Achievement 5 Task 4 by @ebubennah : Review steemdb.io

Hello everyone, The achievement post series has been very helpful to me as a new user within the steem blockchain, all thanks to @cryptokannon for creating it. The brief description of the steemdb tool helped build background knowledge of what it is. In this post, I will be responding to the assignment given.

Introduction

Steemdb or steem database is a Blockchain browser developed by steem inc, used for block exploration, and database survey on the activities of the blockchain.

Similar to other block explorers, steemdb shows some vital information about the steem blockchain which includes the block of transactions, Top account metrics, New posts, witnesses, and Lab.

Steemdb is an important tool that should be used by steemians, to enable a better experience and understanding of the blockchain.

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Recent History

The recent history is a feature on the steemdb platform that serves as a block explorer, showing details of transactions on the steem blockchain.

Recent History is located on the home page of hows the current block, the number of other blocks, the transaction details of the blocks, transaction fees, network performance, etc.

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Accounts activities

The accounts activity section of the steemdb shows the summary of various Activities done in an account, which include posts, votings, replies, reblogs, etc.

The accounts activity section can be accessed by the search for the account using the account ID (username) on the search box at the top right corner.

Click on the account of choice and the metrics of the account activities will be displayed.

Each of the listed options shows the metric of the account related given the option selected.

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Post Reblog

The post reblog is a feature on the steemdb platform that shows accounts that reblogged or resteemed the user's post.

The reblog feature is under the socials tab on the searched account tab. It also shows the followers metrics, following account metrics, and reblog metrics. It is a useful tool to keep track of activities on the user's account.

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Voting power

Voting power is a feature on the steemdb platform that shows the voting influence of an account in ratio to the steem power available on the user account.

Voting power allows users to earn steem power from curating other users' posts. In other to improve voting reward, it is advised to keep the account voting power between 80-100%.

To view the voting power of an account, search the account user ID on the search box, on the activity option choose the vote option.

The voting power of the user account will be displayed on the right column also indicating the steem, steem power, and SBD of the account.

Thank you @cryptokannon for this wonderful opportunity to learn about the steemdb platform.