Thank you for sharing you experience and for posing your question.
I am delighted to know you followed a similar path and have gained very satisfying results. Keep up the good work @sircork!
Artsy, intellectual, proud--a place in Ireland: Cork. Cool. Your user name and user image remind me of a place I have never been to in Ireland. Thanks for the reminder. Now, getting back down to business:
This is what "change 50:50 to 100% STEEM" means to me and why I want to abide by "change 50:50 to 100% STEEM" for the time being:
STEEM as a token is a collectible; overtime it will go up in value.
STEEM is a currency that cannot, to the best of my newbie knowledge, buy me a material or a service that I need or want. However, having STEEM may increase my credentials in the STEEMIT community. But of course I am not just doing "change 50:50 to 100% STEEM" for the clout. lol.
Perhaps in time I will find material value in STEEM tokens but in the meantime,since I have no plans of spending the tokens in the foreseeable future, stacking STEEM is fine. I have no problem tying STEEM tokens up in STEEM POWER which I understand would take me, in the current scheme of things, 3 months to "liquidate" back into regular, movable, STEEM tokens. I guess STEEM tokens can be exchanged for BTC which I know can be exchanged for BCC, however I think my conversion of national fiat to BTC then to BCC is going to be a faster, less tedious path to take.
There will be some changes rolled out on Monday June 19 and undoubtedly even more changes to come in the future beyond Monday. My statements in this comment are based on my understanding of the current terms of engagement.
Now as far as having my upvotes be weighted in proportion to the amount of STEEMPOWER I have, I don't get it. If that is how it works, great. But I haven't experienced that first hand or noticed any consistent experience in that regard. Clearly, I suppose there may be other factors, along with one's STEEM POWER, that determine the power of one's applause/upvotes.
To-date I have not pursued understanding the factors and how they are related mathematically to equate to the strength of one's upvote. It would be interesting to see the equation but it is not a priority. :)
In summary, leeping earnings in STEEMPOWER, to the degree that I can control that, is a good thing because I cannot spend earnings (I have nothing practical to spend earnings on anyway, so losing that capability is not really a lossfor me.)
I hope I have addressed your request for elaboration on this particular detail "change 50:50 to 100% STEEM" of my post (above).
Have an awesome experience! Peace and love to all.
Well that was way more answer than I expected! I think you have considered all your needs and goals thoroughly and made the right decision for yourself. Gosh I love this place. And "the money" has nothing to do with why I do. :)
All of this exchange is why. And you are exemplary of it all.
SirCork. I've been to the UK, but the ferries to Ireland were closed for bad weather, so I never made it over there. My name comes from a combo of my actual name in real life "Corky" and my decades old video game handle "SirCork" first coined in Everquest back in the 90s ;)
"...you are exemplary of it all." Wow! Thank you for the compliment!
And thank you for bringing me up to speed on the true inspiration of your moniker here on STEEMIT. It is even more interesting than my fantasy. :)
STEEM on!
It's well deserved!
here is the current Sir Cork in Guild Wars 2 (which I play fairly frequently) and in Eve Online (which I login to about once every two years LOL) and the real me, for comparison to my online creations for the games ;) I like to play myself as somebody else in these game worlds :)
Meet Sir Cork ;)
All of your portraits look awesome and wothy of knighthood!
Go forth Sir Cork and do what must be done. May the forces of the universe always align in accordance with your wishes!
I wish for nothing, but health and peace for all. Maybe some wealth here and there for good measure ;) Thanks for the pleasant conversation! :D
...and so it shall be. :)
My pleasure. Thank YOU.