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It means no STEEM reward pool, but SMTs only.

The STEEM "rewards" would only then be from witnesses and from inflation in our SP. Currently, we all gain 2.x% for having SP.

I see. Interesting idea.

Thank you for the info!

Each SMT/community could develop its own economic model, with upvotes (and rewards) or not, with downvotes (with or without reward reduction ) or not
The current economic model (let's call it "Steemit"), as we know it today, moves to its own community (with the same or updated economic parameters) or disappear