Your probably thinking, is there a secret about Steemit I don’t know...
And then you’ll remember...
Oh yeah names like plankton, minnows, red fish, dolphins, orcas and of course...drum roll please...whales!
If you’ve been around Steemit any period of time you have noticed people using these names, and if your like me and naturally curious your probably wondering what do the names mean??????
Well you have come to the right post!
These sea creature names refer to different levels of Steem Power accumulation
The levels give you a quick idea of how much influence or power the users have on the Steemit Platform.
On the Steemit Platform the size of your investment in a semi-liquid form of Steem called Steem Power determines how much influence or power you have on the Steem platform. On the Steemit Platform Power means money, which tells you how much your upvotes are worth in Steem. So the more Steem Power you have, the more Steem your vote is worth.
So first, let’s review a rough guide for SteemPower and ranking;
Plankton = less then 500 Steem Power
Minnow = at least 500 but less then 5000 Steem Power
Dolphin = at least 5000 but less then 50,000 Steem Power
Orca = at least 50,000 but less the 500,000 Steem Power
Whale =at least 500,000 Steem Power and above
Now let’s see how that translates into rewards.
A Plankton with 100 Steem Power has a 100% upvote worth 0.01 Steemit Token Units.
A Minnow with 1000 Steem Power has an 100% upvote worth 0.10 Steemit Token Units.
A Dolphin with 10,000 Steem Power has an upvote worth 1.00 Steem Token Units
An Orca with 100,000 Steem Power has an upvote worth 10.0 Steem Token Units.
Now, if you look under the hood of Steemit, kind of like popping the hood of your car, you will see more details. It appears that your rank is actually based on a term called “vests”. I read an article by a software developer who stated that the source code for Steemit dictated the levels and they were as follows:
Plankton = up to 1 million VESTS
Minnow = >1 to 10 million VESTS
Dolphin = >10 to 100 million VESTS
Orca = >100 to 1,000 million VESTS
Whale = >1,000 million VESTS
So how do we find out how many million vests we have?
You can check it by going to www.steemd.com or going to http://www.steemworld.org
You can also check it by going to http://www.steemitboard.com.
So now you know about all the sea creatures on Steemit.
The secret is now revealed. I hope you spread this knowledge by resteeming this post.
✍🏼 written by Shortsegments.
References
- https://steemit.com/steem/@dhimmel/steem-vest-ranks-plankton- minnow-dolphin-orca-whale (https://steemit.com/steem/@dhimmel/steem-vest-ranks-plankton- minnow-dolphin-orca-whale)
- https://steemit.com/steem/@ned/long-live-vests- (https://steemit.com/steem/@ned/long-live-vests-)
- https://steemit.com/steemit/@stealthtrader/what-is-the-difference- between-a-minnow-dolphin-and-a-whale (https://steemit.com/steemit/@stealthtrader/what-is-the-difference- between-a-minnow-dolphin-and-a-whale)
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