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Confirmed. I received the message from the well-known, high-rank jl777 account on bitcointalk

it would be cool if the process of verifying known community influencers ^ can be automated

Leave it a human process. This guy made, and others can make, a pretty penny for offering this service (over $200). Don't have to automate him out of that job. There's more than enough crypto love to be spread.

Isn't that what Smart Contracts are supposed to be able to do? Still trying to figure all this out but if I am mistaken please let me know.

hey jl777, welcome to steem. I stake btcd 24/7 lol