At the moment, only developers and DApps have the ability to quickly open new Steem accounts without going through the usual channels like the Steemit faucet at signup.steemit.com or account creation services like AnonSteem. Regular users who don't want to wait for the 1 to week queue will have to pay the account creation fee. That's because the new account creation features built into Hardfork 20 are actually developments directed at DApp-based account creation and their future users.
Although Hardfork 20 has made it easier to create discounted and non-discounted accounts, the ability to perform these operations is still limited to DApps and other account creation services who have the ability to interact directly with the blockchain and perform the claim_account and create_claimed_account operations.
What this means is that DApps like Musing.io could, for example, call the claim_account operation, which will give it tokens to create new accounts. Musing.io can then store these tokens so that when users like you and me go to Musing.io to open a Musing.io account, which is essentially a Steem account, we won't have to wait long because Musing.io can just use their stored tokens to quickly create a new account for us. No more need to wait for approval from the Steemit faucet.
It's possible that someone will create a tool that will allow regular users to call the claim_account and create_claimed_account operations without going through a DApp. However, I haven't seen a tool like this, yet.
This is what the faster account creation under Hardfork 20 is. It's really an improvement directed toward DApps who want to build and onboard their own set of users, while leveraging their abundance of Resource Credits.
So, what does this mean for Steemians who want to open new accounts for their friends as quickly as possible? I think the best solution for those who want to open an account quickly is still to pay for the new account creation fee and jump Steemit Inc.'s review queue. At least, until DApps can implement the new account creation system into their interface and allow a faster account creation through them.
Sources:
- Velocity Hardfork Account Creation Guidelines. https://www.steempeak.com/hf20/@steemitblog/velocity-hardfork-account-creation-guidelines/
- Steem Velocity Hardfork - Hardfork 20. https://www.steempeak.com/steem/@steemitblog/steem-velocity-hardfork-hardfork-20
Great answer. Thankyou. Lots for me to get through :-)
Thanks... And I also just found out about this Tutorial on how to claim a Discounted Account by @mcfarhat. It's a little technical, but if you're up to it, it might be worth giving a try. It basically lets you create an interface to claim discounted accounts. Not sure how much RCs it would need, though.