RE: Checking in on STEEM's delegation bot holdings
I'm fairly sure one of the big farming accounts did that recently but I can't remember which one.
Yeah, there are a bunch of changes that happened recently. Maybe this isn't the best time to look at it for comparison. I'm aware of at least two large delegator accounts who powered down in the last month or two (I also don't remember the account names), and one decent sized account that's powering down now. For more than a month, we saw >1 million SP per week powered down, which is 2 - 21/2 times typical levels. Also, the near-instantaneous elimination of 4+ million SBDs worth of debt threw a huge monkey-wrench in things - so that may have influenced power-up/power-down decisions.
So without an rme or steemcurator account deciding to change things
Yeah, that's the key. A few top-tier investors could turn things around - if they choose to. Otherwise - "If you keep doing what you've always done, you're gonna keep getting what you've always got." ;-)
Absent that, we're left looking for a competitive solution where the incumbents have a huge head start. I think a competitive solution exists, but finding it takes lots of time, effort, resources, determination, and patience. Unfortunately, right now it seems that the people who have the requisite motivation don't have the necessary resources.
The SBDs have certainly made things extremely interesting recently. The good news is that in theory, it should be easier to peg the SBD to the USD now - which might even prompt a relisting in some places (if somebody pushes for it anyway!)
I'm not sure if I've thanked you properly for the follow-votes on bullionsavers - it helped a lot and I really appreciate it. Unfortunately, that approach was cumbersome effort-wise so I prefer this alternative approach which feels more sustainable and will hopefully soften the emotional impact that downvotes can have too.