Steemit Influence or Power Levels are frequently described using names like Plankton, Minnow, Dolphin, Orca and Whale. The levels give you a quick idea of how much influence or power the users have on the Steemit Platform. On the Steemit Platform the size of your investment in Steem Power determines how much influence or power you have on the Steem platform. On the Steemit Platform, Steem Power means money, and it tells you whose upvotes are worth in Steem. The more Steem Power you have, the more money or Steem your vote is worth.
For example, a Plankton with 100 Steem Power has a upvote worth 0.01 Steemit Token Units. While a Minnow with 1000 Steem Power has an upvote worth 0.10 Steemit Token Units, and a Dolphin with 10,000 Steem Power has an upvote worth 1.00 Steem. (That’s their 100% voting power vote).
So now you know why Steem Power and Rank Achievement are important, so now I will explain the “sea creature ranking system in more detail. At first glance it seems that Steem Power determines your sea creature rank on the Steemit Platform, but that’s only partially right. It appears that your rank is actually based on a term called “vests”. So, according to the I article by a software developer who could read the source code for Steemit, the number of vests and corresponding the levels are:
Plankton = up to 1 million VESTS
Minnow = >1 to 10 million VESTS
Dolphin = >10 to 100 million VESTS
Orca = >100 to 1,000 million VESTS
Whale = >1,000 million VESTS
Steem Power equals Vests, but it’s not a one to one relationship. According to my sources the source code indicates that 489.964 Steem Power equals 1,000,000.00 Vests.
So based on this understanding the source code says:
Plankton = 0 to 489.964 Steem Power
Minnow = 490 to 4,899 Steem Power
Dolphin = 4,900 to 48,996 Steem Power
Orca = 48,997 to 489,973 Steem Power
Whale = 489,974 Steem Power and above
What most people use is a rounded up version:
Plankton = less then 500 Steem Power
Minnow = at least 500 but less then 5000 Steem Power
Dolphin = at least 5000 but less then 50,000 Steem Power
Orca = at least 50,000 but less the 500,000 Steem Power
Whale =at least 500,000 Steem Power and above
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