Do you see the potential in trading steempower as highlighted by @meno in his recent article?

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An exchange between vested Steem (Steem Power) and liquid funds (most likely Steem) is an interesting proposal. I've seen it raised a few times recently.

There are some good points to such a system: 

  • Increased liquidity could make Steem a more attractive proposition for users and investors. 
  • It may make it easier for dApps and communities to raise funds for projects from users outside the Steem economy by providing a greater range of investment options.  

Also some neutral points:

  • I think that it might encourage “circular” powering down from users looking to take advantage of purchasing cheaper SP, i.e. power down, buy "discounted" SP, power down, buy "discounted" SP.  This may be no bad thing as it will provide liquidity and it is likely that it would reduce the "discount" if enough people do it.

Some bad points:

  • It could encourage abusive and anti-social behaviour since it allows users to exit the Steem system quickly. 
  • It may increase volatility of Steem with people selling out of Steem (SP to liquid Steem to Bitcoin) when markets fall.
  • It's also technically complex - not all SP is equal due to associated voting-power and RC. Would there need to be standard terms applied to the market?

But interesting nonetheless.

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