BeyondBitcoin Bounties -- Whaleshares "Meta-Token" Logo Contest! [Finale...There can only be One!]
WhaleShares Logo Contest: Grand Finale Begins!
Whaleshares Logo Contest Finale
The competition has been fierce and the warriors have traveled across the interwebz to compete in an Epic Battle of the Arts. Though many masters have endured these trials (and indeed many have emerged winners in their own rite), I am sad to announce there can only be one Finale Winner.
What is WhaleShares?
Whaleshares is the design of @officialfuzzy to incorporate the first meta-token backed fully by Steempower (SP) and give users the ability to summon a whale to upvote their post by simply sending Whaleshares to the designated account(s). Think of it like DKP for Steem!
Why WhaleShares?
WhaleShares was meant to reduce friction and help end the rule of "upvote bots" on steemit and other static methods that completely take human interaction out of the equation. @officialfuzzy and the Beyond Bitcoin team believe in whales being benevolent sharers of their SP via the creation of an economic tool that promotes powering up and dissincentivizes powering down---THIS MAKES STEEM GO UP IN DEMAND AND PRICE!
We believe the Upvotes can be the basis for an informal economy based on the trust of a community and Beyond Bitcoin, as the community that inspired Steem's very creation, means to use this tool to empower the evolution of the community we all have grown to love. According to my calculations, my whaleshares token can pay out approximately 240k per year WITHOUT me powering down!
Why is WhaleShares important to Steem?
When you give the whales in the community an incentive to stop powering down and instead to leverage a Whale Token to build within our ecosystem, the possibilities for value creation are literally endless! Why power down to build value with your stake in Steem when you can Power it UP and earn the equivalence of 60% your SP value each year to give as rewards to prolific Content Creators and Community Leaders?
With this technology, whales will begin showing the true power of investing their hard earned wealth into the Steem Platform!
An Overview of the Contest..
We have accomplished a great deal with the resources earned from the last year of hangouts. Where once there was no funding to build, it turns out that our consistent unpaid efforts paid off with the creation of Steem and the subsequent showering of upvotes and support from a community we helped build. However, a quick visit to whaleshares.net will show that we still have lots of work to do beautifying our site. With that in mind, we thought what better way to introduce our new service than contests? Contests create a means of ensuring high quality content is rewarded with WhalePower!
Prizes for this Final Round are Doubled in This Round!
First prize: 2000 whaleshares
Second prize: 1000 whaleshares
Third prize: 500 whaleshares
Meet the Finalists!
@lepton winner of 1st Round)
OR
@penguinpablo winner of 2nd Round
OR
@anritco winner of 3rd Round
For this finale @lepton, @penguinpablo and @anritco will be given the option to go above and beyond, or leave their logos to compete without changes! If you think your logo cannot improve, there is a chance the originals may still be chosen as the favorite!*
WhaleShares tokens are on BitShares! So make sure you have a BitShares Wallet to receive and send them for upvotes on your steem posts!
Download BitShares Wallet
Listen to last week's BeyondBitcoin Whaleshares Segment Here!
During the Week you can find us in Our 24/7 WhaleShares Server! (preferably the Adult Swim VOIP)
All BeyondBitcoin content is powered by Steemit.com so please join the new social media movement that enables Creative Commons content creators and Open Source developers to earn funding for participating in the community's growth and sustenance. Post to Steemit.com to earn and pay others with a simple upvote!
Winners Announced!
1st place is @anritco
2nd place is @penguinpablo
3rd place is @lepton
It is very good opportunity specially for minnows
I the design of @penguinpablo. That looks pretty sexy...
The logos are sick. I think the incentive of steem and the community culture drove this competition to produce some legit creativity. That said, I have some doubts as to whether whaleshare is better than whales just powering down. I would imagine if the network switched to being more content creator driven and less early adopter driven, it might start competing more effectively with the likes of CNN, The Verge, Bloomberge etc... The very nature of steemit implies that it should already being doing this, but it's not and I think that largely has to do with the underlying politics of such things as whaleshare.
Dont blame me for steemit.inc having such a ridiculous stake.
With that said...please learn about steempower and why its valuable. Then...if u want to complain...realize u are complaining about quite possibly the most valuable tool on the entirety of steemit for little guys who dont have money to waste and an interest in earning crypto in return for quality. This is your next step in the lesson.
Then realize i did this all with money i could have powered down. But if you think it would be better for me to power down and lose incentive to build is a good thing...forgive me for saying this but u are cray cray. I am building...and building alot of value that i see in few other places. And soon to offer other whales the ability to stop sitting on their asses with upvote bots and start building too. So we can inspire other people with resources to buy sp and build stuff with us...
Now with that said...I have no intent on being anything like bloomberg or cnn. These are crap sold out platforms that are worse than you claim steemit to be (with which i agree in ways). So i honestly am completely confused by your response and think you are probably too confused to explain it. Very worth it to listen to our hangouts though so you can join and listen to me talk about this stuff ;)
FACT: If Steemit replaced those sites (CNN, Bloomberg, The Verge) your stake would be worth over a billion dollars eventually.
I would love to be present for one of your hangouts. I don't claim to not be confused about steemit. I do however know that the science of gaining exposure on steemit is not based on the quality or integrity of content alone. The easiest response to this to shut someone up is to just suggest their content is not engaging or interesting, but I personally am on enough platforms across the web to know this is not the case for me personally or for many others. I also, based on what I do know to be true about steemit, want it to be more successful than you could ever understand. I know it's hard for you to understand just how seriously I want the platform to be successful because you have such a significant stake in the platform. But I want it to be successful, not for the value it would return me with my much smaller SP stake, but for its potential to solve issues sites like YouTube and Medium.com are failing at solving for creators. I actually made a video where I mentioned you @officialfuzzy, specifically and held you in high regard, because I have much respect for the whales like yourself that do seem to be trying to create systems that make steemit more sustainable and rewarding for all parties involved. That still doesn't change the fact that I feel personally as though I have thrown myself into discord, read actively and thoroughly for learning purposes, joined chainbb, downloaded eSteem and joined whatever other third party channel, forum or project to gain a better understanding of how to play a more influential role in the growth of this platform and gain exposure for my content and you are absolutely right, after 6 weeks on here...,
...I AM CONFUSED.
For the record, I have invested in steempower, but...
FACT: If someone can't come onto this platform and just engage freely, speak freely, think freely and curate, comment and produce content actively and eventually make a living and grow financial independence from their energy alone without investing, taking part in contests, paying randowhale, paying minnowbooster, or buying whaleshares, then a platform will come along where that is possible. Perhaps it will be the video blockchain based platform spawning out of steemit that I believe you are actually working on or maybe I am mistaken about that point, but you understand what I am saying.
I agree and disagree. We need to talk about this though. Lol. Too much to type. ;)
One quick answer though is...it doesnt happen overnight. And the fate of steem rests in what steemit.inc does with that massive stake. Imagine what they could do if we can do tjings like whaleshares with a fraction of the funds...
I urge u to rethink steemit though. It is not a social network as much as it is a mutual aid society with a basic framework for a social network added in.
And yes...when steem tech replaces these sites their owners will be very wealthy. Im cool with replacing them...just not holding them up on a pedestal as something to emulate ;)
But to answer your question...yes other chains can use steem tech to do some really cool stuff. I look forward to the future in this.
Don't just leave it at that man. Explain this hangout thing to me. Do you mean Google hangout, are you talking about a discord channel, or what? I know you have the inside route to the steemit illuminati. Give me the keys.
The steemit illuminati? I must leave it at that. Im too busy building stuff and searching for solutions. I wish u luck ;)
lol
Since I read through these comments, I might as well chime in with some info as well.
There is a Whaletank hangout tomorrow hosted by Beyond Bitcoin. You can find out how to join here:
https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@officialfuzzy/whaletank-special-announcement-beyond-bitcoin-hangout-215-7-7-17-with-cheatcodes
You can sign up in the comments with a project of yours, if you feel it's relevant to context of the post, or just listen in and ask questions to the projects being discussed. It is a great way to get some exposure and feedback on your project as well as a nice way of learning about new all the cool new things happening in the Steemit/Crypto space.
Just to make it clear, I am not running this, Fuzzy and friends are, but I thought the info could be useful to you.
very nice logo's. Steemwhales helps the future of steemit, prices will go up! Thanks again for all the hard fork and efforts!
Whaleshares is meant to be a way for whales to give back and also receive. See how awesome it is already doing? :D
congratulation to all the winners
Awesome
These are awesome. @lepton, @anritco, @penguinpablo... you have some skills!
I still can't decide which one I like the most!
Agreed man...
Hi,
I know im very late, but I would still like to know your opinion @officialfuzzy. Thanks :)
Full process of creating this logo.
https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@andrejcibik/my-logo-design-whaleshares-logo-design-process
wow this is good and congrat to all the artists @lepton, @penguinpablo and @anritco for your wonderful work..
Yep. An epic battle for the ages. Many were skilled and some even better than these if primary uses were different :)
I agree very good and skilled guys, you too.
Feel free to see my latest blog post where I shared pictures of my city beer festival..you will like it
I agree, let the best win...however in this case, there is no loser..all are great