In the past days many of my steemit friends have encountered an issue with their Bandwith; So I thought to research about it a little bit and make an informative post for everyone (especially for new members) * Note: As per the 30 January stats by @penguinpablo, steemit broke another record, with a new 20.898 users in the day! read more here
(Forgot to say Good Morning Everybody and to let you know that this post for some reason reminded me of this song)
As you understand the massive numbers of new users increase the platform's needs and all (or many of them at least) new users are starting to perform a variety of actions in their effort to socialize, to communicate, to interact, to earn.
We should keep in mind that steemit operates on a block chain. This practically means that any action is recorded in a node. Even if you edit, delete, undo your upvote, the former action will remain recorded for ever. And every action we take, consumes bandwidth.
It was very difficult for me to find information regarding how exactly bandwidth is distributed to users and how much is consumed with specific actions.
As I understand it depends on the amount of Steem Power the user has as well as their Rewards.
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Simply Bandwidth is Information carrying capacity. In Steemit It can Be Explained as How much information you can upload and download in a certain block of Steemit. Bandwidth carrying capacity depends upon How much steem power you have and your rewards you get from a certain block of steemit. Because When ever you collect a reward you get a certain share in the block chain of steemit that increase your band width. […] .
I have seen a few informative posts that you can find here and here and I will try to provide simple steps in order to increase the bandwidth and not to exceed the limit.
Step 1. Check your current bandwidth
Please head over to https://steemd.com/@YourUsernameHere and check out your bandwidth levels.
Check your full bandwidth and how much you have remaining. Make sure you do not overdo it with unnecessary actions.
Step2. Interact with Care
Remember that every action you take reduces your remaining bandwidth so proceed to your steemit interactions with passion but cautiously!
Be careful not to:
Do not Overpost
Every post consumes a lot of bandwidth from you. It is important to be consistent with at least one or two posts per day. (Besides being sparing, it allows your posts to breath and your steemit friends to upvote more easily)
Do not Over Resteem
Resteeming also consumes bandwidth, so make sure you resteem what is important for you and you would like to have among your posts.
Do not Edit Posts or Comments (if not absolutely necessary)
So make sure you (or your friends) proofread your posts before clicking on the button : )
Do not add big and many files in your posts (signatures included)
The files you add in your posts add the size of the post so make sure to post not too many photos, files and if possible, optimize their size (dimensions)
Options if limits of bandwidth are exceeded
If you have already exceeded your bandwidth, what you can do is :
Take some time to rest and prepare your next post : ) and/or
Breath and/or
- Try to Power Up (buy steem via block trades or perhaps delegate steem)
I have seen the below comment here but have not tried it, so I am informing you with reservation
Anyway, you have two options, and none of them are really good. Option 1 is to wait. Bandwidth should refill pretty soon, maybe in a day or so, but it's changing all the time, so it's next to impossible to calculate. I tried to talk with witnesses about making a calculator, but this is seemingly impossible because the number is based on too many factors.
The other option is to Power Up from another account. They need to have some Steem, click on "Wallet" -> "Power Up" - > "Advanced" and type in your name. This will transfer Steem from their account, and give it to your account as Steem Power.
Conclusion
We have got to act with respect. Even if we do not remember all the above, please try not to abuse or overuse the platform. It should serve as a creativity hub that rewards good content shared.
Think. Act Respectfully. Breathe and let steemit breathe too!
I wish my post to serve as a reminder especially for new users, I will welcome all comments and insights you may have regarding the bandwith and are not included in my post.
And remember to check your Voting Power often; @tradewonk wrote a very useful post about it yesterday
[Edit] > I have found out this post where it appears to tell how bandwidth is calculated
The formula uses also 2 more Account parameters :
Account Vesting Shares (AVS)
Account Average Bandwith (AAB)
we need to keep our bandwith use below the limit we get assigned based upon our Vesting Power
which formula is this:
AAB/MVP < AVS/TVS
which is also :
AVS/TVS- AAB/MVP >0
Even had a new reddit account?! waaaay more restrictive.. Just sayin'
Oh yes..!
And the account seems pretty active too.
Thanks so much for visiting!
I had this problem two days ago. You are a legend Katerina! Thank you for this post :)))))))))
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting! I wish I had written this 4 days ago, so that you would not have those problems :)
You are welcome Katerina. I always try to vote (sometimes I have no power left lol) your posts. They are awesome and uplifting. Big fan here :)
Same here dear :) Thank you
I am trying to increase my VP, this way my vote can actually be more effective for my friends
especially with all the fuzz that we had these days with bandwidth this post had to be created!
Absolutely! It was my thoughts exactly, and I should have written it a couple of days ago :)
Thanks for dropping by : )
Bandwidth ...pff what a nightmare!Hope I don't face this problem ever again. @katerinamm thank you for sharing this great info.Useful post!
Thank you for visiting :) I hope so too!
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Thank you for this timely message. seriously, its worth it. i was a victim of the bandwith limit exceeded stuffs couple of days ago. since i dont have enough steep power and nobody to delegate to me.so i wait,finally it got rectified.
I hope it can help out a little bit :)
Steem on, you are doing great! [but always steem with care and attention:)]
Definitely, you thought me something important. And I learnt!
I didnt know about restrictions or bandwidth. I have been working on here tirelessly. Having read this post, I have cautioned myself to be cautious as you advised. Thanks for this post. It was very helpful.
thank you for the useful information, this is very useful for me as newbie in steemit. i will resteem to let others now how to deal with bandwitdh .
Thank you for visiting, I wish you the best :)
This is important news for me.
Nice to hear that. Thank you for visiting!
a few day ago I face with this bandwith issue, my bandwidth is minus and can't do anything, Now I learn how to consume this bandwidth with wisdom, thank for sharing this article, I can learn few tips from this post.
this is good information, I very often experience this, thanks for sharing
Thanks for commenting!
i know this is off your topic but please consider it
https://steemit.com/steemit/@josephjim/fund-raiser
please, dont flag me. this is really important to me.
I understand and I am sorry for what happened to you, but you need to understand that this is considered to be spam
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Please concentrate on quality content in order to increase your rewards.
thanks for clearing me. this is even more than what i expected
This is important news for me.
Is this bindwidth rule only for newbie only? this is important news for me. Thank a lot @katerinaramm
Every user has an amount of bandwidth. The total of bandwidth is different among users and the newbies have less of it.
As you post quality content, increase your rewards & steem power, the amount of bandwidth will increase.
I wish you all the best!
Very useful. I just know about it. Thank your information. Hope always the best for you brader @katerinaramm.
what is meant by "buy steem via blocktrades" how do I do that? otherwise, thank you for the goof write up
Thank you for visiting.
I have actually never bought steem, but as I understand it can be treated as any other crypto-coin.
If for instance you have bitcoin, you can use it to buy steem.
Via blocktrades, after your fill in the amount of crypto-currency (such as bitcoin), it will let you know how much steem you are buying.
Afterwards, you put your steemit username and then click on "get a new receive address"
Then you receive a memo which you need to include when sending bitcoin over.
Then blocktrades will do the transaction for you and deliver it to your steemit account.
You can visit blocktrades here or from your wallet > Buy or Sell Steem
you're making steemit a great community with your content katerinaramm! keep it up!
Thank you
I think this problem is more for people with low SP. I believe people with good SP will not have their bandwidth affected unless they spam posts, comments, edits etc.
This is exactly what I have explained in my post.
Here is some of my feedback, is killing me