yet another extensively thorough study case!
simply OVERWHELMING. surely will take time to digest. :)
meanwhile, briefly:
Increasing curation rewards...
most likely it would merely a "blowing some wind on blisters" :)
those who can afford to "buy votes" will just raise their bids.
it would also benefit "curation tails" I suppose. (also large chunk of "vote framing" industry)
besides, that would encourage more "self-votes" :D
as for SP "delegation contracts" - I guess it will inevitably come to that eventually, in one form or another.
Criteria for the use of Steem Power could be stated as potential targets for the delegatee to achieve to be granted an extension to the delegation period
yeah! that would keep them occupied, for sure. sort of become "freelance employees" :D
main thing though - it is beneficial for the core part of "Ecosystem":
it would prolong the "long-term capital commitments".
in fact such contracts will create sort of "long-term commitments" of "long-term capital commitments" :D
(STEEM staked in the form of SP, which is in itself "long-term commitments" - which in turn tied up into those "contracts")
Thanks @vimukti-ananda for another well thought out comment.
In regards to the delegation contracts, I believe it is necessary for applications as they are running businesses that need some security in regards to funding their activities. The delegators, in most cases Steemit Inc, could also set out what they want to see in regards to contributions to the platform. The activities of the applications should be adding value and providing a push to the price of Steem.