Due to the number of bids coming in, price of steem, and our total Steem Power, we need to switch to 2 SBD minimum bid. The voting cycle is taking forever which is slowing down how fast we can vote and recover due to the high demand due to the price of STEEM.
Effective immediately, the minimum bid is now 2 SBD. We are currently voting and when that is finished, it will be locked down to 2 SBD only. I don't like raising the minimum bid as it limits who can use it, but it is something that is out of my control at this point. We really should make it 5 SBD as that would totally fix the issue, but I feel that is just too high.
If you sent 1 SBD already, just send another 1 SBD with the same exact memo and it will combine them into a 2 SBD bid. As long as it is in the same bid window, they will be combined. The next window will be slower due to the all the 1 SBD bids.