This is the utility of the STEEM token and what gives it value. If we get more and more apps that are able to run profitably on the platform, then buying SP will just be a regular expense for them like paying for server hosting or other services. The cool part is that it's not really an "expense" since they keep the SP they buy and it is an investment.
Really looking forward to that day...
But RC delegation will be implemented in 4? 5? 6 months maybe? Currently are there any apps that delegate a substantial amount of SP (let's say 50?) so that a user can operate their account without thinking that with the next comment their account will "die"?
Of course apps should be detached from Steemit.inc. This is a MUST if we want to move forward.
I wrote a post some months ago and the bottom line was that "I really want to see a new app launch, introduce themselves to the rest of the community and state that we don't want any delegation from anyone. As a matter of fact we've invested in our own project and bought 200K / 300K /500K SP just because we believe in STEEM and in our project as well.
500K SP is ~ 50K $ currently. In most countries one can't even buy 1/5 of a business with this amount of money...and there is always the risk of bankruptcy...
On Steem they can earn from day 1 and attract dozens of people every single day as long as their product is top notch...
As far as I know...only threespeak rely on their own funds...which is remarkable. That's how people should run a business model, at least from where I stand.
Ever heard of a little app called Splinterlands? We create an average of about 30 new accounts per day, automatically delegate up to 100 SP to active players, have nearly 700k SP powered up, and no significant delegations.
Anyway, even without RC delegation pools it's very doable, but in order to attract serious app development here we need better tools so they don't have to figure out how to do things like automatic SP delegation on their own and some type of marketing / grants program so they find out about Steem and are encouraged to build their projects here.
Pretty much every other serious blockchain is actively going after app developers and offering them help and funding to build on their platform. So that's what we're competing with. It doesn't matter how many features Steem has or anything else really, if we can't attract good apps here Steem will continue its steady decline, and unfortunately, we're seriously lacking in that regard compared to what other platforms are doing.
Of course mate. You guys rock and are doing an amazing job actually. Probably one of the best things that ever happened to STEEM.
Must be the only guy around here who haven't played this game yet :( don't crucify me. Didn't know all those details because I am not an active player...
I've been shouting and screaming about this for months now...We need to market STEEM as hard as we can and not only on Twitter...I mean really advertise our product. Pay big and flood the Internet with STEEM ads...
Could the SPS support such an initiative?
It is part of the SMT update which is currently in testing. There is no specific release date yet.
According to Steemit.Inc this testing phase will take months...they are not in a hurry and they shouldn't be if we want SMT's to have the least possible bugs.
In the meantime...? New users struggle to interact