#blockchaindev

Hello, world.

I'm a blockchain designer. I helped build the Steem blockchain. I left the company Steemit, Inc. in December 2018.

I'm simply another member of this community now. I've been quiet for quite a while. Now I'm going to break my silence; I have a few ideas I'd like to share.

Lots of people on the Steem platform seem to be upset. Mostly they're upset at other humans. Upset about who did what. Who said what. Who owns what, and what they can do with it.

I'm sad, more than upset.

As a blockchain designer, I see Steem's current situation as a design failure triggered by human failure. Humans will act like humans. A successful system will take human nature into account.

System design shouldn't allow human nature to cause a system failure. If this occurs, it's a bug in the design.

I'm sad, because too many humans are too busy being angry at other humans. I'm sad, because this grand experiment of a social media blockchain is running into some difficulties. I'm sad, because too few of us are putting on our blockchain designer hats, and truly trying to understand the design bugs that have brought us to this pass.

Greed. Anger. Envy. Sloth. Some blockchain users will act from these motivations. It's part of human nature. A blockchain system needs to be designed to work under these conditions.

So I've decided.

I've decided to learn from the successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses. The hardest part of being a blockchain designer is predicting how users will behave. A well-designed blockchain can harness all the parts of human nature, all the user interactions, all the darkness and the light. To build a machine that can change the world.

From 2016 to today, I and the whole Steem community have been gaining hard-won experience about how users on a social media blockchain will behave.

Steem started as an experiment. Overall, it was pretty successful. What should we do with our experience?

Let's create another experiment.

Let's build a brand-new blockchain.

It will try new ideas that cannot be implemented on Steem.

It will innovate on parts of Steem's design that cannot be changed.

It could end up quite different from Steem.

It might not be successful.

It definitely won't be perfect.

It probably won't do everything that Steem does.

It certainly won't be as polished as Steem right away.

It will certainly be interesting, if you're interested in blockchains.

In future posts, I'll get into the meat of designing and building. I've just now started writing code. Soon a new blockchain will say "Hello, world." If you want to be there when it does, follow me on Steem.

I welcome any comments or suggestions; simply reply to this post. Apologies in advance if I don't answer you directly. I'll probably be too busy coding to personally respond to everyone.

Comments · 100

@dynamicgreentk(70)· 2179d
I feel the same way but when I look around the world anymore at human behaviors, the steem blockchain does a beautiful job of reflecting how the human psyche and group consciousness works. In my opinion in so many ways Humans are like babies in this hyper connected world. We have to learn how to interact with a whole different reality while under going extreme stress such as improper resource management on all social levels that is causing undue strife(not to mention the relentless propaganda)

I do see a brighter future for steem but not as everything is in flux in the real world.

I appreciate you sharing your experiences building steem and all your work doing as much!
@atma.love(71)· 2353d
Dear @theoretical. My comment / suggestion is to adopt a Matrix-8 governance system. I may have mentioned this (or mentioned you in a post) elswhere. If so please excuse duplication.

This post by John Huckel, designer of the Matrix-8 Platform, will hopefully begin to give you an idea of it's potential: https://steempeak.com/hive-153630/@matrix-8/welcome-to-new-age-dapps-a-solution-to-what-ails-us

Also my post of today: https://steempeak.com/hive-114105/@atma.love/reclaiming-our-sovereignty-during-these-chaotic-times

Your feedback would be very much appreciated.

Namaste Atma Who am i?
@rycharde(64)· 2355d
"System design shouldn't allow human nature to cause a system failure. If this occurs, it's a bug in the design." Thank you, @theoretical, have been saying this myself and then people get angry that I'm not getting angry at the "right" targets.

I've been following and analysing the Steem blockchain for almost 3 years. Mainly it has been the economic structure, which is surprisingly resilient and stable. The mixture of the dual-currencies, the reward pool and the way it responds to rshares activity works well. If there is something I would add to this macro-economic level, it is some feedback between the coin-creation rate and the amount of unvested STEEM. Pouring more coins into a saturated economy has damaged its price. Just as the reward pool responds to activity, so the coin-creation rate should respond to liquidity.

I have plenty more, but not sure if comments is the right place. Maybe I'll put them in a post. If you need a few "devil's advocates" to brainstorm ideas, then get in touch.

The ideas come before the code.
@coininstant(69)· 2355d
There's no way i'm ever going to use another social media blockchain platform again, no matter how fancy and perfect it is. This one still works for me!! If it goes away I guess I will quit blogging.
@on1x(52)· 2355d
Hello, i'm start same initiative like 2 years ago. But from russian community. That way was created VIZ. You can read about it in my posts on english:
There is no so much info in English, there is Cookbook in Russian: https://github.com/vizplus/viz-cookbook and whitepaper vision from one participant: https://github.com/vizplus/whitepaper/blob/master/ru/contents.md

Main github: https://github.com/VIZ-Blockchain

Most activity on Telegram @viz_world
@indigoocean(69)· 2356d
I suggest you involve a psychotherapist in this design process, if you haven't already. It's important to know what your strengths are and where they end.
@fitzgibbon(61)· 2357d
Hi @theoretical, as you like system design, here's an additional idea:

When Powering Up you can directly upvote and influence the rewards structure with your stake, this incentivizes people to participate and engage with content on the platform. (as it is now on Steem)

But, Powering Up should not directly lead to a full stake-weighted vote for governance purposes (voting for witnesses). How about people would gradually earn witness voting rights over time? For example 1/13 of the total voting rights per week? Maybe even slower? (a proposed idea to mitigate the potential risk of a abrupt hostile takeover)
@deepresearch(71)· 2358d
Hello @theoretical!

I really love your idea of seeing beyond the current blockchain possibilities of tweaking things! I observed last weeks very carefully and I have got an idea to radically change the game. I'm not a programmist so I have no idea about the possibility of implementing this but I see potential in making blockchain adaptative to its environment. The environment of blockchain is a token price, amount of users, the activity of users, a level of decentralization (probably Gini index?), basically anything that impacts chain while being changed. Let me give you an example.

When the token price goes down an algorithm makes it more profitable to hold for users. Or when there are more very powerful, wealthy actors on the stage, the voting power coming from SP would dropdown. This would require adding some non-SP factor for voting power, and I believe it would make the whole network more resilient against hostile takeovers. I've got a few more ideas in my pocket but this format is non-favorable one for it. Also, I would love to get in touch and explain it in more detail if you would be interested in this idea. Thank your for your time and effort to make this space better. Cheers!
@jbgarrison72(50)· 2358d
The timing couldn’t be better.
@dses(58)· 2358d
hello @theoretical, I have never seen you before probably it was because I was only more active since you left.

But I too, see a great flaw in certain designs that is fueled by human emotions; and at the same time, I still feel great potential of the steem blockchain of what it can achieve.

So far you mentioned a lot about the negative side of the impact; but there are also a lot of positive impact from just being human on the blockchain. And as you have mentioned, we need both side of the balance to create a less partial system that could both enhance the positive impact and reduce negative impact with more equal strengths for all levels of users (steemians)

If there's going to be another chain coming, I will definitely hop on; however if there's a way to save steem and improve it, I would love to have that happen too. Because the whole world needs a lot of help among one another in the power of the blockchain.

So much has yet to be tapped from just STEEM itself.

That being said, I have found some really good pointers that we can learn from publish0x, that maybe, JUST maybe, curb a little on the green side and on the earnest side.

Plus, enabling people to have more freedom in the real world, while still staying connected on the blockchain.

Always love to bounce ideas.

Best regards @littlenewthings ps: I wanted to experiment this account for some automated peer-to-peer; however I have zero knowledge for blockchain (although I am an old version .NET developer). If you do not mind taking on a student and have the patience in the world to teach an old lady to catch up in the new development, I can be found in discord.
@clayop(74)· 2358d
Permanent staking, which has neven been experimented.
@basilmarples(65)· 2358d
full power to you my friend! I look forward to seeing what you get up to...
@borjan(79)· 2359d
This sounds like a great and promising news. I'm a relative newcomer here, only abut a year on Steemit, but with all frustrating stuff about it, I grew to like this place. And mostly for the great curation communities of various types that make quality stuff visible. Here, unlike on most social network I experienced, I can actually find a great variety of stuff that are genuinely interesting and often well written, well drawn, photographed or photoshopped with some individuality. If there will be something like that - but even better, and resilient to human induced crisis and misuse - what a great virtual life this will be. :) Good luck.
@tubcat(58)· 2359d
Definitely following. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labour.
@cosmicfontaint(42)· 2359d
Innovation is something that matters. We need a new visions, new steps, new features not something polished and perfect. If we can make something unique and useful at the same time than we can say that we have succeed. The we can polish it and make it perfect or build)

Will try to look after your project.
@vincentnijman(74)· 2359d
I found your post via @taskmaster4450

Welcome ( back )! This sounds exciting. I will keep an eye on your upcoming blog posts. Looking forward to following the process.

I'm happy to find this kind of write up(s), countering the negativity, anger, fear. The latter almost made me leave the platform. Now, after a short break, I'm feeling a lot better.

Thank you :>)
@stuffbyspencer(62)· 2359d
Hey, nice to meet you :^)

I love how you've decided to skip the nonsense and go straight into working on fixes. I always thought that, while I love Steem, it might fail. I never considered Steem to be the "permanent" future, it was an experiment. An experiment we could learn from. Nice to see you have similar opinions!

Do you have a Discord? I'd love to talk with you about this some more :^)
@josua1(65)· 2359d
I know to appreciate your engagement, it's a good thing to work together directly with Users on this platform.
@mamanovasim(62)· 2359d
let's think that we have made new steem classic but then what? who will list our new steem classic coin ? if you have any idea then please share.
@flaxz(75)· 2359d
That sounds interesting, I wish you good luck.
@vikisecrets(80)· 2359d
Steem and DPOS still can be fixed, here are some ideas: https://steempeak.com/hive-111111/@vikisecrets/7-ways-to-fix-steem-s-delegated-proof-of-stake-dpos-system
@arcange(79)· 2359d
Congratulations @theoretical! Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade in the following categories:
- Comments - Ranked 2 with 120 comments
- Pending payout - Ranked 2 with $ 80,86
@jasonbu(65)· 2359d
Sounds like a great idea to build off of the experience and interactions from Steem - incorporate the Human factor. I would concur with @stellabelle's comments. Especially in moving the concept to more of a social-media platform and having that social-media expert aligned and integrated. Take for instance chat - I think it should be on the list of integrated features. Hopping off to Discord moves the conversation to Discord - it should stay on the platform. I've started a few sites/communities and made a conscious effort to refrain from sparking up a Discord server. Also, embrace the different form factors that bring different perspectives, long form, Appics images and its Instagram like format... the list goes on.

Sounds like it could be fun. Keep us all posted. I love Steem and will be around on it for as long as it runs. I also like to see innovation and wonder what the "next" Steem will look like.
@sathyasankar(65)· 2359d
Excited to hear from you. I would like to be a part of the new chain.
@uyobong(78)· 2359d
I'll be glad to be a part of the freshest user of a new blockchain. How great it feels like to be a pioneer user. Let's set the ball rolling...🎼🎺🎷

Posted using Partiko Android
@wholeself-in(59)· 2359d
Oh my God, what a breath of fresh air.
@remlaps(66)· 2359d
If one of the problems that you want to address is overvalued votes (upvote and/or downvote), you may wish to explore the concept of a 2nd price auction.

If coupled with a super-linear rewards curve (to discourage stake-splitting), I suspect that it would add friction that could encourage voters to regulate their own votes in order to avoid wasting their voting power.
@ammonite(73)· 2359d
Following with interest. Wishlist social stake more than financial stake No bots gaming the system No Neds or Justins

Wishing you luck
@free999enigma(68)· 2359d
Show us that Steem Classic ;)
@adetorrent(78)· 2359d
I think the boat as sailed mate. The days of starting blockchains from scratch are behind us. Sure you can do it if you want, but nobody will use it. That’s just the cold reality.

I think Steem is worth sticking with and fighting for. I’ve also invested too much money here to simply wave it off as a “failed experiment”.

Sounds good though.
@beerlover(65)· 2359d
^{View or trade BEER.}

Hey @theoretical, here is a little bit of BEER from @ervin-lemark for you. Enjoy it!

Learn how to earn FREE BEER each day by staking.
@ervin-lemark(76)· 2359d
I've been here almost from the start of the experiment.

I want to be there with you again. You are being followed :)

!BEER
@dragosroua(75)· 2359d
I'm interested in this from a development / programming / theoretical (pun intended) point if view. I'm around since October 2016, running a witness node and writing a small dApp (never made it to top 20). Wrote a lot of stuff about blockchain governance back in the day, could be a bit daunting to find it in the 10.000 posts that I left in this blockchain.

For now I'm just observing and expressing my interest in participating in initial discussions, if you think I can be of any help, of course.
@logiczombie(67)· 2359d

System design shouldn't allow human nature to cause a system failure. If this occurs, it's a bug in the design.

100% this.
@inertia(75)· 2359d
It is my belief that there was an ”aggressive technological solution” to the censorship applied by the witnesses against the accounts that were blacklisted. Instead of exploring this possibility... other, more objectionable avenues were used.

Am I on the right track about an ”aggressive technological solution?” Or do you consider a stealth deploy valid? Or is it all beside the point?
@joythewanderer(81)· 2359d
Welcome back, count me in
@rhondak(68)· 2359d
As the owner of a real-world business that may have to rebrand to a name without "Steem" in it over this Tron mess, I am very interested in what you propose here. Will be following your posts.
@steemitboard(66)· 2359d
Congratulations @theoretical! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You got more than 100 replies. Your next target is to reach 200 replies.

_{You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking} _{If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP}

Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:

Downvote challenge - Add up to 3 funny badges to your board
Use your witness votes and get the Community Badge
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
@dj123(61)· 2359d
definately interested to be part of this @theoretial, especially if this is going to be a social media crypto;

Some thoughts:

need to have:
- need to have place holders for nft
- need to have some form a scarcity (infinite printing without any continuous null sinks)
- needs to balance/translate the popular vote vs the big money vote some kind of recognition (eg. social value of karma on reddit, claps on patreon, likes on youtube .... -> increase views by advertisers and increase recommendation by site while translate to increase income)
- be good to have active stake holders who are not artistic but are resonable investors to support get a portion of returns of appreciation (and not necessarily inflation)
good to have:
- reward for onboarding/recruiting (eg. a sponsor system) authenticated real people. eg. a verified member is someone who has 1000 followers which of them 50% are verified. So if 500 verified person says you're real...you become part of the general community.... or some way to overcome KYC by consensus
- simple port....so say all steemians who have rep > x-amount and x time and x activity (that is not repetition) can get quickly mass adopted.
- automatic support (like patreon) that say expires in 3/6/9/12months.
- super great to have place holder to be verified after say x-thousands of blocks by BTC (so it anchors to a an immutable pow blockchain)
@fitzgibbon(61)· 2359d
Go for it!

A few things to keep in mind:
1. Always listen to @stellabelle and @whatsup
2. Slightly skew incentives towards minnows, rewards and wealth have a tendency to move towards a select few (pareto principle), but your blockchain is stronger if more decentralized.
3. Learn from mistakes, do not assume to be always right
Here's an example of a clear misconception:
@lauch3d(66)· 2359d
If you are a Blockchain designer why not start with correct-by design proofs? This is what "blockchain designer" usually do. They proof liveness and safety. Then they come with a collusion resistant game mechanism for DAO decision making like a prediction-market/futarchy-implementation. ... basically the Steem community has confused wild gut feeling based experimentation with actual distributed consensus design, game theory and crypto economics aka "blockchain design" 🙌.

good luck
@katerinaramm(78)· 2359d
I appreciate your post and I fully agree with the below sentence..

I'm sad, because too many humans are too busy being angry at other humans

I am following and I will be around whenever you need an extra opinion or suggestion.
@schattenjaeger(71)· 2359d
Sick.
@liberosist(72)· 2359d
Hello @theoretical, it's been a while, it's wonderful to have you back. I eagerly await whatever you are cooking up, and will be following, supporting and offering my thoughts along the way.

I have observed Steem closely since 2016, and have some thoughts on what Steem did well, what can be improved, and what needs to be dropped.
1. Steemit Inc. has spent years chasing scalability despite the tiny, tiny audience for Steem, it's been a constant rabbit hole that has got in the way of actually improving the social features. My first thought is blockchain social should be built on a Layer 2 solution. All data need not be clog up a blockchain, that is just not a sensible or feasible approach for something that may scale into the hundreds of millions. Instead, build a Layer 2 solution on an established chain like ethereum or EOS. There's some great tech available for ethereum like ZK/Optimistic rollups. The main motivation is actually to leverage the formidable network effects of these established chains, perhaps even make it cross-chain. I know you're building a brand new blockchain, and that's fine, just sharing my thoughts. Regarding fees - see below. Governance can be achieved by community leaders (more on this later, will tie into a community-centric approach).
2. Privacy. Whilst the open and public social network has some appeal, for most of the world, privacy is a very important and fundemantal right. It's essential for all parts of the social network to offer privacy controls.
3. Ditch the inflation-funding rewards. This one's crucial. I believe inflation funding on a common rewards pool is a major contributor to Steem's failure. Firstly, the economics are broken, the tokens are regularly dumped, leading to Steem being a strong degenerator type asset which is in perpetual decline save for the few euphoric altcoin pumps-and-dumps. The other, more insiduous drawback is people view the reward pool as a public property that is waiting to be abused for selfish gain, in various ways. In a way, it reflects some of the downsides of unfettered communism combined with unfettered liberty - the worst of both worlds. This has led to a lot of toxicity and abuse on Steem. Finally, most people are on social media to create social capital, not financial rewards, so the rewards has never drawn a substantial audience anyway.
4. Instead, replace it with a decentralized advertising and gamification model. We have seen some experiments by BAT and Voice on this front. The general idea is - anyone can create content, and there are ways to pay to achieve visibility. For example, if there's a celebrity content creator, there'll be people who would want their comments/contents to be high up - they can pay for it. The content creator will receive a large share of the advertising revenue. Another possibility is advertising on a certain community. I realize this is pretty vague, but I believe the revenue model must be attention economy-driven, rather than inflation-funded. And yes, the smart contract will take a miniscule cut that'll go towards paying for maintenance of Layer 2, development and Layer 1 fees. Of course, the same structure can also be used for a native blockchain solution like the one you're building.
5. Gamification. Tying into the above, it's important to gamify the social network. There's a lot of inspiration that can be taken from free-to-play games. There's a great body of evidence to suggest that people will pay if they are engaged. I believe this type of tokenisation and gamification is the only USP for blockchain-based social networks for the masses.
6. Community-based system. Communities has been great for Steem, but at this time it's clear to see it's a fix on top of a problem. I'd like to see a social network that treats Communities natively. Of course, it should be people centric as well, but Communities should be factored into the fundamental design of the system, including the advertising platform. There are many ideas to expand on Communities, including robust but decentralized moderation controls, gamification options, etc.
As you can probably tell, having been on Steem so long I have plenty of experience and thoughts. If you have any questions, please feel free, I'd be happy to help. I'm available @liberosist#8254 on Discord for a more private venue. I'll be following your project closely, look forward to it!

PS: Although I'm not a developer, if there was any way to actively contribute to this project, I'd be glad to.
@stackin(78)· 2359d
Interesting, i would be interested. How would it be different from all the upcomers like voice, uptrennd. lbry, etc... etc... regardless, looking forward to what you come up with.
@tuck-fheman(75)· 2359d
~~I'm in!~~ I'm out.
@ironshield(76)· 2359d
Welcome back, let's get to work. How can I help?

Posted using Partiko Android
@felixxx(73)· 2359d
What other system do you propose then ? We can now see that with a stake-based voting system, the majority rules. It is just unfortunate, that this majority was bought by one individual, under the table. I still believe 'the market' would have solved this - there are just not enough players involved right now.
@coininstant(69)· 2359d
Can u do a hard fork from steem so we all can have tokens to start?
@buggedout(77)· 2359d
I'm very interested. We need to learn from past mistakes if we hope not to repeat them.
@tryskele(65)· 2359d
When change inspires someone to do something better I think it's a good thing. I can completely understand why this has saddened you. I am sad to see the ugliness that is transpiring. Yet you can still see those that are willing to keep moving forward for no other reason than to not give up.

I look forward to see this come to life. Wish I knew more to help out :)
@enthef(45)· 2359d
I am not convinced its failed but a start to something really great that we can all be proud of being a part of. I think it is about touching as many lives as possible not to say there isn't going to be bumps in the road. Many times greed kicks in and vision deteriorates. Guess the key is to not have that happen.
@bro.nevik(52)· 2359d
Sign me up!

I feel the same for a year for now at least. Now steemit is more like a old 90s style forum than a viable content product from 2020s. Devs are made product for themselves, not hearing any user feedback.

We should do more on witness promotion logic. More on reward side. More on content range and visibility algorithms. Onboarding is a shitty mess that simply does not work. And lets dont forget about apps and their creators.

I'm data analyst with 5 years of experience. I've built a lot of motivation/KPI systems - it's like think about real people down the line and how they will try to game the system to earn more and how you could be one step ahead. How we could develop our product based on real users actions data. Also have a DB and backend experience.

You could find me here https://twitter.com/br0nevik
@anthonyadavisii(73)· 2359d
As one that understands the theological construct known as total depravity that pertains to humans, I can relate to the problems that people are apt to bring to a system.

I will add that I also have been considering a new vision of Steem (not merely a fork) and would be happy to collaborate. Think I already have a solution for front end media storage so let me know if you would like to work together.
@pegarissimo(67)· 2359d
You are probably coding so you read this, but if you, well I kinna have a what to seem an unexplore idea, I did my share of 'hello worlds' but on the Tron side. Anyways, build it and them will come ...or not, but if I can help or something, let me know 😉👍
@valued-customer(75)· 2359d
Looking forward to what an agile mind can conceive, a passionate person can create, and a hard worker can make happen.

Thanks!
@whatsup(76)· 2359d
So, refreshing to hear someone focus on the system and not the people. I need to do a better job of this as well.

I'd be curious to hear your view of what exactly broke down.

Looking forward to updates on your project.
@stellabelle(76)· 2359d
Before embarking upon your new social site, please watch this. It's important:
@wwwiebe(74)· 2359d
That's certainly not a small undertaking. This entire recent brouhaha has led me to think that whatever happens next will be done to fix some of the technical and social issues that are causing us problems right now, so I wish you well! I am definitely interested in seeing what you're able to come up with. I, like most of us, just want a place to be able to share, engage, and enjoy social company without an excess of politics.
@firepower(80)· 2359d
Fantastic seeing your post today and very excited to see what you have in mind moving forward. Looking forward to the next updates. You should join us in the slack. :)
@stellabelle(76)· 2359d
It's so wonderful to see you writing now. I still remember meeting you in 2016, and still have the video interview i did (which Ned forced me to remove from YouTube.) I agree with everything you said. Greed, envy, sloth, anger and I will add an addiitonal one: revenge. The revenge part that is mixed with bots and downvoting was particularly damaging to the platform. I have a lot to say about how social platforms should be run. Firstly ,they should be designed, iterated on and built by social people who understand social needs. so whatever you are building now, I would advise you to consult and partner with people who are not only smart, but who are highly social creatures, too. They know what works and what doesn't and they should be in the position to help guide the design.

Building systems in isolation or just with some vague notion of "normal social people" is misguided. I have spent a lot of time thinking about why Steem didn't reach the success it should have and I want to stress to you the importance of the following things:
1. New accounts should be free.
2. Social media projects should have a mobile app (both android and ios) right out of the gate.
3. Account creation should be so simple that a monkey can do it.
4. Accounts should be created via Twitter or Google API logins.
5. An expert social media team needs to be part of your team at the very beginning.
Please also consider the fact that no matter how good your coding is, if you embark on this new project without social media experts on your team, your results will be mediocre. Existing social media experts can translate your ideas to normal people. This means, you need a well-organized social media team (twitter, instagram, facebook, youtube) right out of the gate, with regular updates to a Medium account as well.

I would also add that choosing the right people is what is needed more than anything. We all realize Ned was a snake. I knew this from the first moment I interviewed him. There was something fishy about the way he dodged my questions. He seemed slippery, fake and elusive. And this was in 2016.

I am excited about your new project, but I want to stress my points above. I have some ideas about this because I have been experimenting (just as a user) with many different designs myself. There is one project that I hope you have the time to interact with because it's a successful project that was inspired by Steem. It's called Newlife.ai. They currently have about 20,000 users. I use it daily because I enjoy it and it's creative.

I hope that you take the time to understand how it works. You should also realize that the referral system they have works very well too, and it's all determined by an algorithm, a community-run algorithm, and they have very innovative aspects like UCI (Universal Creator Income) which is coming. It is of course not perfect, but it's highly addictive, was started some years ago, and it also is a superior experience because they have perfected some aspects of social media. It's very much worth studying. NOthing is perfect, but if we learn what works for humans and what doesn't, then we can be smarter about what to build in the future.

I am glad to see you writing here because I remember thinking how bright a mind you have. I still have that video I think it's in private mode bc Ned forced me to remove it from Youtube. I want to show it to you sometime, maybe privately, as I am not sure you ever saw it. More than anything, I am so happy to read this from you. Don't stop sharing with us.
@funtraveller(76)· 2359d
High profile steemians seem to know & trust you which makes me excited about what you will do for the steem community.

I'll be following your update as well.
@schlafhacking(62)· 2359d
big plans, good luck, following for updates
@beggars(71)· 2359d
Glad to see you still around @theoretical - I think you should consider speaking with @aggroed - we the Steem Engine have been building some great stuff for the Steem community. Nothing of the scale of a new blockchain, but efforts to make this place better. I don't speak for anyone else, but there might be some opportunities to align with one another group of individuals and see if there is some overlap with what you are doing.
@dr-frankenstein(66)· 2359d
Basically, this:
- Mitigate the influence of "human nature" as much as possible, preferably zero potential influence.
- Revisit the governance mechanism, more distributed, more decentralized.
- The involvement of the communities around the world, no prejudice against any community.
See you around.
@zekepickleman(79)· 2359d
I like your views and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter! ;)
@sm-silva(56)· 2359d
Suggestions: Steem’s main problem is account creation... How will Dapps grow if they can't register new users? Other Problem, Curation... Why someone who upvote after everyone will gain less or nothing? It's make everyone vote to same peoples forever...

Or Maybe you make a system where everyone who have stake gain without need upvote like others POS... And give the possibility to upvote someone decreasing a little of the reward he would be entitled to. Ex: 'User A' have right to 1000 Token per day, if he upvote at 100% 'user B' he will receive 900 Token that day! Problems it solves: Milks and spam(Maybe)...

But the main thing is the website, because the end user has to have a great experience...
@bashadow(70)· 2359d
I'll try following for awhile, will all the updates be in the tag BLOCKCHAINDEV? Are you maybe thinking of making a community page/account to keep people posted/updated or strictly just your blog page? Will there be away for the not technical individuals to aprticipate easily once you get the chain done, or will it just be another place for bot battles?

A nice Social Chain would be a nice addition, steem block chain has shown that there is room and a place for the social side.
@udezee(71)· 2359d
Seems interesting.. Can't wait to see what your vision unfolds.
@abitcoinskeptic(75)· 2359d
Me sad too. =( Thank u for giving me smile today. =)
@ericwilson(69)· 2359d
Followed.

I support your experiment and look forward to participating.
@wattersblue(46)· 2359d
Is the problem really that there aren't enough blockchains in the world? I would much rather work on making existing blockchains more functional.

If what you are building is successful, you will be cannibalizing existing steem, which ironically is what most are trying to prevent Justin Sun from doing. Yet you are being welcomed with open arms. Ironic.
@stealthtrader(69)· 2359d
Sweet!! I may have some ideas..

We could call it.. "The Oasis"

Maybe even a place to buidl something cool for @Splinterlands.. Especially with all of the new features coming!
@thekitchenfairy(77)· 2359d
🎶 where you lead, I will follow🎶 - yeah, from Gilmore Girls

💫💫💫💫
@nokodemion(59)· 2359d
Welcome back... :) Old Chap ...
@kabir88(61)· 2359d
1. One token one vote (if using PoS)
2. Posts don't stop earning rewards after 7 days
3. Super easy onboarding
4. Easy to understand rewards mechanism
5. Resteems get rewards
@bil.prag(76)· 2360d
if you will need someone to click on it (if it will have clicky things) that is what i can do. coding, saying smart things about how it should work, investing something significant, unfortunately is something i can't do.
@deanliu(83)· 2360d
theoretically, this might work. ^^
@ats-david(75)· 2360d
Would love to know what you’re working on. I’ve heard a lot of good things about you and your work. I have some ideas.

I’m in.
@mstafford(68)· 2360d
Very excited to see what you manage to come up with. Following to stay tuned in.
@raycoms(71)· 2360d
How else can people get involved in this process?
@lordneroo(74)· 2360d
I'm in! Welcome back.
@freddio(60)· 2360d
sounds interesting
@geekgirl(80)· 2360d
Sounds interesting. Count me in.
@logic(70)· 2360d
Steemcleaners are in :-)
@novacadian(65)· 2360d
Following with interest.
@frankbacon(66)· 2360d
Highly rEsteemed!

as for suggestions; take a break... take a walk. Relax and step off for a bit. These "human" problems begin when folks believe they can control things. disappearing behind the fog of future promises in Code is a Ned tactic... Stick around and participate. But this is just a suggestion.
@jga(69)· 2360d
I'm glad to see you here again! Your work and math design have inspired me to do my own research in the steem blockchain :)

Looking forward news from you.
@cervantes(78)· 2360d
Welcome back!
@liondani(70)· 2360d
Welcome "back"!
@c0ff33a(76)· 2360d
It's awesome you came back, and this sounds like an amazing project - I fell in love with Steem which is why I set up Witness nodes. I like the idea of taking the best from Steem and enhancing it - I'll keep an eye on your project I'm no coder but if you need someone to run a server for your project hit me up.
@lemouth(75)· 2360d
I am looking forward to see what you will deliver next! :)
@pfunk(73)· 2360d
If nothing else I'm glad what's happened has inspired you to create something new. Good to see you're still around.
@ew-and-patterns(71)· 2360d
At this point I don't see this getting resolved other than a new chain (fork of steem). I hope to be wrong but I don't see it. No need to start from scratch though. Just fix the obvious flaws in the newsteem chain and fork him out. Build a DEX. Hope to get your input when our witnesses decide to show him the finger and leave. See you around.
@borislavzlatanov(65)· 2360d
What design changes do you think would help resolve the current conundrum with TRON?
@borislavzlatanov(65)· 2360d
I imagine you have seriously deliberated over the benefits of starting from scratch vs evolving Steem's design. I am curious to know why you think it would be preferable to start from scratch than to evolve the current design.
@art.int(53)· 2360d
Let's see where this goes ! Following with great interest... How do you plan to keep us informed code-wise ? Everything will be on Github since day 1 ? Maybe do some Twitch streams from time to time if you don't mind. As a coder, I would love to see as much of the process as possible. Wish you the best in your journey !
@lordgord(44)· 2360d
That's truly inspiring. Are you hoping to create a new social driven chain? If so I have some forward thinking (probably pipe dream) ideas on what that could look like.
@gtg(76)· 2360d
I'm glad to see you around! :-)
@nationalpark(64)· 2360d
Welcome back. I am too disappointed and sold most of my STEEMs yesterday.

	Downvote challenge - Add up to 3 funny badges to your board
	Use your witness votes and get the Community Badge

Comments · 100

Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

More from @theoretical