The list below represents the 25 largest transfers to bid-bots for the promotion of articles posted on Steemit during the last 7 days.

Due to formatting restrictions, only the first few columns can be displayed. Please download the full spreadsheet if you would like the full report.

What is this report?

Many authors choose to promote their posts' via Bid-Bots. In return for direct payment, the bots will upvote your article. This service is fully legal on Steemit and used by minnows and whales alike.

There are many reasons an author may want to purchase votes.

• 1 Give the impression that the article is of substantial value and perhaps you should think so too.
• 2 Cause the article to make it to the "Hot" or "Trending" category where it gets more exposure and more votes.
• 3 Cause the payout to increase so that anyone that votes on the post will share in a higher awards pool.
• 4 Attempt to make a direct profit on the vote, by receiving a vote that nets more than the cost of the bid.
• 5 Increase the authors reputation by receiving votes from large and respected voters (large bots).
• 6 Support another author or entity indirectly through a Bid-bot.

The list is sorted with the highest amounts paid to the Bid-bots on top in descending order.
The full amount of the payout, votes and replies are in the excel spreadsheet.

• From = The user who sent the payment to the bot.
• To = The bot that has been paid to vote.
• Amount = The amount sent to the bot.
• Total Payout = The amount of $SBD/Steem that will be paid out from the rewards pool to the author and curators.
• Link is the direct link to the article that has been promoted via the bid bot.

Date	From	To	Amount	Total Payout	Link	Category	Replies	Votes	x
02/05/18 10:25 AM	ddangerwu	upme	$150.00	$101.23	https://steemit.com/steemit/@ddangerwu/latest-statistics-of-steemit-com-according-to-alexa-rankings	steemit	58	120
02/08/18 1:32 AM	fyrstikken	booster	$123.16	$402.35	https://steemit.com/malaysia/@fyrstikken/norwegian-scammer-hiding-in-malaysia-we-need-your-help-to-find-him-international-fugitive-with-expired-visa-in-malaysia	malaysia	119	583
02/08/18 1:33 AM	golosclassic	booster	$106.54	$402.35	https://steemit.com/malaysia/@fyrstikken/norwegian-scammer-hiding-in-malaysia-we-need-your-help-to-find-him-international-fugitive-with-expired-visa-in-malaysia	malaysia	119	583
02/07/18 2:04 AM	richardcrill	booster	$101.00	$126.08	https://steemit.com/community/@richardcrill/update-on-the-steem-experience-decentralized-discord-server	community	27	48
02/05/18 10:26 AM	ddangerwu	upme	$100.00	$101.23	https://steemit.com/steemit/@ddangerwu/latest-statistics-of-steemit-com-according-to-alexa-rankings	steemit	58	120
02/06/18 10:34 AM	ddangerwu	buildawhale	$100.00	$424.17	https://steemit.com/steem/@ddangerwu/3-things-you-can-do-to-help-steem-on-binance-now-get-10-sbd-if-you-help-out	steem	260	681
02/06/18 9:03 PM	postpromoter	postpromoter	$100.00	$721.25	https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@yabapmatt/introducing-sc2-pay-a-steemconnect-add-on-for-seamless-steem-sbd-payments	utopian-io	123	745
02/07/18 1:22 PM	fbslo	upme	$100.00	$619.59	https://steemit.com/witness-category/@fbslo/new-steem-witness-fbslo-my-witness-thread	witness-category	336	1330
02/07/18 11:37 PM	flauwy	buildawhale	$100.00	$972.48	https://steemit.com/1up/@utopian-1up/utopian-1up-a-sophisticated-curation-trail-for-utopian-io-version-1-0	1up	273	1984
02/08/18 12:51 AM	janusface	upme	$100.00	$447.72	https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@janusface/how-do-15-000-gold-coins-looks-like	steemsilvergold	130	452
02/08/18 4:32 PM	followbtcnews	buildawhale	$100.00	$1,062.67	https://steemit.com/steemit-chat/@followbtcnews/don-t-panic-steemit-chat-is-up-and-running-here-are-all-the-official-details	steemit-chat	591	2274
02/08/18 4:33 PM	followbtcnews	postpromoter	$100.00	$1,062.67	https://steemit.com/steemit-chat/@followbtcnews/don-t-panic-steemit-chat-is-up-and-running-here-are-all-the-official-details	steemit-chat	591	2274
02/10/18 12:15 AM	aggroed	upme	$100.00	$557.47	https://steemit.com/steem/@aggroed/one-hell-of-a-show-for-you-tomorrow-sounds-of-steem-live-steem-musicians-on-msp-waves	steem	168	999
02/10/18 7:01 AM	aggroed	upme	$100.00	$351.01	https://steemit.com/music/@aggroed/sounds-of-steem-a-live-music-concert-this-saturday-at-11am-est-1600-utc	music	37	290
02/10/18 1:47 PM	purepinay	booster	$100.00	$488.00	https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@purepinay/help-steemgigs-help-the-community	steemgigs	535	1338
02/10/18 2:32 PM	purepinay	upme	$100.00	$488.00	https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@purepinay/help-steemgigs-help-the-community	steemgigs	535	1338
02/10/18 3:56 PM	zombee	upme	$100.00	$454.54	https://steemit.com/steem/@zombee/how-to-stop-almost-all-abuse-on-steem	steem	610	1362
02/11/18 5:37 PM	msteemian	upme	$100.00	$513.93	https://steemit.com/life/@msteemian/the-bitcoin-update	life	218	910
02/11/18 5:23 PM	bittrex	postpromoter	$99.99	$633.93	https://steemit.com/scam/@baejin/update-on-your-favorite-reward-pool-rapist	scam	183	300
02/09/18 4:50 PM	mcassani	upme	$90.00	$224.08	https://steemit.com/jerrybanfield/@mcassani/back-to-life-my-own-unbelievable-experience-jerrybanfield-s-supernatural-writing-contest-swc	jerrybanfield	9	179
02/12/18 12:08 AM	brittuf	postpromoter	$90.00	$256.11	https://steemit.com/cryptokitties/@brittuf/i-m-back-to-givingaway-cryptokitties-sorry-for-the-break	cryptokitties	58	223
02/09/18 3:29 AM	verbal-d	upme	$86.14	$186.18	https://steemit.com/killthepad/@verbal-d/jamesgetsit-s-kill-the-pad-challenge-wk-1-stop-bullying-original-verse-poem	killthepad	10	49
02/10/18 12:16 AM	aggroed	buildawhale	$81.00	$557.47	https://steemit.com/steem/@aggroed/one-hell-of-a-show-for-you-tomorrow-sounds-of-steem-live-steem-musicians-on-msp-waves	steem	168	999
02/05/18 10:15 AM	ddangerwu	postpromoter	$80.00	$101.23	https://steemit.com/steemit/@ddangerwu/latest-statistics-of-steemit-com-according-to-alexa-rankings	steemit	58	120
02/06/18 10:25 AM	ddangerwu	postpromoter	$80.00	$424.17	https://steemit.com/steem/@ddangerwu/3-things-you-can-do-to-help-steem-on-binance-now-get-10-sbd-if-you-help-out	steem	260	681
02/11/18 8:31 PM	aggroed	postpromoter	$80.00	$398.93	https://steemit.com/music/@aggroed/sounds-of-steem-the-recording	music	82	480
02/10/18 11:37 AM	kiimo	booster	$79.96	$113.56	https://steemit.com/music/@kiimo/artist-trackoftheday-sean-price-prisoner-imperious-rex-posthumous-album-released-after-his-death-music-video-videos	music	7	288
02/06/18 12:28 AM	devfund	upme	$77.52	$1,731.22	https://steemit.com/steem/@fredrikaa/steempress-now-available-in-the-wordpress-org-plugin-store-introducing-v1-0	steem	771	3419
02/07/18 11:05 PM	flauwy	upme	$75.00	$972.48	https://steemit.com/1up/@utopian-1up/utopian-1up-a-sophisticated-curation-trail-for-utopian-io-version-1-0	1up	273	1984
02/10/18 7:41 AM	aggroed	postpromoter	$75.00	$268.57	https://steemit.com/crypto/@aggroed/coinbase-is-slow-and-it-s-killing-me	crypto	63	250
02/08/18 11:15 AM	mcassani	upme	$70.00	$130.94	https://steemit.com/sanvalentino/@mcassani/d-amor-virtute	sanvalentino	18	99
02/08/18 9:33 PM	cloudconnect	upme	$70.00	$112.73	https://steemit.com/crypto/@cloudconnect/usa-loves-crypto-bitcoin-bottom-in	crypto	11	39
02/11/18 5:27 PM	bittrex	upme	$69.99	$633.93	https://steemit.com/scam/@baejin/update-on-your-favorite-reward-pool-rapist	scam	183	300
02/08/18 5:49 AM	cloudconnect	buildawhale	$67.55	$118.87	https://steemit.com/cloudconnect/@cloudconnect/trade-at-your-own-risk-bitconnect-and-red-flags	cloudconnect	12	13
02/12/18 12:15 AM	puddles	boomerang	$64.01	$140.85	https://steemit.com/art/@puddles/art-a-social-construct	art	7	14
02/08/18 5:52 AM	cloudconnect	buildawhale	$61.00	$118.87	https://steemit.com/cloudconnect/@cloudconnect/trade-at-your-own-risk-bitconnect-and-red-flags	cloudconnect	12	13
02/11/18 1:18 AM	mcassani	upme	$60.46	$120.98	https://steemit.com/poetry/@mcassani/hope-speranza-eng-ita	poetry	25	188
02/11/18 1:37 AM	janusface	boomerang	$60.00	$387.31	https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@janusface/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-it-could-be-a-ripe-fruit-too	steemsilvergold	101	304
02/11/18 1:57 AM	angeltirado	buildawhale	$60.00	$100.26	https://steemit.com/spanish/@angeltirado/nubes	spanish	47	91
02/12/18 4:38 AM	btcvenom	booster	$60.00	$451.52	https://steemit.com/paywithsteem/@paywithsteem/paywithsteem-we-are-officially-registered-as-paywithsteem-ltd	paywithsteem	50	238
02/12/18 11:03 AM	brittuf	postpromoter	$60.00	$119.98	https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@brittuf/rcn-ripio-its-time-to-buy-ripio-may-be-bouncing-off-the-floor	bitcoin	7	76
02/05/18 8:25 AM	joshruiz	buildawhale	$57.00	$145.51	https://steemit.com/siegnificance/@foxniner/memoirs-of-a-pma-cadet-the-story-of-siegnificance-chapter-2	siegnificance	8	58
02/10/18 8:42 PM	learnguitar	postpromoter	$56.82	$211.12	https://steemit.com/guitar/@learnguitar/learnguitar-celebrates-400-followers-and-600-sp	guitar	41	168
02/06/18 6:25 AM	smsulaiman	booster	$55.00	$201.17	https://steemit.com/tradefair/@smsulaiman/21sgcq	tradefair	15	303
02/06/18 8:49 AM	sadmankhan	booster	$55.00	$143.75	https://steemit.com/photography/@sadmankhan/trade-fair-in-dhaka	photography	4	291
02/06/18 11:30 AM	jannat	booster	$55.00	$159.91	https://steemit.com/photography/@jannat/some-birds-photography-of-mine	photography	7	284
02/06/18 1:22 PM	bittrex	booster	$55.00	$115.39	https://steemit.com/photography/@jannat/some-photography-of-mine	photography	0	277
02/09/18 7:52 PM	nippel66	booster	$50.13	$201.75	https://steemit.com/food/@nippel66/some-chicken-fajitas-to-dinner-today	food	10	293
02/05/18 1:02 AM	icedrum	buildawhale	$50.00	$91.64	https://steemit.com/life/@icedrum/bollinger-b1-fully-charged	life	35	56
02/05/18 3:39 AM	icedrum	appreciator	$50.00	$83.62	https://steemit.com/life/@icedrum/r-a-g-g-s-on-subtle-fm-two-hours-of-bass	life	22	53

https://colemanair.us/shared/Bid-bot-ActivityReport-021218.xls

Sometimes great articles get to the top because they are great articles. Sometimes other articles get to the top because there was sufficient money to pay for that placement. It is up to the community to judge if the rewards pool is being properly managed and distributed in a fair and honest manner.

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