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Fellow Steemians,

the aftermath of HF20 had it's downsides, which included multiple days of downtime.

However, there are always two sides of a coin. And while the downtime had it's negative effects, there are also positive ones. Due to the downtime and some changes introduced by HF20, the reward pool of Steem has grown tremendously over the last few days.

If you're not aware what the reward pool is, imagine a big pizza that feeds every Steemian who is posting, voting, commenting and through that receiving rewards.

The bigger the pizza, the bigger the slice everyone gets. And well, the pizza grew from Big to XXL over the last few days.

That is the reason why we have currently so many votes available on Smartsteem.com. Everyones vote got stronger over the last few days.

And while we can't say for sure how long the reward pool will grow and when it will hit its peak, now is still a very good time to write posts and to promote them.

So, head over to <a href="https://smartsteem.com">Smartsteem.com</a>, check out how many votes are available, write great posts and promote them!

*Team Smartsteem*

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<h1>More about Smartsteem</h1>

- <a href="/steem/@smartsteem/introducing-smartsteem-2-0">Introducing Smartsteem 2.0</a>
- <a href="/steem/@smartsteem/introducing-open-cost-ledger-optimization-of-vote-purchases">Introducing Open Cost Ledger - Optimization of Vote Purchases</a>
- <a href="https://steemit.com/smartsteem/@smartsteem/join-us-on-discord">Join us on Discord</a>

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