No problem, @healthiswealth.
Here are a couple of resources that I believe will help you.
Note that bid bots did not exist when the whitepaper was created and was not addressed in the BP and that means we need to use our best judgement as to how we preserve the integrity of the proof-of-brain mechanism.
There is no crowd wisdom in the bots so it requires a user being more or less honest about the value of their contribution. There is a lot of dishonesty out there and it was MUCH worse before we began our work with SFR.
Much of the abuse we deal with is outside of the scope of @steemcleaners as they typically refrain from addressing voting abuse. This was more or less the impetus for why SFR came about as a supplement to what SC does.
Sometimes people change and we make friends / allies. Other times, the dishonest users merely adjust their methodology. We are constantly adapting. It is a struggle that does not seem to end as long as money is on the table.
My vision is for the long term success of the platform and a culture that promotes the type of work ethic that will help that happen.
P.S. Remember Steemit is the company that got things started with the blockchain Steem. The blockchain itself is independent of this company.
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