I have this nagging question over my head for a few days now. Most of my posts did not earn a bit. After a period between 12 to 24 hours, any post that earns is paid. The next payment, if the post continues to earn after the first payout, is scheduled in 4 weeks time, that is the 2nd payout.

I have been in steemit for only 3 weeks so I cannot say for a fact about being paid in 4 weeks time. Yet another question comes to mind.

After the second payout is given, when do I get paid again IF my post keeps earning? So I looked for posts aged 4 weeks and older. Here's what I found:

(Pardon me Hive account@roelandp for using your post as an example.)

I could be wrong here so please correct me. The next payout is after two weeks starting from the most recent payout, which is the second payout of any post received.

Further investigation showed that payout after a month from posting varies from 5 days to 2 weeks. I have not seen any details on this on the #whitepaper or I might have just skipped the math part (not a fan).

But as our post ages through time, the chance of finding it is slim to none. And so is the potential earnings. Unless someone searches for it using the steemit search engine.

In conclusion, our post still earns even after the two initial payouts. Which is good news. The question is: Will it be readily seen to continue earning? The answer is No. And that's the bad news. But there are always ways to "resurrect" the dead post. But that's another topic for another day.

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