Really there is no precise definition of the whale on the #hive. Traditionally, in the crypto world whales are the investors who hold enough cryptocurrency and have the potential to influence the crypto currency valuations. On the same lines, whales on Hive are those who influence the visibility and payout of the content.
Really there is no precise definition of the whale on the #hive. Traditionally, in the crypto world whales are the investors who hold enough cryptocurrency and have the potential to influence the crypto currency valuations. On the same lines, whales on Hive are those who influence the visibility and payout of the content.
Whales are important for content based social media. They have significant influence on the content. Though there is no given definition of what is whales, they are the most important eco-system of social media platforms.
We all know that 
I would define a whale as someone with enough #POB in their wallet to give you a vote equivalent to atleast 20 POB or more when they up-vote your post.
At the current prevailing market prices, it also means that you should have more than 8000 or more POB power in your wallet to be a whale.
During the compilation of the richlists i figured out that there are ten accounts which can be termed as #POB Whales. You can read my posts on richlists
Here is the list of whales whose vote can win you 20 POB at the 100% vote value.
| Account Name | POB Power | Approximate vote value* |
|---|---|---|
| @proofofbrainio | 67814.688 | 159.3645168 |
 @trostparadox | 31900.222 | 74.9655217 |
 @richardcrill | 26715.42 | 62.781237 |
 @leprechaun | 26635.99 | 62.5945765 |
 @onealfa.pob | 13789.20278 | 32.40462654 |
 @vempromundo.pob | 13263.09495 | 31.16827312 |
 @amr008.pob | 12161.24114 | 28.57891668 |
 @calumam | 11618.543 | 27.30357605 |
 @madstacks | 9923.374 | 23.3199289 |
 @lucylin | 8305.429 | 19.51775815 |
These all accounts have more than 220 thousand POBpower, which is close to 50% of the total circulation of the POB and technically they are the whales who influence the content the most.
The vote values are likely to change daily. I have done these calculations on the data of 2nd may.
Dolphins have the significant influence on posts in any social media as these are influencers accounts with significant voting power, though not as big as whales.
Their votes have a big effect on which posts/comments get attention and which posts make the most money. I would define the dolphin as some one who gives a vote above 10 tokens at 100% vote value.
When converted to the current prevailing market prices, it also means they have #pobpower above 4000.
| Account Name | POB Power | Approximate vote value* |
|---|---|---|
 @faireye | 7823.284 | 18.46295024 |
 @pob-fund | 6880.364 | 16.23765904 |
 @brofi | 6121.427215 | 14.44656823 |
 @oldmans | 5395.038 | 12.73228968 |
 @phusionphil | 4803.567 | 11.33641812 |
 @scooter77.pob | 4480.191023 | 10.57325081 |
These are the dolphin accounts. There are many other dolphins in making and the list would be big hence not writing it down here but any one with vote value above 5 POB token is a dolphin in making.
So any new comer looking to get a good visibility on POB platform should try and get big votes from one of these 16 accounts mentioned above.
