Welcome to the Saturday night beer money post

And looking around the blockchain over the past few months, I could well say good night all and end this one here.

But would I do that?

No, 'cause that's bullshit.

To me, that's disrespectful to my minnow follows who spend time thinking about and producing content each day. Which is why I plan to write at least 500 words, even though they might not be as 'interesting' as usual. Who know's though, this one could be a hit - not.

_{Hey that's me and the Balearic sea!}

Welcome to Saturday night, Cala Millor, Majorca, the Balearic Islands. It's t-shirt weather all day and night, and for some (not me cause I need to hide my moobs), the t-shirt is pushing it. It's peak season for the tourists, and finding a pink Li-lo (for the last time, know your English, this is an inflatable bed!) in the shops is becoming more and more difficult- A good job I currently own 2 beds - 2 x 100 kg max capacity, sorted.

Soon you will be privileged to see me trying to jump onto one of these Li-lo's and balance on it. I've been working on my game at the pool downstairs and am almost up to 2 seconds per 'visit'. Are you allowed to take an inflatable into the pool? No, do I care? Not really. I get the 'no glass by the pool' sign, and the no running sign too. Those are there for safety. Running in this weather equals insta-sweat, and nobody should be down for that.

If you didn't see my resteem today, you should take a look. The most excellent analysis by @crokkon regarding how HF20 will affect dust vote values. The key point for all the Red Fish and Minnows out there is that your Rshares will be taking a hit.

This is totally unrelated to the payout of a Post or Comments and relates to the Rshares you receive when casting a vote. The example that's easiest to explain is: If you have 120 SP and vote at 1%, your vote is worth 50 million Rshares. This is the cut-off amount and your vote will not earn you any curation.

Sooo, if you have 1.2 SP, vote at 100% (don't follow any trails with a reduced vote %) or else it will earn you 0 in curation.

If you have over 120 SP and vote at 1% or more (when voting with 100% VP), you are still in line for a curation reward, even if the author of the Post/Comment will not earn anything from your vote. @crokkon has a table in his post which covers this 'baseline' SP and up. The cool thing about the upcoming fork is that the 15 SP 'steem' accounts casting a shit-load of votes are not going to be earning anything in curation from this - they will need to cast a vote of at least 12.5% in order to be in line for any rewards via curation.

So what could happen here? Probably less votes going out, and perhaps less votes going out to accounts earning only a small amount via content creation.

The reverse auction voting 'window' is also changing. Originally, the window was 30 minutes long, and at 30 minutes you are in line to receive 100% of your potential rewards. Next month this is being chopped to 15 minutes, and I suggest that if you are in the curation rewards game, 15 minutes is the maximum time that you should be hitting a post with a vote - unless @utopian-io, @busy.org, @dtube, etc are going to come along afterwards.

Cynically, I'm hoping that some larger accounts have not read the small print and are going to hit their own posts with a vote prior to 15 minutes. For them, this will be a wasted vote, and I think that if you see an early self-vote, it could be worthwhile casting a vote on this content knowing that the self-vote (with regards to curation rewards for the author) isn't going to count. This could well be a load of rubbish though, we will have to see when the HF20 comes into play.

With regards to the STEEM price, I think that soon I will need to re-list myself into the world of work. It's been almost a year in which I've been fortunate enough to pay my way via STEEM/SBD, but looking at the current prices (and not wanting to sell at a 'low' price), I should probably go earn some fiat monies while crypto is in a hole. Clearly this does not make me smile, but on mentioning it to my mother today, she could hardly contain her excitement. :P

Soon mum, soon.

Hey, last night, I listened to @meno and his @helpie crew discussing the up-coming HF and general Steem business. I must say, this guy is an excellent host and if you would like to learn something (as I do each time I tune in), I suggest dropping by to the @helpie discord https://discord.gg/hS5hrbZ What i like about the channel is that the 'everyone' notifications only go out when a talk-show is upcoming. Text-chat is whack, voice works.

Umm, what else..... Oh yeah, the title of the post. I'm getting a little tired of looking at 1 photo. I mean look, I've just bashed out 967 words in half an hour - could you not at least add a few paragraphs in connection to your magnificent phone image? Cool, thanks. I like beer money, you like beer money, at least try and 'earn' it :D

Wishing you all a lovely Saturday, stay tuned for the Engagement Leagues manana, and apologies to those yet to receive a reply and obligatory upvote on last weeks post. Like SMT, soon - soon.

Cheers

Asher