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RE: Case 12: @rtdcs is growing a gang of sock-puppets
Bryan, how much SP do new users start with? I guess you are right that a 0 SP starting point for new users would encourage those users to interact more with users with SP perhaps. So, I am thinking your idea may be better than maybe some of the alternatives.
Currently users are given very little SP, (1 or less I believe); but they are delegated approximately 15 SP from Steemit Inc. in order to give them the necessary bandwidth allotment to function relatively normally with the blockchain. This delegation then dwindles as a user earns their own SP until it is taken away, it’s use fulfilled.
That system is a big driver for abuse, particularly at large scale. 1000 fake accounts amounts to 15,000 SP delegated which is substantial. The thinking is a system which allows interaction but begins a new user with a vote weight of 0 removes this “attack vector.”
It’s also unsustainable for every account to need the initial 15 SP. Currently there are only about 250 million SP in existence. That would cap the user base at under 17 million people. A big number, but nowhere near the scale needed. So there are still big changes ahead to the basic principles of account creation.