That would have been inexplicable for me a few days ago, but the reward pool has just hit and went over 1 million STEEM according to 's steem.supply tool:
explained very well in a post why the sudden increase of the reward pool, compared to usual levels around 750,000 STEEM.
This coincides with a nice increase of the STEEM price from a 24-hour low around 80 cents to above 90 cents after the maintenance on STEEM wallet ended at Binance, post hardfork. Here's the intra-day chart for STEEM from :
Hey, I've gotten used to these nice rewards, keep them coming for a while, ok? :)
Just so you know, I'll still be here when this cool post-hardfork effect ends.
Steem on, you never know what little treats are waiting around the corner!