On the 19th of this month HIVE will have a HardFork and we can wait and see how these changes affect us. I am sure there will be a few posts closer to the time explaining what these changes will be and how these change things up for all of us who are active on HIVE.
I see on the list the HBD held in the treasury is removed from inflation calculations and not sure what type of impact that has on HIVE in general, but is sounds promising.
I have heard that the HIVE Vote has a big change and that is your vote value does not decrease even if your vote mana has dropped. We know the Hive Vote charges at 20% per day so it is advisable to keep your HIVE Vote above the 80% mark. The higher your vote percentage the higher the value of your vote you reward users with and the more your curation rewards will be. This is the current system and this will change.
The new HardFork 28 will see your vote values stay the same even if you had a voting mana of 50%. The only time your vote will be affected is when you have no voting power left and have drained the power to zero.
This change should benefit the smaller account with less HIVE Power and help assist them to grow far quicker. Having stake is what drives your growth through activity and I guess it is more important than ever to hang onto your stake now than to delegate.
Just to give you a clearer understanding of how big a change this is my current vote percentage is sitting at 87.2% showing a vote value of 8.12 HIVE per 100% vote. If fully charged the HIVE vote value would be 9.36 HIVE meaning you earn 4.68 HIVE per vote and those you are voting earn the 4.68 HIVE with the 50/50 curation. This is very big for those wanting to grow as my vote after the HardFork with the same VP and same percentage as I have currently would earn myself and those I am voting an extra 1.24 HIVE or 0.62 extra HIVE each. In theory whatever our HIVE Vote value is you could multiply this by 10 if you stick to the 80% rule which you no longer have to.
I am hoping there will be more manual curation once this is implemented because it does not matter if your Vote Power percentage is at 80% or 60%. We as curators are no longer restricted and can vote not having to worry about devaluing our support to others in the community.
I still remember what it was like starting out struggling to obtain some type of voting value showing you have voted. At the time achieving the 0.001 took ages and fast forward 90 months and that vote value has grown to 9.36 HIVE due to growing the stake. I can see in the future that curation will be my biggest earner out earning the posts I author. I am sure this will continue to grow and the next mile stone is to achieve a 10 HIVE Vote value which will help those I support and any new users I find along the way.
The ability to reward and support the community by your vote is fun and where the real value of having stake impacts those you support. A HIVE value of $5 could be life changing for someone when you vote their posts and could be a big difference if they have no other income. No one knows what is in store for us around the world with so much change over the last decade and HIVE may be it for many to earn a living.