Hive Stake Based Income
Hive Stake Based Income (Hive SBI) is a social experiment to bring a voluntary crowd-funded basic income to as many Hivers as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Hive SBI is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member posts.
Member rshares Balances
When an account is enrolled in Hive SBI, we begin tracking an rshares balance for that member. rshares are the unit that Steem uses to calculate rewards. Whenever you upvote, the witness checks your VP% and SP to calculate how many rshares your upvote is worth. This is the actual value used to track your upvote values on Steem, and the method that Hive SBI uses to track your pending upvote value.
Value Sources
There are currently two sources of value that contribute to each member's pending upvote value. How each source works is more fully described in our FAQ, but the sources are Standard Units and Bonus Units (primarily from delegation to 
Pending Value
Picture separate water sources that fill a pending vote tank for each member. The flow from each source into the tank is dependent on enrollment level and delegation to
It still takes time for the rate change to impact the total pending value in the tank.
Value Delivery
To prevent 'dust' penalties, the minimum upvote we deliver is $0.02 per post, and we only deliver up to 33% of pending value at a time. Each time a member posts, we check their pending upvote balance and open the 'valve' if their pending value is large enough to support a minimum upvote. This is calculated at the low end of the CLRC curve, so most upvotes will be larger than $0.02, even if delivered as a 'minimum upvote'.
Voting Accounts
When the valve is opened, one of our voting accounts is activated to deliver the upvote. We select the highest VP account that can deliver the entire upvote size. If no account can deliver enough rshares to fulfill the vote, we vote from as many accounts as it takes to deliver the whole value. If we vote from all ten and still can't deliver the value, the valve closes and only the amount we can deliver is removed from the tank.
Recommended Hive SBI Levels
Note: this section is not financial advice, but could help you have a better Hive SBI experience.
It normally takes a subscription level of $3 worth of Hive SBI for a weekly upvote, or $20 worth for a daily upvote. (Divide 20 by HIVE price in USD to estimate total Hive SBI subscription needed). Lower subscription levels will still receive regular upvotes, but they will be less frequent.
Increasing your Hive SBI subscription (or delegation level) increases your upvote frequency. Once your subscription is high enough for your tank refill rate to power an upvote on every post, then increasing your subscription (or delegation level) will increase your upvote sizes instead.
Value Estimates
These charts can help you better predict your results from various combinations of enrollment, delegation, and regular upvoting. They are based on current STEEM prices and reward pool behavior. Their predictive ability is limited as STEEM prices and reward pool behavior are constantly changing. The calculations assume upvotes are valued at post payout at the bottom of the CLRC. That means the estimates are conservative; most members will have a better experience than shown.
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To be explicitly clear, Hive SBI is a completely voluntary subscription-based upvoting service. Your own behavior (or external factors) may change the total values, and you will get results that are different than you expect.
Enrollment
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If you're unclear, please check out our full transaction memo guidelines.
The official currency for enrollment is HIVE.
Questions?
Please check out our FAQ. Most questions are addressed. If you still have questions, ask in the comments section or join us in our discord channel.
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