I'll vote for option 2 (with 161 EDSI)

But what I'd really rather say is to vote for 3% under current % earnings.

Also... just as a thought. If the HP & curation are earning 12% right now, would it be worth DCA'ing a part of the pool into HBD ? Not by powering down, but by putting some of the HP earnings into it. The interest earned is 15%, so converting just the interest to HIVE and putting that back into the pool would give a small but noticeable increase to the earning %. By only converting it when the price of HIVE is lower than the average cost of acquisition it could boost the earnings quite a bit more.

But I admit the idea does come with some problems to consider; slightly increased risk if the HIVE price rise outstrips the AVCO, the issue that income would be in irregular lump sums rather than smooth steady earnings, and that it would need to be managed manually.