PostsCommentsPayoutssmooth (73)in #hbd • 7 days agoRE: Data on the HBDStabilizer Performance | HBD Added in the DHF and Removed from Circulation | Jan 2025There is a server running the bot code that needs constant access to the account to perform the trades and transfers so one way or another the keys have to be online.smooth (73)in #hbd • 7 days agoRE: Data on the HBDStabilizer Performance | HBD Added in the DHF and Removed from Circulation | Jan 2025Probably, but trade offs: Discourages other participants, which is what we really want to develop a robust market Might reduce the profit generated by the stabilizer…smooth (73)in #dhf • 7 days agoRE: HBD Stabilizer - Renewal T1-2025Correct. All of the budget sent to the stabilizer is used for trading per its charter and then sent back, potentially with a profit .smooth (73)in #dhf • 7 days agoRE: HBD Stabilizer - Renewal T1-2025Just too much demand imbalance in the market. The stabilizer pushes the price down, but with a finite budget, if there continues to be people willing to overpay, it takes time…smooth (73)in #hbd • 7 days agoRE: Data on the HBDStabilizer Performance | HBD Added in the DHF and Removed from Circulation | Jan 2025What you're seeing is the effect of an immature and small market. The stabilizer along with the natural incentives of the blockchain ensure that HBD will return to peg "soon"…smooth (73)in #dhf • 9 days agoRE: HBD Stabilizer - Renewal T1-2025If HBD exceeds the target value, the stabilizer sells HBD to try to reduce the value, which also generates a profit for the stabilizer and the profit is returned to the DHF. If…smooth (73)in LeoFinance • 10 days agoRE: LeoThread 2025-01-12 19:19I'm heresmooth (73)in Snaps • 18 days agoRE: Snaps Container // 1735996320Yes, it is clear that the HBD stabilizer makes more profit when HBD fluctuates a lot. @dalz has produced a number of reports and charts showing big profit gains during previous…smooth (73)in HiveDevs • 2 months agoRE: Hive Tokenomics Improvement Proposal for the Next HardForkI agree with all of this.smooth (73)in Hive Statistics • 2 months agoRE: A Look at the Decentralized Hive Fund DHF | Data on DHF Funds Added, Payouts Balance, and Top Accounts in 2024I just looked through the proposals and there are several passing proposals with no blocktrades vote. I didn't count but it seemed like close to half.smooth (73)in Hive Statistics • 2 months agoRE: A Look at the Decentralized Hive Fund DHF | Data on DHF Funds Added, Payouts Balance, and Top Accounts in 2024Blocktrades doesn't have enough voting power to pass anything unless there are about 10 million additional concurring votes. That's not an insignificant number in my view, but if…smooth (73)in #dhf • 2 months agoRE: HBD Stabilizer - Ensuring ContinuityThe funding for the hbdstabilizer proposals gets sent back to DHF, often with a profit, so it's self-funding as you say.smooth (73)in #dhf • 2 months agoRE: HBD Stabilizer - Ensuring ContinuityI didn't realize it was expiring so soon, but the interim proposal seems fine. It doesn't matter who makes the proposal as long as the funding goes directly to hbdstabilizer.…smooth (73)in #hive • 2 months agoRE: DHF fund thoughts and use for personal causesThere is a confusing typo in the first line.smooth (73)in OCD • 2 months agoRE: Downvoting on Hive: a sensitive topicYes that example is correct. Another interesting point is that if one post gets massively more upvotes, its rewards will increase to say 9.99 and the other will decrease to…smooth (73)in OCD • 2 months agoRE: Downvoting on Hive: a sensitive topicAll of the payouts come from a pool that is a fixed size at any point in time. When one post gets less, others get more. Downvoting one post is equivalent to upvoting every other…smooth (73)in OCD • 2 months agoRE: Downvoting on Hive: a sensitive topicIt's an opinion but a question I ask myself in forming this opinion is how much would any for-profit (or even sustainable non-profit) web site pay for like content, and then…smooth (73)in Hive Governance • 2 months agoRE: Year: 8Thanks for the votesmooth (73)in OCD • 2 months agoRE: Downvoting on Hive: a sensitive topicI have a mental framework that Hive as a blockchain is a business and if it pays out more in post rewards than it gains in exposure, marketing, word-of-mouth promotion, external…smooth (73)in Snaps • 2 months agoRE: Snaps Container // 1731515760@dalz does these reports. I make sure that the stabilizer returns all of it's funds to the DHF and trades in a way that is generally sensible (likely to break even or turn a…