New updates are coming to steem next week.

Here's highlights for new features/updates from the git release log:

Bug fix issue from broadcasts on locked wallets.
Adjustment for block size calculation. The minimum block size limit will be reduced from 128k to 64k
Liquidity rewards will be temporarily disabled.

Payment Updates:

Posts:

The payout stage will now be weighted by 12 hours instead of 24.

This is a great addition and content should now be less "stale" and cycle faster.

Improving how content is displayed in terms of freshness should be an added welcome. Additionally there is a second voting period set to 30 days after the first payout.

Comments:

Root level comments have reward weight for the entire end payout of the post. The first 4 posts in 24 hours will not be penalized. After the initial 24 hours the weight is decreased from 100% and factored by your average posting frequency.

Spamming will be heavily penalized going forward and a great addition.

New STEEM updates coming next week - What you need to know - Hardfork scheduled for July 26th

New updates are coming to steem next week.