I remember long ago me quizzing you about the requirement of what constituted a @curie post and you were quite tight-lipped. It seemed all dark and mysterious then. It's all moot now, and I'm more happy to find posts by promising newbies.
As for the STEEM, I bought the majority of it. I posted some time ago that I feel it's no longer viable to earn your way to be a Dolphin and I still stand by that thesis.
It was always a great feeling to receive a 'big' @curie. I think I got 2 or 3, and a spattering of the minor versions. Are you still doing the @curie curation?
I don't actively curate for curie any more, a few of us branched away and created @c-squared which has a wider reach (although not the same voting power). I do still have the ability to use some curie VP on posts (the minor version as you call it) and use that in conjunction with our @c-squared curation.