In a blog post published just a few hours ago on the @steemitblog account, a series of updates to the Steemit ecosystem are highlighted. If you want the full story, just go ahead and read it all, but if you're here just for the TL/DR version (too long, didn't read), then here are the blurbs:

• RocksDB was implemented in production - this is a new storage layer that will drastically lower the amount of RAM needed for content nodes, and it was in tests for a while. It is now deployed in production and I suspect this was the reason for the few hiccups I spotted this week
• a new account that is inactive for 90 days will have its initial Steem Power undelegated automatically. This is a very good way to make use of the Steemit Inc SP (because that's how new accounts are funded) and it will discourage abuse. If the account becomes active again, its initial SP will be delegated back. I think we will see the effects of this measure in about 3 months from now.
• abusive accounts are now getting their Steemit Inc SP undelegated as well (it's only about the SP delegated by Steemit Inc, not by other people). The list of abusive accounts can be seen here: https://github.com/steemit/redeemer-irredeemables

All in all, a very good round of updates. What I appreciate the most is not the quantity, nor the quality of these updates, but their consistency. It looks like various teams from inside the Steemit Inc (Application Team, DevPortal, etc) are starting to update in a more consistent way.

With that being said, I have a hunch that SMT are just around the corner.

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