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Post-Fork Delegation Changes by jacobtothe

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· @jacobtothe · (edited)
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Post-Fork Delegation Changes
A few months ago, I decided to delegate Hive Power to @curangel, both to support content creators and to earn a return on the curation reward payout they offer. A while later, I also delegated to @ecency in order to compare their delegation process and returns for support.

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At first, it seemed Ecency offered much greater returns on investment (ROI). Despite a lower overall stake in Hive Power, they seemed better at gaming the delegation code. I waited to see what would happen after everything settled out with Hard Fork 25 and the reward curve adjustments. It now appears returns are fairly proportionate to their relative HP stakes, meaning Curangel offers more bang for your buck in delegation. Of course, either may change their methodology, and this is early on in the new HF25 ecosystem.

Is return on investment your primary goal, though?

Both Ecency and Curangel have brought their support and trails of voters to my content. It appears Curangel offers better support to content creators in diverse communities and finds more new users to promote. Ecency is not without merit, however. While they seem more focused on their own portal and community members, by no means do they keep their support exclusive to that group, and they actively promote onboarding new users. 

If you have Hive Power to spare, and want to earn a passive return on your stake, consider delegating to either of these organizations. Take a look at what they do, who they support, and how they operate. If a ROI doesn't interest you, consider supporting @curie as well, because they also promote good content creators and search out interesting topics. Feel free to mention any organizations I have overlooked in the comments below!

I am updating my own delegations as I write this post, but like my witness votes, I don't expect my readers to take this as any kind of definitive endorsement they should follow. I honestly don't really know what I am doing despite having been on the chain for several years now, and am always open to suggestions and corrections offered in good faith.

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@ecency ·
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Thank you for mention!
Curation rules changed a bit, everyone adjusting accordingly. For example, few days ago we had way too high returns but also used a lot of VP, last couple days we let it refill, so reward decreased accordingly. 
We don't have any exclusion for curation, our curators try to vote unique and new authors daily, as well as quality content. There is no such a rule that you should be part of Ecency community or post from Ecency, previously couple year ago we had that though.
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@jacobtothe ·
I know it's too early to make any general assumptions about long-term rewards, and the fork doubtless made a mess of 3rd party codes and voting systems. Based on payout records, I suspect Curangel hit similar hurdles.
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@ryivhnn ·
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Nothing useful to add, just wanted to say

> I honestly don't really know what I am doing despite having been on the chain for several years now

Same XD

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