With full respect guys. If you want to solve the problem of liquidity then let's solve the problem . It is not a good idea to serve paracetamol and orange juice if arm is broken.

 I wrote about few solutions. for example here in comments  [liquidity](https://steemit.com/steem/@profitgenerator/scientific-steem-forecast-bad-news#@airmike/re-profitgenerator-scientific-steem-forecast-bad-news-20160906t143618962z)

also here [liquidity2](https://steemit.com/steem/@airmike/how-to-save-1-of-any-steem-transaction-on-the-exchange)

https://s18.postimg.io/otfki9vk7/liquidity.png

poloniex and bittrex are sitting on the tons of STEEM and SBD. They have  part of equity but they are doing nothing so far.  If i understand well those money was given to prevent free falls because they do not hold SP at all.  am I right ?  tell me.  I don't know nothing about deals between P&B and founders but I am not so sure if there is any emergency scenario. Maybe they think that  situation is not that bad.  It is at least curious because all market cap depend on few ridiculously small trades on the market with low liquidity.  I am sure there are plenty of solutions how to solve this. 

internal market is dead but not due low liquidity. It is by lack of interest or time to build a proper one. internal market needs upgrade. Adding BTC should be a priority but anyways In my opinion this is not a problem of liquidity. 

Frankly, I don't care about withdrawal period because I am happy to see how this system works.  I am just curious why is problem still here when was discovered 2 months ago.  

most important thing is, that lot of Steem has been sold. So maybe there is some budget how to fix the price.  Only think I am not sure of it is needed. for me is low price ok. I I don't care. I would like to see improvements in here. not on the market. I want to be sure this project is well funded.

So what you are proposing is allowing the minnows and dolphins to power down over a shorter period of time? It doesn't sound like a bad idea but im not too sure that would work..Wouldn't that cause too much liquidity in the platform forcing steemit to die..? IDK just curious :D

i don't think everyone powering down is doing it because they want out/an exit? they just want to take out a bit of money to fund various projects - if they are doing so well on here then why would it be in there interest for this platform to fail/go to 0? :-/

thx for this post/your thoughts! upvoted!

if everyone can cash out 100% in 10 days, the value of each steem will quickly drop to 0.000001 because with only 80,000 member, steemit do not worth 100 million dollar

I upvoted you b/c that's precisely why I bought SP.  I did not want to deal with the short term pumpers and dumpers.  There's plenty of alt coins that will allow you to buy and sell no limits.  Steem also gives you the same opportunity to trade it.  Powering up you is your choice.

Upvoted because it's so ridiculous.

Powering down should be a sliding scale. You should choose the amount you want to power down, and that amount determines the time frame. So $10 would be an hour, or $100 a week, or $1000 a month, etc.  That way, you can find liquidity in small amounts that you may need, but large amounts will take longer.

2 years is way too long. The day you need that money you cannot get it fast. Think about it , the day you decide you want your money back you will wait 104 weeks so if you put $1000 you get less than $10 per week ? I am not even talking about all the complicated way  they compute the price and stuffs. It 's like from day 1 , you power up and you power down right away. There is just no way I am powering up

i like where this is heading - lets see what others think

@laonie

I am actually waiting for a $300 power up. I do cash out a similar amount but i think it is a reasonable stradegy

过长时间的锁定增加了资金的风险，这是大多数人所不愿看到的。

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This post is dumb. The reason the 104 week withdrawal period exists is because STEEM is getting inflated at a staggering 100% per year to pay the authors & curators.  The 104 week period is the only thing holding the price up.  Without it, the STEEM price goes to zero and the whole thing collapses.

Agree with you, right know I need money but I can't withdraw because the x10 fee is not reached yet

I think this is a great idea.  There is no reason to lock people in for 2 years.

I totally agree with you on this idea! Upvoted.

Another suggestion, especially aimed at small investors, would be a [minimum power down allowance](https://steemit.com/steem/@ottodv/introduce-a-minimum-power-down-allowance).

Interesting idea.
I don't think people are powering-down because they want out. They do it, because they can't freely sell. But they could rebuy at any time if they powered down, so the best thing to do if one holds a lot of SP is  to power down ASAP. Everyone wants the forbidden fruit.
For this same reason i haven't bought any steem yet. Why should i  ? If i bought, the first thing i'd do with them is to power-down. I'm going to wait for the powerdowns and inflation to do its works, and then when/if steem breaks out of it's downtrend i'll buy.

Actually people got bit of confuse in this platform , one platform two bosses , 3 systems , hundreds of rules , which one we should push which one we should pump which one we should dump ? 
Should I buy **STEEM ? STEEM POWER OR STEEM DOLLAR**? 
Which one should we pay attentions to ? 
The value of this platform splitting into so many ways , get rid of steem dollar , just use one systems and with that we can see where this place really want to go , either it goes down or up . 
That My 2 cents anyway.

I completely agree.  Let the weak hands dump!  Great article again, Laonie.

I have not yet invested money into Steemit but now seems to be the right time.   I would be for the long haul if i did put money in so I don't know if 7 day power down would effect my future plans.

But if i had an emergency and need to liquidate 7 days would be a pain in the butt. 

I have felt no difference in my user experience with whales powering down.  I can't see how it effects me as a minnow.

同意

I understand your reasoning but personally I feel that the reason for the delay is sound.  Changing it now would cause mass panic and make it easier for speculators to use Steem for day trading.  Whilst this might help the price in the short term I suspect the long term effect will be detrimental.

I'll play the devil's advocate and argue the other side.. The two year limit was put in place for a reason. It was to separate the short term traders, who do a lot of market manipulation from the long-term investors. By locking up around 95% of the Steem in a 2 year contract, the overall market cap is able to remain a lot more stable - which is needed in order for everything to work. If the entire market cap of Steem was a liquid asset that people could buy, hold, and then dump huge volumes of Steem at a time. The market manipulators would be able to run the show.

Definitely interesting proposal - today I noticed email invites beginning to materialize so this shows the intent to grow the user base of those not joining directly via FB or the other channel.  Currently the wallet is undergoing maintenance on Bittrex (Steem) not sure if that is related to the 20% decline or ?  
It is still a great platform though the massive early cashing out does not inspire a lot of confidence.  I can only imagine that your huge investment has seen a significant haircut... one that you cannot even liquidate to trade.  

Seems the downward pressure will only increase until someone decides to reinvest which will only provide a temporary boost/spike.  We'll need it to be a sustained injection to support this sort of mass bleeding out.  Frankly, I'm impressed it's held up this well so far.