As we move into 2018 we have to take a moment to look back at the ups and downs of 2017 to better appreciate where we are now. As many of you know by now I a big supporter of the Whaleshares community, among others in the BeyondBitcoin group.
What Does Whaleshares Represent?
For those who don't know, the Whaleshares community purpose is to "share" the wealth of "whales" with others who are willing to participate in community activities. It's quite simple really. Instead of taking for ourselves and never looking back... we openly give back to our followers in many ways.
For many months we had the support of other whales within Steemit who generously delegated Steem Power to the @OfficialFuzzy account which was used to fund cross-chain tokens called WHALESHARES that could be used to give upvotes on posts. These tokens were fairly distributed as rewards for participation in contests, community challenges, and live events. If you take away anything from this post, please remember cross-chain tokens, they will be a very important topic as the year progresses.
We have all witnessed the drama in recent months, with people seeming to take sides based on the least risk of getting flagged by bigger accounts simple by affiliation. In time this public perception and "risk" resulted in the retraction of our supporting delegation. It was a big blow to the community that supports so many, but we vowed to carry on and rebuild organically - and that is exactly what we have been doing.
Now, a full 100 WHALESHARE token upvote is worth a bit over $4, with continued effort, Fuzzy's reinvestment in SP, and the rising price of STEEM we hope to have it up to $8 by the end of the month. All of this is given out to the community!
It's never too late to become an active part of our community.
Come share, learn, laugh, grow and earn with us - together.
Live Events
Whaleshares Live Curation Event
π Every Monday at 7PM EST / 12AM UTC
Where: The Curation Room (Audio & Text) on Discord
Hosted by: @nikflossus and the Whaleshares Curation Team
Posts are human-curated from the #post-promotion channel in Discord. If your post is selected you will be awarded Whaleshares, equivalent to upvotes from a Steemit whale. If it isn't selected you still stand a chance of winning Whaleshares as there'll be prizes given to attendees.
Live Promote Your Post Session
π Every Thursday & Sunday at 7PM EST / 12AM UTC
Where: The Curation Room (Audio & Text) on Discord
Hosted by: @FreedomExists
Each participant gets a turn to share and discuss their recent post with the group, gain new followers, earn upvotes, and win Whaleshares tokens. This event happens 2 times a week.
OpenLedger/Whaleshares 101 Live Tutorial
π Every Wednesday and Friday at 11AM EST / 4PM UTC
Where: Private Invite Group on Discord
Hosted by: @ Akrid
This introductory class will teach you how to create a Bitshares account and use Whaleshares tokens. New members will receive 12 whaleshares to try it out.
*RSVP Required: * signupgenius.com/go/5080a44aba822aaf94-whaleshares
Contests & Challenges
β― Cross-Chain Synergy Art Challenge #1 [Beyondbits & STEEM & OPEN.EOS Prizes Inside]
π¬ BeyondBitcoin Tweet-Off > #Tokens4Tweets Challenge | Cross-Chain Synergy Art Challenge #1 | Share Your Twitter Voice for WHALESHAREs!
π± "Save the Kittens" MEME Challenge [Beyondbit Prizes Inside]
π¬ BeyondBitcoin Tweet-Off > #Tokens4Tweets Challenge | "Save the Kittens" MEME Challenge | Share Your Twitter Voice for WHALESHAREs!
You can also check out the @contests blog for more... New contests are added every week.
Connect With Us
I encourage anyone who has not done so already to connect with us in the network of BeyondBitcoin communities and join in the discussions. We have a tremendous wealth of information available from a large group of very smart people working to bring these projects to life.
EOSTalk Discord
EOS.IO related community and topic discussions.
https://discord.gg/WaN27D2
Whaleshares Discord
Steemit community discussions, contests and events.
https://discord.gg/E9Rm9yT
Bitshares Discord
Bishares development community and discussions.
https://discord.gg/z2MSfWg
Thank You to EVERYONE who has Supported Us in 2017!
I would definitely keep an eye on this and hope to participate. Thanks for the information
We would love to have you join in.
really a good job here on steemit, the live events ,contest and challenges are really nice. I would love to flow with itπ
Swing by Discord or any of the contests over on @OfficialFuzzy to join in.
okay thanks
Keep up the great work!
I love the dolphins and whales but sometimes they are not sending vote or giving less % of vote which is end up with losing money.
I don't know how to react.
Yeah, I think it depends on the person. In our events (like promote your post on Thursday) we have 30+ people sharing their posts and upvoting for those who take the time to share with everyone. We make sure to spread the love around. There are good groups of people here on Steemit, we're just not as "loud" as others.
Thanks for your wonderful work. I am new to the community and these are the initiatives that help me not to feel that I am alone at sea.
I hope to attend one of your events!
Very true. Th contests and promotions from Whaleshares helped get me started on Steemit and find a great community of people to interact with.
Yeah! Get the whaleshares back on track! You guys are working so hard for our community.. good going again!
Thanks Karin :-) Fighting the good fight, but we'll have the WHALESHARES token riding high again soon enough.
thanks for the new information for a begginer. God Bless!!
Keep the info and whaleshares flowing ! / new follower / peace