@fulltimegeek is going on an expedition to Slay a Cave Troll but, he should not be going alone.
A few weeks ago I made a post about Helsing: The Vampire killer, something I have thought quite a lot about before I created the post as, it is risky. If you haven't read the post, please do but basically:
Helsing is a VERY HIGH STEEM POWER account that only cares about returning value back to the pool for better distribution and could be used in many, many ways, some automated, some manual.
The exact details need to be sorted out, the way it behaves need to be discussed, the guidelines set, but not in stone. It needs to be experimental, refined, honed, tuned and developed. It needs, SUPPORT.
But not any support, Whale and Orca support ONLY
Here is why.
It is going to target the largest and the smallest scammers, plagiarist and pool rapers on the platform, it is going to clean the seas and return the value back to the content creators and the invested.
The problem now is if a large abusive account is attacked by the community, that account will target and destroy the smallest of the soldiers, smashing their earnings, stealing their reputation. We have seen this already, as well as their little army of bots and the insane doing their dirty work. Helsing cares not about such things, and here is why.
Helsing Specs.
The 200 highest staked accounts delegate 0.5-1% of their total value to Helsing.
Steemit delegates 0.5-1% of its total value to Helsing.
The amount is small and barely affects earnings of those accounts but, the power of Helsing becomes immense and will return much more to the pool than what is lost by the delegation. It will be the largest account besides Steemit and it will be a community owned initiative.
By spreading the risk, it means that no one account such as @berniesanders or @fulltimegeek can be held accountable and targeted and it does not rely on community support, only whale support. If an account chooses to target a delegating whale, the whale still has at least 99% of its voting stake to fight it, as do the 199 other whales to come to the aid. I have talked about Steemit being a 'Musketeer Coin'. It is time to stand up and go 'All for one, one for all'. We are a community, our future depends on us acting as one.
Why would the whales delegate?
- They are interested in better distribution
- It shows they are truly invested in the community and success
- It demonstrates their willingness to act
- It gives an experimentation tool for development like the ones @smooth runs
- It costs almost nothing to support
- It frees up large amounts of the pool
- It has very little effect on day to day whale activities
- The whales stand to gain the most by Steem's success because of stake
- It protects their investment by protecting the weaker
Yes, there are risks that need to be sorted out for governance and I have several ideas that already look at that and, many more will come as discussions get under way. But, to start, I need some help, I need some support, I need ears. Helsing needs WHALES.
I know that there are slack channels where the devs and witnesses speak and discuss all kinds of ideas. Can someone please throw this into the pool of conversation for some consideration? The idea has merit, it will have the power to do many jobs and help out many current projects like @steemcleaners.
The last beauty of Helsing is this. If it doesn't work well, if it is too damaging, too rough, or gets too controlling. It can be dissolved in seconds as it is delegated power only. It will never earn curation, it will never own any stake, it will never care.
To kill Vampires and Cave Trolls, you need a monster killer. Create Helsing, show no fear, show you care.
Taraz
[ a Steemit original ]
These ideas always come with risks, putting them into the community does too but, it needs to happen.