Back to share some of my thoughts. I've had a look over some of the comments and it's clear that the compromising aspect of curation trails is a popular position. I can understand that in the here and now, but your post is hitting onto "bigger picture thinking" and what this means for the platform down the line. Something I stand by 100%.

This is obviously not a simple solution and we still have to take the importance of wider distribution into account. The idea behind delegations and smart contracts that you proposed is something in the right direction, although for this to be a viable option we would need to find a way to completely remove auto-votes and curation trails (otherwise people will choose those over a reduction in earnings, people suck, money rules, yes).

You proposed the 75/25 reward split in the comments and I think this is a step in the right direction in terms of spreading the tokens, building up stakeholders, and adding more liquidity to the market. K.I.S.S.

I'm going to take this idea and run with it, hopefully drawing up an official proposal this week and seeing what the general opinion is from the community.

@leprechaun, is it possible to remove curation trails and auto-voting within the community or does that happen on the HIVE level?