Four, to be precise, and even though i'm not 100% sure on what I'll be doing with them, it seems this is something everyone, with the ability to do so, should be doing.
On reading @davemccoy's post the other day, and the comments that followed, I learned a few things including opinions on Resource Credits (RCs). Also, in this comment thread, some information on how Steemit inc see how things will play out in future: @whatsup/re-davemccoy-steemit-the-anti-social-network-20181007t181112798z
I don't really wish to go into 'what is the right amount of RCs' to allocate to a 'good' account to function, whilst limiting a 'bad' accounts behavior, but I guess this may happen in the comments anyway :)
Resource Credit costs
At present, there are approximately 1450 Steem blockchain accounts that can claim accounts using their Resource Credits. I estimate that to claim one account, it currently costs around 5,000,000,000,000 credits, which I also estimate to be around 2500 Steem Power.
The above estimates were done by refreshing https://steemd.com/@abh12345 after claiming an account.
NOTE: Claiming an account is different from creating an account. A claimed account 'token' can be used to create a free account.
To put the amount of RCs required for this transaction into perspective, steemd has some approximate costs listed for other transactions:
- comments - 1,570,000,000
- votes - 282,000,000
- transfers/power-ups - 259,000,000
Claiming an account is the equivalent of (another 'approximately' here) 3,184 comments, or 17,730 votes. Pretty 'expensive' in comparison?
And so as stated above, this cost means that 'only' 1450 or so accounts have this privilege - 0.0012% of all Steem accounts, not many. At the time of writing, 74 of these 1450 odd accounts have claimed at least one account - about 5%. Again, not many.
I'm not sure at yet if this is a good or a bad thing, and I guess it depends on the owners plans? These claimed accounts will need RCs to power them, and I assume that in the future, RCs will be sold/hired, much like SP delegations work now. I have no idea, how much they be valued at, if anything, at least to start with.
With just over 14250 SP, I have a 'max mana' of 44,311,250,466,768 - which using the 'back of a cigarette packet' calculations above, provides me the power to comment around 27,000 times - excluding recharge time during typing (or executing code, boo). This means, that I don't see an issue with delegating loads out of these for free. We shall see how the market forms when the time comes.
Could Resource Credits (or the accounts claimed by them) be more profitable than a bid-bot delegation in time? I digress...
How to claim an account?
Use the link below by:
- Copying everything between the quote marks
- Removing the Spaces at either side of 'your_username'
- Inserting your username, without the @, where it says 'your_username'
WARNING! - If you have around 2500-2700 active SP (delegations to and from count here, unlike with MVESTS and witness voting), you should be able to claim 1 account but this may severely restrict what else you can do for a couple of days!
'https://steemconnect.com/sign/claim_account?creator= your_username &fee=0.000%20STEEM&extensions=[]'
You will need to use your private active key, but Steemconnect is popular and considered secure.
I realize that the above instructions are relevant to very few, considering the number of Steem accounts registered, but I would like to hear the thoughts of everyone with regards to the future of Resource Credits, and RC delegations.
Do you think I'm right in claiming a few? Should I be claiming as many as possible?
Do you think there will swiftly become a market, or if they will be issued for free to start with / for years?
Can you guess who's doing a lot of account claims at present?
accountcreators, at the bottom there :)
Cheers
Asher