Today I have been trying to understand RC cost. So it seems to depend on how many resources there are in the pool. The less resources the more expensive it becomes. So I am guessing we are in the expensive state now. In addition, there are parameters in the RC cost function which can be tweaked so I there is lots of room for improvements.
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Yeah, that's the basic idea here, how the outcome of this model could be such a humongous surprise still baffles me though...
You might find the dev notes on the RC sytem interesting: https://github.com/steemit/steem/blob/master/doc/devs/2018-08-20-resource-notes.md
There's also this post by @holger80 showcasing part of the code involved... https://steemit.com/steem/@holger80/rc-costs-do-not-depend-on-compute-time
While I think the concept of RCs makes a ton of sense looking into the future... that doesn't excuse the extend of unexpected deviation here...