BlogHide Reblurtsreblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readRequest For Comment: Reduce Powerdown to Four WeeksUpsides: Increased Liquidity Potentially greater appeal to investors Downsides: Potentially increased volatility in the witness set Please comment directly on the GitLab issue for maximum effect.reblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readVoting for witnesses with non-default feesOn blurt, witnesses control fees. I will be voting for every witness who has non-default fees, and I encourage you to do the same. Witnesses who have sent non-default fees have shown that they're willing and able to take the time and effort to set fees. This means they're likely great witnesses.reblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readRequest for Comment: Blurt loves Ethereum!So a few months from now, you can expect to be able to move ethereum tokens around on blurt, and tip other users for their content in Ethereum tokens via the metamask extension. Blurt does not mess with synthetic stable coins. Ethereum has plenty of excellent synthetic and fully backed stable coin products. not only that, but ethereum offers…reblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readFees, RCs and RewardsThanks to @dorian-lee for bringing this up. There is an ongoing issue with rewards. Let me tell you about it. Steem has several models for handing out rewards. The most recent version of Steem (the one we built on) uses what's called the convergent linear reward curve. Unfortunately, the convergent linear reward curve assumes history, and…reblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readInfrastructure Update: Kubernetes + GitLab CIAs you may or may not be aware, all of our code is hosted on GitLab, and most of it is automatically tested using GitLab runners. Currently, we do not use GitLab's continuous deployment features, which would enable code to be pushed directly from the repositories into production. We are looking to change that. here are some snippets of a…reblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readBlurt, Fees, Skin In the Game....and Cosmos-sdk ! Screenshot_20200713-091519.pngreblurtedjacobgadikian in # blurt • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readBlurt Roundup of Updates July 13, 2020witnesses are adjusting fees to 0.001 Blurt per operation and 0.1 blurt per kilobyte Improvements are being made to the build system @birdinc is looking for collaborators on an NFT game @megadrive and @baabeetaa are working on plans for HF2 @stalker-loki is working on a wallet with a posting UI and a view UI @ericet is working…