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<p><strong>Dolphins Are Getting Stronger : A More Accurate Analysis</strong></p>
<p>(1) Increase in dolphin numbers;</p>
<p>(2) Are dolphins important? Let's work it out in numbers!</p>
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<p>In an earlier post by @timd entitled &quot;Why Steemit Dolphins Will Become More Important Than Whales&quot;, I </p>
<p>asked him how he defined dolphins with respect to SP values and he said he hasn't bothered to work it out yet </p>
<p>and it would be good for someone to do it! I felt obliged to be that someone and get down to work and here it </p>
<p>is.</p>
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<p><strong>(1) Increase in dolphin numbers;</strong></p>
<p>Have a look at the following table generated by Steem on July 27, 2016</p>
<p>All accounts (July 27, 2016)</p>
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<p>Now look at similar table listed on June 18, 2016.</p>
<p>All accounts (June 18, 2016.)</p>
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<p>12,676 accounts</p>
<p>total stake: 100.00%</p>
<p>To simplify calculation, I group dust and newbie under Minnows, user, superuser and hero under Dolphins while superhero (mod) and legend (supermod) under Whales. Their respective increments are calculated as below:</p>
<p>Grouping ---------18 June-------27 July-------Increment %    </p>
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<p>Minnows---------9,497----------- 33,694---------254.8%</p>
<p>Dolphins --------3,001 ----------- 5,238----------74.5%</p>
<p>Whales------------178--------------213------------19.7%</p>
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<p>Total-------------12,676-----------39,145---------200.8%</p>
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<p>While minnows increase at the highest rate which is good, dolphins also increase rapidly, almost double in five </p>
<p>weeks, and at a faster rate of three and half times than Whales.</p>
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<p><strong>Are dolphins important? Let's work it out in numbers!</strong></p>
<p>Now the July numbers give the following ratios approximately:</p>
<p>Whales 1: Dolphins 25: Minnows 149</p>
<p>Assuming Whales have a value of SMD 100, Dolphins a value of SMD 1 and Minnows a value of SMD 0.01 </p>
<p>while 175 SMD is being distributed, you will get 1x100 + 25x1 + 0.01x149 = 126.49 SMD. Proportionately if </p>
<p>1000 SMD is in distribution, you can get 126.49 x 1000/175 = 722.80, This figure is lower than 901.99 worked </p>
<p>out by @timd. But I have to say it is not far from it and it will make me a happy man too.</p>
<p>However, you probably also notice that the major contribution still come from the Whales. if they are left out, </p>
<p>the figure will look like this: 0x100 + 25x1 + 0.01x149 = 26.49 SMD and for 1000 SMD, 26.49 x 1000/175 = </p>
<p>151.37 which looks more that what you are getting at the moment!</p>
<p>So fellow Steemians, I mean fellow Minnows and Dolphins, not only we have to keep swimming, we need to </p>
<p>swim harder!</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone!</p>
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