Supporting ChainBB: "Donating" Without Donating

3 days ago I got excited to start seeing entries like this in my wallet:

{ "type": "comment_benefactor_reward", "benefactor": "chainbb", "author": "lukestokes", "permlink": "steemit-chainbb-bookmarklet-for-chainbb", "reward": "48390.464630 VESTS" }

If you're not aware, the STEEM blockchain has multiple browsers including steemd.com, steemit.com, busy.org, and beta.chainbb.com. ChainBB is @jesta's forum project, and it's fantastic. The coolest thing about the set up is you can support the project just by posting there.

That's it.

You don't have to donate money like a Patreon account, you just use it and 15% of the author rewards automatically go towards funding the project.

I was curious to see if my posts have helped at all, so I parsed all those cryptic-looking wallet messages to get this:

35.221027 VESTS
12.430953 VESTS
12.430954 VESTS
12.430954 VESTS
12.430955 VESTS
14.502781 VESTS
89722.647751 VESTS
12.430978 VESTS
12.431126 VESTS
31.077823 VESTS
4.143710 VESTS
12.431146 VESTS
12.431147 VESTS
24.862295 VESTS
36027.548344 VESTS
118.101748 VESTS
70.446729 VESTS
348.102706 VESTS
555.306968 VESTS
48390.464630 VESTS
602.964780 VESTS
12090.524927 VESTS
103.604959 VESTS
489.034819 VESTS
690.036521 VESTS

A VEST is an internal representation of vested STEEM (Steem Power) which is represented by a ratio that changes over time. It's currently at 1,000,000 VESTS = 482.669 STEEM.

Just by posting and commenting using ChainBB, I was able to donate 189418.0407 VESTS to the ChainBB project. That comes out to (482.669 / 1,000,000) * 189418.0407 = 91.4262163 STEEM!

At the current prices, that's $113.36 in just three days!

That's awesome!

I hope more of you will check out ChainBB and consider posting there to support the project. Imagine what this could do for STEEM if this project is richly rewarded, setting an example of what's possible for other platform developers who need a mechanism to fund their projects.

Steem Rocks.

I'm also super excited about a project I'm working on called Understanding Blockchain Freedom. I bought the domain today (understandingblockchainfreedom.com) and started recording some videos as well. Stay tuned. :)

_{Created with love using ChainBB}

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Luke Stokes is a father, husband, business owner, programmer, voluntaryist, and blockchain enthusiast. He wants to help create a world we all want to live in.

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