Two Birds, One Stone

This is an update post for POBLeus and WOTW. I'll not string the content across two posts and milk the tits out of it.

Here are links to the projects if you're not already aware: POBLeus / WOTW

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POBLeus

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In an effort to get this rolling, I'm going to put forward some recommendations for the initial curators. Once we have a rough idea of how this process will work, changes can be made, and fine-tuning can be done.

I'm working with Hive account@amr008 to come up with a script that will collect a range of data to help us see who is voting responsibly as a curator based on a range of metrics. Once this script is running, there can be nominations for curators, and the stats can be dropped into a channel/post to assist with the voting process (likely on the Hive account@pobleus account).

For now, I think the best course of action is to test out the idea with a handful of curators so we can see what works and what kind of issues we may have.

My nominations are: Hive account@thomashblum , Hive account@dibblers.dabs , Hive account@clixmoney

_{(I've selected these accounts based on community interaction and my own experiences with them; please share a comment below if you have any concerns. Also, if you have been nominated and you do not want to take part, please let me know)}

It's massively centralised right now, but the goal is to set this up, create a process that is community-backed, then create a method on-chain to nominate and decide on curators.

The people I've nominated will be assisting with the initial setup of the discord and curation process (no delegation applied). A 10% curation trail follow from Hive account@proofofbrainio with a 24-hour delay will be applied to the curators who prove that they are 100% manually voting.

Hive account@nevies, Hive account@ashleykalila, and Hive account@scholaris also have delegations from Hive account@proofofbrainio and will be given the curator role in the discord server so they can assist in the #link-drop channel.

Word of the Week

There will be a few changes made to the contest starting next week.

NFT Prizes can be redeemed for solid POB stake (sent powered up to the account)
WOTW Season 1 will begin (inspired by Hive account@revise.pob, post link)
Weekly prize amounts will change slightly to provide bigger rewards for the WOTW End of Season Rewards

NFT Prizes

Winners who have a WOTW weekly NFT and the Order in Chaos NFT will be able to redeem these prizes for solid powered up stake instead of 3-month delegations (the NFT does not need to be traded back, it is yours to keep).

#1 edition NFT: 150 POB
#2 edition NFT : 100 POB
#3 edition NFT : 75 POB
#4 edition NFT : 50 POB
#5 edition NFT : 25 POB

_{(Only NFT's earned via winning the contest will be redeemable)}

WOTW Season 1

Season 1 will run from week #013 until week #023 (10 weeks).

Participants points each week will be totalled and added to the season leaderboard. Five winners will receive rewards at the end of the season.

1st Place : 2,500 POB delegation
2nd Place : 1,000 POB delegation
3rd Place : 500 POB delegation
4th Place : 500 POB delegation
5th Place : 500 POB delegation

_{(Delegations will last the duration of the following season, the delegation amount will scale upwards each season. The Order in Chaos NFT is not needed to receive delegation)}

I will be drawing up a proposal to send to Hive account@proofofbrainio on this post to request a delegation in support of the WOTW project. I'll provide some calculations based on curation rewards, author rewards and the range of prizes/delegations that are offered including the weekly payments made to the WOTW team.

I'll also be looking at ways to reward accounts that actively support the POBLeus project with their feedback. The process of monitoring curators and maintaining integrity needs to be rewarded.

Please leave any concerns or issues you have with the projects below. Feedback and criticisms are welcomed with open arms.

_{no penguins were harmed in the making of this post}