The only thing I´m struggling with is, that self-upvoting is more profitable than spreading upvotes for curation rewards. I don´t like that, but I have to do it to grow my SP. I would prefer to spread my vote love much more, but as long as it is this way, I would only hurt myself and therefore also others on the long run (it helps no one, if my SP is low either....)
I've been doing about 5% self upvote, or less since I started. But actually, don't fuss over it, just use your votes however you like..
Direct profit, sure. But I think there's more intangible stuff to be gained here (which could turn into something tangible in the future)
Thank you for your encouragement! I just leased some SP from blocktrades the past weekend and to make this investment profitable over the next 90 days, I have to upvote myself a lot more than I initially like - so it´s always a question of what I like to do vs. what really makes sense in a ROI way...
Oh, and about this "early adopter" thing.... it´s awesome, that you were this early, and I have to constantly remind myself, that even the people joining now, are still early adopters - we are still under 100k active daily users - which is nothing!
The true mining of cryptos imo not actually about running code or even steem power, it's just spending time understanding and operating in this field. It just so happens that SP is a great complement for our digital lifestyle, in which social is a huge % of it..
This is an amazing thought, that would deserve an own post! 👍
It instantly resonates with me.... If you don´t want to write about this, I´ll do! 😉