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Earilier today Steemit.com's back end software was updated to STEEM v0.19.0 and with it comes a change in the way post/comment rewards are calculated as well as the potential maximum weight of your votes will be increased dramatically! 


<center><h1>Changes in v0.19.0  & The Effects</h1></center>

First off.. The voting power weight increased by 4x coupled with the flattening of the reward curve looks more like a 25x increase in voting power it seems! I know I could upvote a comment from $0.000 to ~&0.740 and now I can vote it to over $20.000 ... WOW.

However with this increased availability in voting weight you'll burn through your voting power that much faster. You can use up to 2% of your entire voting weight per a post at 100% vote weight and only recover 20% over 24 hours..

<center><b>You get ten 100% votes a day, more and you won't be able to recharge it fast enough. Each 100% vote now costs you 2% total voting power.</b></center>

On top of the voting weight and reward curve flattening you'll also receive larger curation rewards as well given the new found voting power. By the sound of it a new vote slider for the GUI may see it's way onto the site in the next little while as for whale status accounts even a 1% vote may be a bit much given the changes! Have a wonderful day everyone!

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