It’s the first full week of the new year, and we’re slowly getting back to normal around here. This week, we’re highlighting terrific contributions from the Blog, Tutorials,  Analysis, Bug Hunting, and Anti-abuse categories. These staff picks are all great examples to learn from. 

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# Staff Picks

### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@lostmine27/proof-of-brain-or-power-of-bid-bot-that-is-the-question-1546534728641'>Proof-of-Brain or Power-of-Bid(bot), that is the question.</a> by @lostmine27 [analysis]

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The Steem blockchain is one of the largest and most used blockchains worldwide today. Many dApps have been successfully launched on this blockchain and more are still under development. This contribution gives a detailed analysis of the bidbot business on the blockchain. Not only is this detailed, but also very descriptive, and the data is presented in such a way that even a non-analyst could read and understand. It is rare to get a staff pick on the analysis category but this one is well worth being picked.

Total payout: 62.56 STU
Number of votes: 163

### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@curtwriter/the-steepshot-series-features-of-steepshot-cont-d-episode-7'>The Steepshot series: Features of Steepshot Cont'd (Episode 7)</a> by @curtwriter [blog]

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@curtwriter is one of the backbones of the Blog category, providing consistent quality in his work, doing his research, and creating a knowledge base about the various dApps on the blockchain. This is his 7th post about Steepshot, in which he goes deep about three features of the app. Any contributor to the category can learn from his dedication and hard work, and continued drive to improve.

Total payout: 31.25 STU
Number of votes: 54

### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@stoodkev/how-to-set-up-and-use-multisignature-accounts-on-steem-blockchain'>How to set up and use multisignature accounts on Steem Blockchain.</a> by @stoodkev [tutorials]

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Beautiful write up by @stoodkev,  tackling the task request proposed by @timcliff for a “Multisignature Transaction Guide” with a related bounty. The author takes us through the steps in performing such functionality on the Steem blockchain while relying on dsteem JS library, allowing multiple ownership and approvals to conduct an action on a given account. Well established steps, references, as well as screenshots and proof of results are at the core of this well-written tutorial.
If interested in giving Multisig a try on Steem, we recommend you check this tutorial out.


Total payout: 119.51 STU
Number of votes: 1093

### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@blockchainstudio/voting-power-reset'>[condenser_api][0.20.4-8] voting_power is set to zero for users who haven't voted more than 5 days</a> by @blockchainstudio [bug-hunting]

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This is a very detailed and informative report made by @blockchainstudio to the Steem blockchain. The user did not only reported the error but also went further to share the root cause of the bug and made a PR to fix the bug. This was a critical bug, and the fix immediately got merged into the project. We really appreciate reports like this, and we hope to see more of this.

Total payout: 35.25 STU
Number of votes: 93

### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@themarkymark/introducing-sources'>Introducing !sources</a> by @themarkymark [anti-abuse]

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The anti-abuse category aims to fight and guide any form of abuse in the open source world, especially on the Steem blockchain. This contribution by @themarkymark is an effort to help guide plagiarists away from plagiarising contents or users who do not cite their publications properly on the Steem blockchain. The guide is in the form of a bot which could be triggered by any curator who wants to help an author improve their blogging experience. 

Total payout: 97.92 STU
Number of votes: 295

## Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

* Overall, the last week saw a total of 150 posts, with 114 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
* In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3592.08 STU to contributors.
* The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 157.83 STU, with a total of 1154 votes received from the community.
* The contribution that attracted the most engagement was <a href='https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@surpassinggoogle/task-development-help-us-add-refine-search-capability-to-the-steemgigs-org-search-and-other-tasks'>Task Development: Help Us Add 'Refine Search' Capability To The steemgigs.org Search & Other Tasks.</a>, with no less than 16 comments in its comment threads.
* The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 31.51 STU.

## Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-|
|translations|47|47|33|1099.97 STU|@aafeng|
|analysis|5|4|4|176.46 STU|@lostmine27|
|iamutopian|9|9|9|403.57 STU|@didic|
|development|31|27|19|780.22 STU|@raycoms|
|tutorials|13|11|11|319.90 STU|@igormuba|
|blog|26|24|24|563.44 STU|@igormuba|
|ideas|6|2|2|27.73 STU|@blockchainstudio|
|video-tutorials|1|1|1|17.36 STU|@alexendre-maxim|
|bug-hunting|6|6|5|76.79 STU|@blockchainstudio|
|graphics|3|3|3|70.78 STU|@munadikiehl|
|anti-abuse|1|1|1|49.24 STU|@themarkymark|

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