I like both @yabapmatt's idea of a 13 week commitment before being able to power down. Maybe a setup where the 13 week gets a power down without penalty and a 4 week costs a 10-15% contribution to the DAO to power down.

Your point about the savings account not being used much while there is a pile of liquid steem sitting on the platform is well made. I liked @aggroed's suggestion of being able to put funds into savings, have easier access to those funds while they count like SP for voting and curating but have zero impact on voting for witnesses and the SPS.

While this discussion is of value, I don't think this should be something that is part of the next hardfork. That needs to be devoted to the SMTs as one of the most extensive changes to be made yet. The discussions may yet yield much better ideas than just moving a 13 week power down to 4.

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