Circle voting based on their activity on steemhunt and penalized on the user score. Additionally, the community reports suspicious activities which are then analyzed manually and banned from the service if needed.

2. Hunt token airdrop abuser


Steemhunt is running several kinds of Airdrops to keep the hunters engaged and have fun during their hunts. But as always when there is a reward, abuse is not far away. The airdrop for Hunt tokens is based on having active and engaged users and reward them for their engagement. Additionally, it is used to get more engaged users on board. But some users used the system weakness to milk the reward pool.

a. Chrome extension abusement


To reach more people and give them an easier access to the Steemhunt platform, a Chrome extension had been released. With the release, it was possible to gain Hunt tokens only opening the extension once a day. You needed to input your username (without any posting or active key) into the extension and you got a daily airdrop. Users realized that they can now easily use their alt accounts to gain additional hunt tokens. And is was abused from a lot of users. Even users running nodes within the Steem community abused this airdrop to maximize their gains.

b. Countermeasure for Hunt tokens abusements

Steemhunt decided to revoke the Hunt tokens airdrop for permanently blacklisted users. Users could be blacklisted for the following reasons.

• Operates multiple alternative accounts to take an advantage for HUNT token airdrops
• Creates spam posts or comments
• Plagiarises

Based on this decision almost 3000 accounts have been permanently blacklisted and about 1.4 million Hunt tokens have been revoked.

3. Conclusion

Due to these different abusements and partly successful trials of milking the system the team behind Steemhunt needed to react very fast on every single case. In about 6 months they have iterated the ABV system from 1.0 to 2.0 to a hunter level. It is now melted all together into a hunter score which is taking care of most of the issues mentioned in this article.

Greed can destroy a reward system and if the system does not countermeasure abusements fast enough it will be milked until it does not anymore exist. I think that Steemhunt did a fantastic job creating an ABV system from scratch and adapting to the behavior of the community. It is at the end about leading the community to the picture Steemhunt is drawing. And that is a Hunt token economy earning and spending them, while hunting and buying cool and new products.

“Keep the hunt on”

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Thanks for reading!

Other articles about Steemhunt.

• Steemhunt- Start here
• What is Steemhunt and why should I care?
• Biggest Airdrop ever - HUNT token and how to participate
• [Steemhunt] ABV (Account based voting) in development
• Update for Upvoting Review Comments & Other Developments
• Most asked questions from Steemhunt Newbies.
• How to get your hunt verified on Steemhunt
• [Evolution of Steemhunt`s voting system](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jayplayco/steemhunt-evolution-of-steemhunt-s-voting-system)
• Understanding Steemhunt and How to Craft a Good Hunt -@fknmayhem
• Picking Apart The Steemhunt Posting Guidelines - How We Review Hunts @fknmayhem
• Steemhunt is NOT a Writing Curation Project- @fknmayhem
• The difficult way to make your own path with ABV
• Being a Trailblazing SMT on Steem Pre-SMTs - @fknmayhem
• Crowdfunded Products are Validated “Cool” Products For Steemhunt - @fknmayhem
• [Steemhunt] Open Source and Community
• Steemhunt- ABV 2.0
• Understanding the new posting guideline
• Understanding the Hunter Levels
• SMT and Steemhunts relation
• Steemhunts whitepaper
• Steemhunt’s marketing strategy
• Steemhunt’s Airdrop categories
• Steemhunt’s own sign-up system

Join our chat channels if you need more information as the community, team, and the moderators are answering very fast on any question:

Discord: https://discord.gg/mWXpgks (this is where the magic happens)
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/AzcqGxCV1FZ8lJHVgHOgGQ

Hi, @jayplayco here.

As we know Steemhunt is planning to launch a Kickstarter like service on the top of the current Steemhunt community. A short overview of their vision can be found here.

A point mentioned from @project7 at @steemfest was regarding Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) combining it with a crowdfunding platform. I want to dive deeper into this.

0. Repository

https://github.com/Steemhunt/web

1. Ideahunt the Crowdfunding platform

As Steemhunt is already full of hunters looking the whole time for cool and new products, it would be an ideal place for brands and founders to laser-target their audience and launch the product for crowdfunding on Ideahunt. A co-marketing campaign on Reviewhunt could also be helpful to push the marketing further into a success case. Compared to other crowdfunding platforms, it could be possible that the products would be limited to the category Steemhunt is covering, but that is another story. I would personally see a huge potential not only for gadgets but also for digital products like games, e-publishing, e-art, etc. Steem has already a crowdfunding platform named fundition.io, and fundings like @steemmonsters have been successful there. I think the differentiation would be that fundition.io is covering different categories like charity or education, which would not be the focus for Steemhunt.

2. What is a Non-Fungible Token?


The easiest example for Steemians is @steemmonsters. For Non-Steemians Crypto Kitties could be easier to understand the concept of Non-Fungible Tokens, so-called NFT. Fungible Tokens are like Bitcoins or Ether. Every single Bitcoin has the same value as another Bitcoin. For Steemmonsters or Crypto Kitties, the value of each card or Kitty is unique and thus not interchangeable. Wiki Explanation. One of the interesting parts for NFT is that the value of each token can vary over the time from each other.

3. Steemhunts NFT for Ideahunt

 [Disclaimer : this is just a personal imagination for a NFT]

The easiest way for an NFT is to issue a visual look, which differs from other NFTs. For Ideahunt this could be the crowdfunding itself with final data’s of the crowdfunding. All this kind of data must be written on the blockchain to keep the card data unchanged. What would be needed for an NFT combined with Ideahunt would be like the following:

a. DEX

HUNT tokens can be traded to Steem or SBD on a DEX when SMT will be launched. For Ideahunt NFT Steemhunt needs to create a separate DEX (Decentralized Exchange) from the very beginning to make it possible to trade, sell or buy these NFTs. Additionally, a gifting option would be needed to be able to transfer the NFTs from one account to another.

b. DEX Value in USD

After seeing the success from Steemmonsters, one part that had been a very good decision was to sell the packs, starter packs and cards on the Steemmonsters DEX in USD and convert it internally into STEEM or SBD. This is one of the reasons that Steemmonsters cards are still very stable when Steem is on a bottom value. The Ideahunt NFT DEX should be listed in USD to have a stable value on the token. Even if the DEX itself only supports a conversion into HUNT tokens.

c. Ideahunt Value in USD

This could be controversial, but personally, I see it rather as a positive sign for makers and brands to list the products on Ideahunt in USD and convert the matching value in Hunt tokens based on the current rate. To make it easy to buy, the option for FIAT should be definitely considered with payment gateways like Stripe or Paypal.

d. Defining Types of NFTs

(1) Project Type NFT

As shown above, in the image, an NFT could be issued additionally with a perk when buying it. It could be considered to issue also the Token ID on the physical product (if the maker can do it) to bundle the NFT with the real-life product.

(2) NFT as perk itself


Limited versions of NFTs could be sold separately as a perk, or be issued with a low % when granting Project Type NFTs

4. Finding Value in NFT for Ideahunt

NFTs are normally used for crypto collectibles like Steemmonsters. The question is what could I do with an Ideahunt NFT. Normally you can either breed, combine or fight with your NFTs and gain, change or upgrade your NFTs into something else. The rarity and usefulness decide the market value. It is rather difficult to imagine something like that for the NFT from Ideahunt. But on the other hand, it is not impossible.

Steemhunt has been quite good to engage their community with gamification factors. A card game like Top Trumps where a list of numerical data are compared in each round, could be realized with the NFTs from Steemhunt. A crowdfunding has different values which differ from funding to funding and even between perks and perks.

• % of funding
• total funding value (in HUNT tokens)
• Number of backers
• Number of backed perks
• Reached 100% in hours or days
• Perk Value: xxx Hunt Tokens
• Crowdfunding running time: xx days
• Unique Visitors during funding: xxx

A dice before each round could decide which parameter should be compared after the cards have been placed from all players and either winner take it all or a number of hunt tokens could be distributed for winning players.

On the other side, the Ideahunt NFT could be just used as collectibles and undermine the ownership of a limited crowdfunded product in the blockchain. In the end, the market would decide what value those NFTs have.

5. Closing

NFT and Ideahunt looks in the first moment not directly like a match. But if you look closer, it is indeed a refreshing idea. The most challenging part would be to create value not only for hunt tokens but also for Ideahunt NFT. This could be realized either with some gamification factors or giving it value as a collectible itself. We are all looking into a very bright future for Steemhunt!

“Keep the hunt on”

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Thanks for reading!

Other articles about Steemhunt.

• Steemhunt- Start here
• What is Steemhunt and why should I care?
• Biggest Airdrop ever - HUNT token and how to participate
• [Steemhunt] ABV (Account based voting) in development
• Update for Upvoting Review Comments & Other Developments
• Most asked questions from Steemhunt Newbies.
• How to get your hunt verified on Steemhunt
• [Evolution of Steemhunt`s voting system](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jayplayco/steemhunt-evolution-of-steemhunt-s-voting-system)
• Understanding Steemhunt and How to Craft a Good Hunt -@fknmayhem
• Picking Apart The Steemhunt Posting Guidelines - How We Review Hunts @fknmayhem
• Steemhunt is NOT a Writing Curation Project- @fknmayhem
• The difficult way to make your own path with ABV
• Being a Trailblazing SMT on Steem Pre-SMTs - @fknmayhem
• Crowdfunded Products are Validated “Cool” Products For Steemhunt - @fknmayhem
• [Steemhunt] Open Source and Community
• Steemhunt- ABV 2.0
• Understanding the new posting guideline
• Understanding the Hunter Levels
• SMT and Steemhunts relation
• Steemhunts whitepaper
• Steemhunt’s marketing strategy
• Steemhunt’s Airdrop categories
• Steemhunt’s own sign-up system

Join our chat channels if you need more information as the community, team, and the moderators are answering very fast on any question:

Discord: https://discord.gg/mWXpgks (this is where the magic happens)
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/AzcqGxCV1FZ8lJHVgHOgGQ

안녕하세요, @jayplayco 입니다.

오랜만에 스팀픽 관련 소식을 들고 왔습니다.

https://steempeak.com/

다름이 아니라 스팀픽측이 어제부로 공식적으로 증인노드를 운영하고 있다고 선포를 했습니다. (물론 서버는 이미 이전 부터 돌고 있긴 했습니다만, 스팀페스트와 같이 공표하는 것을 목표로 해서 이제 공식 발표를 했네요.)

• 스팀피크 관련 소개 내용을 보시려면
  https://steempeak.com/kr/@jayplayco/steempeak

• 공식적인 공지는 하기와 같습니다.
  https://steempeak.com/witness/@steempeak/announcement-the-new-steempeak-witness-new-witness-features

1. 왜 스팀픽은 증인을 잘 할 수 있을까?

제가 개인적으로 생각하는 점들을 정리하겠습니다.

• 스팀픽은 현재 스팀기반의 스팀잇을 가장 잘 표현한 3rd 파티입니다.
• 예쁘고, 빠르고, 필요한 거의 모든 기능을 지원합니다.
• 개발진과 팀이 다양한 아이디어로 빠르게 개선점들을 적용해나가고 있습니다.
• 스팀픽 운영진은 피크몬도 같이 운영합니다. (피크몬com과 피크몬kr)
• 피크몬에서 나오는 수익 일부가 스팀픽 운영에 쓰여지는 관계로, 우선 서버 운영에 필요한 비용 걱정이 없다
• 증인 서버에서 나오는 모든 수익은 증인 서버 운영비와 스팀피크 개발 비용에 쓸 예정임.

2. 스팀픽이 뛰어난 것을 보여주는 예시

이번 증인 출시와 같이 스팀픽에서 보여지는 증인 페이지를 전격 개선(증설)했습니다. 그간 증인 보팅및 찾기 등 정말 불편했던 사항들을 말끔하게 정리해서 스팀픽 내부의 한페이지에서 깔끔하게 정리해두었습니다.

https://steempeak.com/witnesses

직접가서 확인하는것이 가장 빠르긴 하지만, 중요한 기능은 하기와 같이 정리합니다.

• UI 개선 (모든 중요 data표기)
• 전체 랭킹 표시 가능 (100위까지가 아니라 전체 순위 다 보임)
• 필터 기능 (증인 활성/비활성, 투표한 증인만 보여주기)
• 남은 투표권 확인 (로그인시)
• 투표시 Steemconnect 열어줌 (active 키 입력)
• 이름으로 찾기 기능
• 버젼으로 찾기 기능
• Params 보기 기능 (블록 사이즈, AC budget등)
• 증인을 돌리고 있는 어카운트의 경우 Profile에 증인 버튼 추가 (증인 하고 계시는 분들은 그냥 스팀픽 자기 프로파일로 링크를 걸어주시면 쉽게 증인 투표를 할 수 있습니다. 오홋!)

3. 서버사양

일부 궁금해하시는 분들이 계셔서 같이 공지해드립니다. ^^

전용 서버 (Dedicated Server)

* CPU: 4 Core @ 3.60 GHz * RAM: 64GB DDR3 RAM * HDD: 2x 250GB SSD * OS: Ubuntu 16.04

소프트웨어

* steemd의 개별 build를 이용해 가능한 가장 빠른 response time 구현. * @therealwolf의 pricefeed script 적용 * 자체 증인 모니터링 소프트웨어 개발로 이메일 경고 시스템 구축

백업 서버

랭킹이 예비에서 증인으로 올라가게 되면 백업 서버 증설 예정임.

4. 팀


• @asgarth는 개발을 혼자서 담당(감당? ㅎㅎ) 하시는 분으로 현재 위치는 이태리에서 작업하고 있습니다. 커뮤니티에서 요청되는 기능이 있을때 발빠르게 적용하는 것을 보여줬었죠.
• @dmytrokorol 폴란드에 있으면서 디자인을 맡고 있습니다. 풍경사진을 전문적으로 찍으시는 분입니다. ^^
• @jarvie는 제가 피크몬때문에 가장 자주 대화를 하는 친구입니다. 비즈니스적으로 아이디어가 많고 개선사항이나 사용성에 대한 아이디어를 집합해서 스팀픽이나 피크몬에 적용하는것을 추진합니다. 피크몬KR도 이분의 도움으로 현실화가 될 수 있었습니다.
• @r00sj3 디스코트에서 모이는 커뮤니티를 관리하면서 제품에 대한 궁금증이나 문제점을 파악/답변해주고 있습니다.

5. 투표하기

스팀픽에 대한 믿음이 생기셨다면 증인투표를 하기 위해서 여러가지 방식이 있습니다.

• 그냥 링크를 클릭합니다. https://steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steempeak&approve=1&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsteempeak.com%2F%40steempeak
• 스팀픽 프로파일 페이지가서 투표한다. https://steempeak.com/@steempeak
• 스팀픽 증인 페이지에서 steempeak을 찾아서 투표한다. https://steempeak.com/witnesses

이상과 같이 스팀픽 증인 출마에 대한 정리를 드렸습니다. 스팀 기반 좋은 댑과 3rd 파티들이 자리 잡아서 더욱더 활기차고 좋은 스팀 환경을 만들어줄 팀들을 상위 랭킹에 올리는 것이 좋다고 생각합니다. ^^

Hi, @jayplayco here.

It is now been a week that @steemfest has been held in Poland. I hope that a lot of followers of Steemhunt have been watching the presentation from @project7 at Steemfest.

You can find detailed information about the video here

For all those who are not able to see it or have it easier to read than listen to it or don’t have the time I have made a transcript from the presentation. The text has been slightly modified from the original presentation, so it is easier to read and understand.

Most important information from this presentation are two points.

• possible listing of Hunt tokens on DAYBIT
• NFT for Ideahunt

I am planning to handle this issues on a separate article.

Direct Link to the Video : https://youtu.be/lgb8sRx6uVs?t=7627(play to 1:24:30 for the Steeemhunt presentation)

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Steemhunt Presentation

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Hello, everyone, my name is Young Hwi, but my Steemit name is @project7, so probably it’s much easier for you guys to call me project7. I’m a designer and co-founder of Steemhunt.

I hope that many of you here already know what Steemhunt is but for those who don’t know much about it I like to give a very brief introduction about what Steemhunt is. So basically, Steemhunt is a community with a bunch of geeky techy people, who share some cool new innovative tech products and then compete with others like, “hey who did share the cooler and newer stuff than others” and later on a daily basis there’s a ranking chart created and curated by all the techy people. This has been a very successful community so far because of all the support from Steemians. Thank you very very much for all that support!

I want to show that the most important part of Steemhunt’s value is that we don’t want to create just a good community. There are already a lot of great communities in Steemit. But we want to utilize those community forces to be an asset. You guys are great users in that community, but probably someone else wants to use that as an asset.

Lots of platforms just utilized it for advertisement or display ads. This is also good, but it can be much better. So that’s why we invented the Hunt token economy, that promotes both sites, hunters, and makers. Who wants to utilize hunters force as an asset, hunts token will be rewarded to those hunters activities, so hunters keep sharing cool new innovative stuff constantly. That will promote more traffic outside of the Steemit community and will also attract all the makers and companies. If a maker wants to utilize the forces from hunters to boost up marketing, then they’re going to invite more and more users into the Hunt platform. That’s going to reward hunters what will increase more hunters actions. That results in more traffic and more makers. So this is our growth vehicle, and that will make us different from all the others.

That’s why we’re creating the Hunt platform. We’re not going just to staying as a Steemhunt community, but we’re creating Ideahunt and Reviewhunt on top of the Steemhunt community. We are already working on Reviewhunt, and the target launch will be April next year. Hunters always dig out new stuff, and they have a lot of knowledge about tech products. Some makers want to utilize their force to boost up their new product launching. They can suggest a large discount deal for hunters or they can give Hunt (token) rewards to them. Hunters will then check the products, and they’re going to create very high-quality reviews for them.

The biggest benefit for the makers to utilize our platform is that they can involve all the hunters as users. Anyone who was involved in an early startup knows how painful it is to get high-quality users in the very initial stage. This is going to be a very strong platform for those innovative makers who want access to that kind of high-quality content.

Idea hunt is the last milestone in our roadmap. But we strongly believe that this is going to be a game changer as a crowdfunding platform. Ideahunt is a crowdfunding platform on top of the Steemhunt community. We’ve noticed that current crowdfunding platforms have a major issue, especially Kickstarter. An example, if you backed a project and you need to pay right away. Then you wait until the product is shipped or not. You forget about that. We don’t think that this is efficient. If you back a project then you have to increase the value of the product even before they launched. At this moment we can’t disclose all the details but we are going to introduce it very soon. One point is that we are going to utilize Non-fungible token (NFT) transactions for Ideahunt. With NFT an increase of the backer’s actions can increase the value of the new product launch. This is going to be a real game changer in this industry.

Our ambitious plan requires to have lots of strong users. That’s why we initiated a quite unique way of distributing our Hunt token. By distributing 50% of airdrops. The core idea of this plan is that we want to connect token holders to be the users. Lots of ICO’s are based on the fact that token holders are just investors. They’re not likely to be connected to be a user. That’s not what we wanted to do. So that’s why we have a very unique token distribution. Still, around 24% is distributed, so there is plenty of chance to join this airdrop.

We also started a witness node a month ago with an ambitious mission as a witness. We want to make the Steem Blockchain a place that is favorable for Dapps and SMT’s. Then we can invite a lot of companies to be there. So please support us here. When we approach the market for HUNT tokens, we also want to approach the SMT wide protocol. Final goal would be that SMT tokens can be listed together. This is our aim.

We have some interesting news today as we are discussing with DAYBIT, which is a recently launched exchange market, but already almost in the top 15 level, globally. We are discussing to list Hunt token probably at the end of this year or beginning of the next year. Still ongoing communication so we can’t confirm yet, but we’re going to give you very exciting news very soon. Thank you so much

Hi, @jayplayco here.

As you may have recognized, Steemfest 3 is currently running in Poland from the 7th to 11th of November in KRAKÓW.

Some members from the moderator team already arrived there and are participating and communicating with other Steemians. (@bitrocker2020, @joannewong)

Additionally, one of the co-founders @project7 has joined Steemfest as speaker.


He will have a short pitch about Steemhunt, show the roadmap and also will announce some news for Hunt token holders.

State of Apps II Speaking Details

* Time : 9th Nov. 11:25am CET (GMT+1) (Event starts from 11:15-12:05) * Place : S4 Conference Hall Complex * Speakers : Steemhunt, steem-recipe.com, Fundition, Steeve, eSteem, Busy, Musing * Youtube Livestream : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwuUSatqAsi5XXy_GngMjjQ   Steemfest App Download: [iPhone](https://itunes.apple.com/app/steemfest/id1171371708) & [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netsolutions.steemfest)

Hi, @jayplayco here.
There are different ways to earn Hunt Coins, but one of the most effective ones is spreading the news about Steemhunt outside of Steem. I would like to show an effective method without having already a ton of followers on platforms but still be able to generate traffic and earn Hunt Coins.

0. Repository

https://github.com/Steemhunt/web

1. What is the Social Airdrop?

 Source : https://steemit.com/steemhunt/@steemhunt/share-cool-hunts-on-your-social-channels-and-get-hunt-tokens-everyday-or-sponsor-report-20

Steemhunt started about two months ago an airdrop which is concentrating on social media platforms driving traffic to Steemhunt from outside the Steem economy. The core of this share is to share cool Hunts hunted by hunters and spread them to your followers like Facebook, Twitter, etc.

2. Finding the right spot


A difficulty is, if you don`t really have a large follower base established on different platforms. Otherwise just sharing a link into any forum, platform, etc. is actually spamming it and not welcomed at that platform.

If you are good at it, you could also try to create a new facebook group concentrating on gadgets and cool stuff and use the Steemhunt links for that group. This will have definitely a larger effect on a long way but I found an effective way without disturbing the platform itself but using the mechanism of it. It is Pinterest.

3. How I did it

I’ve created a separate account which has the same name as my Steem name and created different boards with themes that could relate to products hunted on Steemhunt. I came up with special watches, drones, E-bikes, Innovative houses, etc. You could expand these boards with more categories from Steemhunt. Each board includes about 20-25 hunts from Steemhunt.

An important part creating this boards was to keep an eye on the thumbnail from the hunt, as Pinterest is a very visual platform.

As you can see this account is quite new and I have actually no followers at all, but I still get from time to time some traffic send to Steemhunt from these few boards. So how does it come that I could create traffic without even having any followers? It is because of the mechanism of Pinterest. If a user of Pinterest finds a so-called “Pin” good, they can pin it also in one of their boards. And if that user has followers, they would see this new pin in their stream. In that way, I can leverage my posting with the follower power of another user.


If you would be a better curator on Pinterest than me, this effect could very fast double and triple, as you could get also your own followers.


I don’t get social share rewards on a daily basis, more once a week or so but due to the fact that the boards will still exist when I don`t touch them, it is a good source of traffic. Of course, the boards would have more success when I will start to increase the numbers of boards, categories, and frequency of update.

Finding interesting board themes can be achieved also with the tools you have at Steemhunt. Click on one of the tags and you will find how many products they are, the ranking and also related tags. Based on that you can recheck on Pinterest if that could be of interest for users there.


4. Social Airdrop is Hunters Level related

A few days ago Steemhunt decided to apply hunter level-based weights on the effective counts from the traffic lead by social shares. The main reason is that there have been abusing (as always) accounts milking the airdrop. This means it is definitely an advantage when you are an active Hunter on Steemhunt.

URL: https://steemhunt.com/

5. Conclusion


If you are active you can earn Hunt tokens on many different ways and Social Airdrop is one of the methods to create organic traffic not only to Steemhunt but also to the Steem Blockchain. Good luck for your next hunt and happy pinning~!

“Keep the hunt on”

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Thanks for reading!

Other articles about Steemhunt.

• Steemhunt- Start here
• What is Steemhunt and why should I care?
• Biggest Airdrop ever - HUNT token and how to participate
• [Steemhunt] ABV (Account based voting) in development
• Update for Upvoting Review Comments & Other Developments
• Most asked questions from Steemhunt Newbies.
• How to get your hunt verified on Steemhunt
• [Evolution of Steemhunt`s voting system](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jayplayco/steemhunt-evolution-of-steemhunt-s-voting-system)
• Understanding Steemhunt and How to Craft a Good Hunt -@fknmayhem
• Picking Apart The Steemhunt Posting Guidelines - How We Review Hunts @fknmayhem
• Steemhunt is NOT a Writing Curation Project- @fknmayhem
• The difficult way to make your own path with ABV
• Being a Trailblazing SMT on Steem Pre-SMTs - @fknmayhem
• Crowdfunded Products are Validated “Cool” Products For Steemhunt - @fknmayhem
• [Steemhunt] Open Source and Community
• Steemhunt- ABV 2.0
• Understanding the new posting guideline
• Understanding the Hunter Levels
• SMT and Steemhunts relation
• Steemhunts whitepaper
• Steemhunt’s marketing strategy
• Steemhunt’s Airdrop categories
• Steemhunt’s own sign-up system

Join our chat channels if you need more information as the community, team, and the moderators are answering very fast on any question:

Discord: https://discord.gg/mWXpgks (this is where the magic happens)
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/AzcqGxCV1FZ8lJHVgHOgGQ

Hi, @jayplayco here.
This time I would like to introduce Steemhunt for people coming outside of Steem. It would be great to resteem it not only internally of Steem but also outside on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and co. :)

0. Repository

https://github.com/Steemhunt/web

1. What is Steemhunt?


URL: https://steemhunt.com/

Steemhunt is a community-based platform for product influencers. Users here are called hunters. As a hunter, you can hunt cool and new products which compete on a ranking board on a daily basis. Other hunters can upvote the hunts when they like them. Each hunted product has the chance to climb to the top of the daily ranking. The best part is that the upvotes from other hunters are worth something, as you can gain a currency called STEEM(or SBD) with each upvote. If you want, you can change STEEM(or SBD) to Bitcoin (or similar) and then to USD on different exchanges.

If you love gadgets or looking for inspirations, this is the right place to be.

2. I am in, how should I start?


First of all, you will need to signup on Steemhunt.

• You are creating a so-called STEEM account. Think of it as a Google OAuth like login for multiple services. Compared to Google, you can use on some web pages your Google account to log in. With this STEEM account, you can log in to other STEEM services.
• Look for the Signup button and click on it.
• Choose a username
• Enter your mobile phone number and an SMS will be sent to you
• Enter the confirmation code received on your mobile phone
• Confirm it and you will get to a confirmation screen with your password.
• STOP
  Copy your password, as you will never see it again!!!
• It is still essential to copy your password and keep it safe.
• Steemhunt is not able to retrieve your password. If you have copied your password, you can click on continue.
• You are now able to log in.

3. I have logged in and now?


There are several activities you can do. Go for hunting a new product or look for inspirations and upvote products you like. Or move over to Discord where other hunters are chatting with each other.

a. Hunting a product

Hunting a product is not difficult. Look for cool products and post them according to the posting guideline. A Steemhunt moderator will review your hunt manually, which can take up to 48h and leave a comment if the hunt is verified or not. If not reviewed on the same day it will move to the next day ranking board.

Hunters can upvote your hunt on Steemhunt when not delisted from a moderator. Each upvote does not count with the same weight. There is a hunter level in place which decides how strong a vote is. If you can get votes from seasoned hunters with higher levels, your hunt will have a better chance to rank higher.

Some points you should care about before you start.

• Don`t look for products that have been hunted. (Use the search function to avoid duplicates)
• Steemhunt only allows specific categories of products. You can check them here.
• Don`t copy and paste text from other places.
• It is recommended to read the Posting Guideline to understand what is allowed and what is not.

b. Upvoting other hunts

If you are not directly looking into hunting products, you can also help other hunters and upvote cool products. Just look for the "Today" section and press the arrow up button for a hunt. 

You should not upvote more than ten hunts per day in the first moment. (There is a technical background, but on we will talk about it on a later article)

You can also comment on a hunt you like, but also don`t comment on more than one hunt per day in the beginning. (Yes, also a technical background here)

c. Chatting with other hunters on

Intermediate communication between hunters is happening only partly on the Steemhunt platform. A lot of hunters using a group chat service called Discord. You can join the group chat for Steemhunt [here for free.](https://discord.gg/mWXpgks)

Use the same username you have used for Steemhunt and look for the channels “#questions” if you need to ask something or “#discussions” if you have ideas about Steemhunt or want to read more about what other hunters are thinking about Steemhunt. “#faq” is an excellent channel to give you answers for most frequent questions.

4. I like it, but is there more?

Yes, and congratulation. You are now using a D'app on the Steem Blockchain. And you are mining your first cryptocurrencies with upvoting and hunting products. Understanding the technical background and meaning of the Steem Blockchain is at least a few articles for itself. But for now, have fun using Steemhunt and looking for great products. If you get used to Steemhunt and have more questions, you will find a good list of articles below to start to read.

5. Conclusion


Steemhunt is a place for Geeks and gadget lovers. And the system is designed to reward good hunters. If you love gadgets, then https://steemhunt.com/ is a site you should bookmark to get inspired daily. And if you are great in spotting new and cool products, you just have found your new hunting ground.

“Keep the hunt on”

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Thanks for reading!

Other articles about Steemhunt.

• Steemhunt- Start here
• What is Steemhunt and why should I care?
• Biggest Airdrop ever - HUNT token and how to participate
• [Steemhunt] ABV (Account based voting) in development
• Update for Upvoting Review Comments & Other Developments
• Most asked questions from Steemhunt Newbies.
• How to get your hunt verified on Steemhunt
• [Evolution of Steemhunt`s voting system](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jayplayco/steemhunt-evolution-of-steemhunt-s-voting-system)
• Understanding Steemhunt and How to Craft a Good Hunt -@fknmayhem
• Picking Apart The Steemhunt Posting Guidelines - How We Review Hunts @fknmayhem
• Steemhunt is NOT a Writing Curation Project- @fknmayhem
• The difficult way to make your own path with ABV
• Being a Trailblazing SMT on Steem Pre-SMTs - @fknmayhem
• Crowdfunded Products are Validated “Cool” Products For Steemhunt - @fknmayhem
• [Steemhunt] Open Source and Community
• Steemhunt- ABV 2.0
• Understanding the new posting guideline
• Understanding the Hunter Levels
• SMT and Steemhunts relation
• Steemhunts whitepaper
• Steemhunt’s marketing strategy
• Steemhunt’s Airdrop categories
• Steemhunt’s own sign-up system

Join our chat channels if you need more information as the community, team, and the moderators are answering very fast on any question:

Discord: https://discord.gg/mWXpgks (this is where the magic happens)
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/AzcqGxCV1FZ8lJHVgHOgGQ