Sorry for the slow reply here @fulltimegeek. Regarding your first issue about two transfers for one purchase, since almost everyone purchases through a market (like Steem Monsters or Peak Monsters) there are already two transactions - one transfer to the market, and one transfer from the market to the seller - so I wasn't adding any additional transfers with this change.
I like that you don't have to trust the sellers in any way (though going through a market you do need to trust them, but that's optional).
The continual locking scenario is definitely a potential issue which I am aware of, and if it becomes a problem then we may have to update the protocol to restrict locking to only trusted markets. But the lock would still be necessary so two markets don't collide on a sale.
Hi @yabapmatt apologies for messaging on here, but not sure how else to send a message to you.
I delegated 200 steem to appreciator on steem bot tracker a few days ago, and then changed my mind, I then removed them from my delegation but it has not undone the delegation and it still sitting under delegated steem?
please advise what I should do
Delegations take 7 days to return to your account. Once the 7 days is up you should see the SP in your account again.
Ok got it,
is it a problem if I allocated the steem and then retracted the delegation even before 7days.
as in- I delegated steem about 2-3 days ago and then retracted it. does that matter?
No that doesn't matter. It will be available in your account 7 days from the time you undelegated.
Shot, Thank you so much for your speedy responses, excuse my ignorance, not too clued on the delegation thingy.
Much appreciated...