Greetings, fellow Blurtians!
As per our monthly tradition, it's time to take a deep dive into the data that has shaped the Blurt blockchain last month. We're already in the month of September, and each new period brings its own stories, trends, and revelations within our vibrant ecosystem.
During this exploration, we will scrutinize the fundamental mechanisms that propelled Blurt this month, from witnesses to communities, transactions to rewards, and much more. The numbers and charts will tell us the story of the past month, the achievements, and the developments that have marked the platform. No need to worry, as usual, I'll do my best to make it easy to understand, and this month, you'll even get a few new additions!
Get ready for an in-depth journey into the data, discovering what made the Blurt blockchain buzz in August. It's time for our monthly rendezvous with numbers and highlights from our community. 📈💡
As usual, we will make a 4-month comparison with the months of August, July, June, and May 2023.
In August 2023, the block producers, who are also known as "witnesses" on the Blurt blockchain, had the responsibility of generating 866,157 blocks.
The witnesses are elected by the community through voting so you can show your support by casting your vote at https://beblurt.com/witnesses or https://blurtwallet.com/~witnesses to give a better ranking to your favorite witness(es) 😉
Witnesses votes
Same as last month, we'll take this opportunity to talk about witnesses. How many of you cast a governance vote for your favorite witness(es) last month? 🤔
It's starting off strong! Witness votes have surged by 44% compared to last month. A big thank you to all the voters for their active participation in Blurt blockchain governance voting. As a result, I'm not sure what to expect for next month. Also, thanks to everyone supporting my witness.
For those who don't understand what a Witness of the Blurt Blockchain is or what responsibilities a Witness has, I invite you to read my post One Year as a Witness: A BLURT Block Producer's Journey 😉
Proposals
As we talking governance operations, maybe you will be interested by the payments made by the Blurt Decentralized Fund to the proposals.
What is the The Blurt Decentralized Fund (BDF)
The Blurt Decentralized Fund (BDF) is a community-driven decentralized finance platform that operates on the Blurt blockchain. The BDF was created to provide financial support to Blurt ecosystem projects that contribute to the growth and development of the platform. The BDF operates through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that allows stakeholders to collectively make decisions on funding proposals. Anyone can submit a proposal for funding, and the community votes to determine which proposals will receive funding. Proposals can range from technical development to marketing and community building initiatives, and are subject to community review and approval before funding is allocated.
Fund Balance: 1,143,496.866 BLURT
Daily budget: 11,434.969 BLURT
Daily Payments: 11,434.969 BLURT
Just like with the Witnesses, I encourage you to read each proposal and support the ones you choose with your vote to help the proposer secure funding. You can read the proposals on BeBlurt here: https://beblurt.com/proposals or blurtwallet there: https://blurtwallet.com/proposals
Transactions & Operations
In August 2023, the witnesses' blocks recorded 203,366 transactions and 207,959 operations (with one transaction potentially containing multiple operations).
The number of operations as well as the number of transactions experienced a very slight decrease last month (9,671 operations less, -4.44%).
New Accounts
Let's take a look at the number of new accounts created which is a good and interesting indicator.
After a decline last month, the number of new accounts created is back on the rise, with +13.8% compared to July. Now that I'm starting to get some time back after a very busy July and August, I'll be able to get back to developing the onboarding system with affiliation.
Active Accounts
So, is account activity following this trend? That's what we'll see in the next graph, which tracks all account activity on the Blurt blockchain. Any user who interacts with the blockchain through a non-virtual operation (vote, transfer, delegation, comment, post...) during the period is considered an active account.
No real difference compared with last month, with 11 fewer active accounts (-1%) compared with July.
Distinct Authors
What about the number of unique authors on the Blurt blockchain?
Here again, no big difference from last month, with 3 more authors (+0.4%).
Posts & Replies
With all this, what about publications and comments.
Since June, the number of comments on posts has increased and now even exceeds the number of posts. However, the total number of posts (11,169 in August) has slightly decreased by 4%, with 477 fewer posts compared to July.
Communities Posts & Authors
As Blurt Communities continue to grow, with 21 Blurt Communities created as of today, +2 compared to July.
I can't wait to see what August brings in terms of community posts and how many authors are using them now.
A nice progression this month with a 17.39% increase in the number of posts in Blurt communities 🚀
A slight disappointment to see the number of authors in the communities drop, I hope to see better results for September.
If you're interested in learning more about Blurt communities in general, and why not create your own Blurt Community, I invite you to read this post: COMMUNITIES Have Arrived on the Blurt Blockchain
Frontends / dApps
And how the posts are distributed by Frontends / dApps, that's what we will see below.
For the month of August, we can observe that Blurt's official frontend, with 6,910 posts, has made a modest rebound of 1% compared to July, breaking a streak of consecutive monthly declines.
On the other hand, Blurtlatam has experienced the opposite, with 1,664 posts and a decline of 16.25% compared to July (323 posts fewer).
Actifit has seen a slight decrease of 4.39%, while Dtube has experienced a more significant drop of 18.89%.
Meanwhile, BeBlurt continues its upward trajectory with an impressive 34.68% increase 🚀
As was the case last month, because this metric alone isn't sufficient for accurately defining the popularity of a frontend, it's time to examine a graph representing the distribution of authors for each frontend.
Previous months:
BeBlurt continues to gain market share in the distribution of authors among the various frontends, showing a growth of 1.1 points. Blurt's official frontend, on the other hand, advances by 0.4 points, while Blurtlatam loses 0.6 points. Actifit, on the other hand, remains relatively stable, with only a 0.1 point decrease.
Now let's see what's happening on the financial side
Authors Rewards
How much did content creators earn in rewards last month? We'll soon find out.
The month of August witnessed a significant shake-up in the top 10 accounts that received the highest author rewards. August also saw the arrival of new accounts on the list, as well as the departure of others. It goes to show that nothing remains static on Blurt.
Top 10 accounts that received the highest Authors Rewards:
- 33,830 BLURT : @cleanenergygarro with 153 posts & replies (up 1 position)
- 22,369 BLURT : @hangin with 136 posts & replies (down 1 position)
- 20,703 BLURT : @rubelynmacion with 294 posts & replies (up 3 positions)
- 18,519 BLURT : @offgridlife with 144 posts & replies (down 1 position)
- 16,739 BLURT : @oneray with 145 posts & replies (up 4 positions)
- 14,648 BLURT : @outofthematrix with 113 posts & replies (up 13 positions)
- 14,254 BLURT : @kryptodenno with 29 posts & replies
- 13,771 BLURT : @rtytf with 30 posts & replies (up 3 positions)
- 12,718 BLURT : @cryptopie with 51 posts & replies (up 5 positions)
- 12,608 BLURT : @cjsdns with 30 posts & replies (down 2 positions)
I would also like to remind you that on BeBlurt, you can find this information on the user dashboard as explained in this post: BEBLURT | Update v0.3.0 | Blurtian Analytics Dashboard
Curators Rewards
A graph similar as usual.
Top 10 accounts that received the highest Curators Rewards:
- 367,622 BLURT : @blurtbooster with 3,252 upvotes
- 140,017 BLURT : @upvu with 1,629 upvotes
- 128,316 BLURT : @ctime with 4,673 upvotes
- 39,595 BLURT : @mmmmkkkk311 with 954 upvotes
- 35,498 BLURT : @primeradue with 2,971 upvotes
- 30,103 BLURT : @saboin with 550 upvotes (up 1 positions)
- 28,431 BLURT : @mk-int-token with 532 upvotes (down 1 positions)
- 26,526 BLURT : @mariuszkarowski with 931 upvotes
- 26,294 BLURT : @beblurt with 1,240 upvotes
- 19,547 BLURT : @sagarkothari88 with 2,659 upvotes
Very little change in the rankings for August, with @beblurt having recently increased its Blurt Power by 1 million through Power Up and receiving new delegations. I'm looking forward to seeing what September will bring.
Thanks to all the delegators of the BeBlurt's MyDelegation program it's now 4,241,456 BLURT POWER dedicated to manual curation 🎊
If you'd like to join the BeBlurt Delegation program and help us distribute even more rewards next month via 100% manual curation, I invite you to read this post: BeBlurt's MyDelegation program with 85% Rewards Back.
Beneficiaries Rewards
The Beneficiary Rewards on the Blurt blockchain refer to a system where a portion of the rewards generated from a post or comment on the platform is allocated to a designated beneficiary account. This beneficiary account can be any account on the Blurt blockchain that the author of the post or comment chooses to support.
When a user creates content on Blurt, they have the option to designate a beneficiary account and set a percentage of the rewards that they would like to allocate to that account. The beneficiary account can be any Blurt account (their own account, another user, community, dApp/frontend)
Once the post or comment is published, the rewards are distributed among the author and any designated beneficiaries according to the percentage set by the author. This allows authors to support other users, communities, or dApp/frontend they believe deserve recognition and rewards for their contributions to the platform.
The Beneficiary Rewards system is intended to encourage engagement and collaboration among users on the Blurt blockchain and to foster a culture of generosity and support. It is also a way for authors to demonstrate their appreciation for the work of others on the platform.
FYI: On BeBlurt, posting in a Community will automatically add a 3% beneficiary to the Community owner's account as a contribution to its growth (you have the option to add more % if you wish but cannot remove it).
Power Up / Down
With a total of 2,595,242 BLURT powered up in August, not only has this number increased by 334,855 BLURT compared to July (a growth of +14.81%), but also, for the second consecutive month, the amount powered up surpasses the amount powered down by 207,522 BLURT.
Top 10 Power Up are:
- 555,102 BLURT: @primeradue
- 267,000 BLURT: @saboin
- 217,529 BLURT: @praneeth123
- 194,016 BLURT: @beblurt
- 157,000 BLURT: @bluesniper
- 110,000 BLURT: @anontechtube
- 108,499 BLURT: @symbionts
- 100,000 BLURT: @rycharde
- 100,000 BLURT: @tekraze
- 97,909 BLURT: @mk-pal-token
Before listing the Top 10 Power Downs, a little clarification, doing a power down does not necessarily mean selling your BLURTs but simply putting them in liquidity ;)
Top 10 Power Downs are:
- 474,601 BLURT: @blurtbooster
- 450,463 BLURT: @j85063
- 216,269 BLURT: @geekpranee
- 206,520 BLURT: @zahidsun
- 180,194 BLURT: @tekraze
- 91,524 BLURT: @upvu
- 62,880 BLURT: @blurtconnect-ng
- 56,215 BLURT: @imransoudagar
- 31,382 BLURT: @forealife
- 30,689 BLURT: @dbwitty
Transfer from & to Exchanges
As a reminder: Only Probit and PancakeSwap (BBLURT) are recognized as an exchange for BLURT by CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap and only the values of this exchange determine the value and volume of exchange on these 2 major websites of the crypto world!
To Exchanges
Top 5 Accounts transfers to Exchanges are:
- 280,000 BLURT: @j85063
- 201,000 BLURT: @mapac
- 155,600 BLURT: @mk-pal-token
- 148,605 BLURT: @fervi
- 139,137 BLURT: @coreabeforekorea
- 100,000 BLURT: @tekraze
From Exchanges
Top 5 Exchanges transfers to Accounts are:
- 552,306 BLURT: @primeradue
- 231,345 BLURT: @bluesniper
- 219,486 BLURT: @mk-pal-token
- 111,160 BLURT: @saboin
- 94,705 BLURT: @beblurt
Delta from/to Exchanges
Similar to July, August experiences a negative delta between BLURT sent to the Exchanges and BLURT received from the Exchanges, amounting to -411,185 BLURT. However, this is an improvement from the previous month, where it stood at -969,875 BLURT.
Conclusion
Despite turning out to be a typical summer month, just as I had envisioned, August still brought its fair share of surprises. These include a remarkable +44% increase in witness votes, a 13.8% resurgence in new account creations, a faster-than-expected growth of BeBlurt, and most notably, the major shake-up in the top 10 accounts receiving the highest author rewards. It goes to show that nothing is truly static on the BLURT blockchain, which I find rather exciting.
As Blurt continues to evolve, these insights provide valuable perspectives on its journey and potential future trajectories. That's why if I were you, I'd click on the @nalexadre Follow button to make sure I don't miss the next analysis 🤣
What are your thoughts on the Blurt Blockchain's performance in August? Do you have any predictions or expectations for the upcoming month? Feel free to share your views in the comments below.
Original background photo of this post by Choong Deng Xiang on Unsplash
Thank you @nalexadre for the comprehensive analysis! Now we know where we are heading.👍
I am grateful for the recognition also. I didn't expect this. I just keep on "blurting".♥️
Once again a great progression this month @rubelynmacion with 3 places won 🚀 🎊 Congratulations 🎉
I cannot make it on my own. It is all because of the blurt community's generosity and continued support. For all those blurtians who upvoted my posts and comments, thank you very much. I am forever grateful.♥️👏
The creation of communities is a useful and nice feature but I hope they do not diversify as much as in Hive.
Congratulations 👏
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Thank you once again @nalexadre for providing this great comprehensive analysis much appreciated and nice to see that I am still in the top ten.
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A truly significant increase in these times where more and more users use content platforms as a means of increasing their income.
Awesome data buddy.. I was always dreaming of this on Blurt! Arcange is doing this over on Hive. Now you are making it possible here dude! This is awesome!!! 🎉🎈👍🏽🎊🍀🌞
Congratulations, your post has been curated by @dsc-r2cornell. You can use the tag #R2cornell. Also, find us on Discord
Felicitaciones, su publicación ha sido votada por @ dsc-r2cornell. Puedes usar el tag #R2cornell. También, nos puedes encontrar en Discord
congretulation and thanks you so much. good jhob blurt
Curated by @ultravioletmag
I'm kind of excited because, in the last report, I was ranked #9 among the accounts that received the highest author rewards, and in this report, I'm ranked #5.
This tells me what things I should do to continue climbing positions and see my performance improve on the platform.
You are the best, my dear @nalexadre.
Thanks a lot :)
Yep, 4 positions up this month, great step up @oneray 🚀
How does one use be blurt it’s blank in my phone but looks good would love communities I missed that
I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with BeBlurt on your iPhone @ultravioletmag. What is your model of Iphone? On my Iphone 12 it works. I think it's probably due to an old version of BeBlurt.
Here's a step-by-step guide to troubleshooting the issue:
Clear Cache Data:
After clearing the cache, try accessing BeBlurt again.
If you continue to experience problems, you can also reach me on the Discord of BeBlurt 👉 https://discord.beblurt.com
I hope this helps you get BeBlurt working on your iPhone!
It’s a 14 pro. Is it an app or a web page
It's what we call a Progressive Web App; it behaves like an app, but you don't need to go through a store to install it.
You can find all the information here 👉 BeBlurt on smartphone (android/IOS)
Nice to see blurtlatam.intinte.org is never included in these posts.
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??? Not understood
Blurtlatam.com and blurtlatam.intinte.org are two different front ends. The former is not even functional. And the latter is not even mentioned as a front end by "the foundation".
As pointed out by @outofthematrix
In this case, for the distribution by frontends, it concerns the "dapp" field present in each post within the "json_metadata". This field was created to specify from which frontend (along with its version) a post was published.
If the use of "Blurtlatam" as the frontend name for blurtlatam.intinte.org appears unclear to you, I would suggest reaching out directly to the person responsible for this frontend, which is @fervi, to discuss modifying the value of the "dapp" field when publishing a post.
This isn't about any frontend in particular. It is data deriving directly from the blockchain.
I know what this post is.