Firstly, another great post.

A couple of points on the above:

1. On the approval process, have also read here (~~~ embed:steemit/comments/6g7pma/steemit_verification/) that some people are having problems. I tried to register a second account for my business with the same phone number and it didn't work, perhaps it was auto-blocked as a spam account after seeing a duplicate number. reddit metadata:fHN0ZWVtaXR8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS9yL3N0ZWVtaXQvY29tbWVudHMvNmc3cG1hL3N0ZWVtaXRfdmVyaWZpY2F0aW9uLykgdGhhdCBzb21lIHBlb3BsZSBhcmUgaGF2aW5nIHByb2JsZW1zLiBJIHRyaWVkIHRvIHJlZ2lzdGVyIGEgc2Vjb25kIGFjY291bnQgZm9yIG15IGJ1c2luZXNzIHdpdGggdGhlIHNhbWUgcGhvbmUgbnVtYmVyIGFuZCBpdCBkaWRuJ3Qgd29yaywgcGVyaGFwcyBpdCB3YXMgYXV0by1ibG9ja2VkIGFzIGEgc3BhbSBhY2NvdW50IGFmdGVyIHNlZWluZyBhIGR1cGxpY2F0ZSBudW1iZXIufA== ~~~

2. Are the payout graphs in 8 showing values in STEEM or USD? I assumed that there would be a fixed number of STEEM paid out every day, split by the weighted total of up-votes?