We’ve had some great contributions to Utopian this week, with the Development category leading the pack with two staff picks, and Develpment CM @amosbastian showing up as a staff pick in Documentation. Blog and Ideas also had one staff pick each.

Staff Picks

Update: fpl’s (0.6.1) class documentation is now up to date! by @amosbastian [documentation]

Develpment CM @amosbastian’s FPL has gotten staff picked in his own category (not by him, of course), and he continues to be a beacon of excellence with detailed and well done documentation for the project. It’s always great when one of our team can be an example of the way things should be done.

Total payout: 29.76 STU Number of votes: 73

SteemWallet 1.1.0 - major updates! - In-App Payment (1-click to buy) Account Creation, Themes, Api-node switcher, Multicurrency support and bugfixes. by @roelandp [blog]

Steemwallet is a major dApp on the blockchain, and this is a massive update. The biggest news is the adition of in-app purchase of new accounts, allowing on-boarding of new users when they install the app. The post itself is well written and personal, explaining the reasons for the update. This is a great example of the kind of content we love to see in the Blog category. Total payout: 164.03 STU Number of votes: 591

I’m Mr. Meeseeks! Look at me! by @inertia [development]

If you have multiple applications that need to perform actions as operations occur on the blockchain, then meeseeker is made for you! It will allow each of your applications to perform actions for specific operations, without each application having to stream the entire blockchain. This is, obviously, much more efficient. If you think this could be useful to you, then definitely read Inertia’s post about it!

Total payout: 67.39 STU Number of votes: 104

Two small yet mighty information that can be powered by Hivemind - followers’ SP / rep & rep_log10 by @blockchainstudio [ideas]

Hivemind was recently launched to be a second API layer on the Steem blockchain, which drastically reduces the cost of running a full Steem node. @blockchainstudio is a consistent open source contributor via Utopian, and has made a very nice and descriptive idea contribution to this project. @blockchainstudio did a great job explaining in detail how the idea could be implemented, and provided useful materials as mock-ups which makes the idea even easier to understand. There is more to why this post made it to Top of Utopian, and we strongly recommend that you check it out.

Total payout: 38.28 STU Number of votes: 79

Cross-domain authentication is here! Big milestone reached! by @engrave [development]

Before this update, users of Engrave blogs had to log-in independently on every blog, which was a huge disadvantage and usability killer. However, with this update, every user is now able to log in to any blog, and interact with them, without the need to log in again! Think of it as something similar to Google authentication - it’s definitely a great improvement!

Total payout: 98.11 STU Number of votes: 186

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

• Overall, the last week saw a total of 188 posts, with 126 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 2778.52 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 164.033 STU, with a total of 591 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was dPoll development update: Introducing multi choice polls and new content filters, with no less than 42 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 22.05 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |graphics|5|5|5|59.30 STU|@tebriz| |translations|44|42|20|626.36 STU|@alexs1320| |blog|38|27|26|454.57 STU|@tony-duke| |documentation|1|1|1|37.87 STU|@amosbastian| |tutorials|26|20|20|351.24 STU|@igormuba| |analysis|2|2|2|39.50 STU|@lostmine27| |ideas|11|10|10|89.26 STU|@blockchainstudio| |bug-hunting|13|11|11|67.19 STU|@rufans| |iamutopian|9|9|9|346.41 STU|@rosatravels| |development|34|34|17|609.68 STU|@holger80| |anti-abuse|1|1|1|48.10 STU|@anthonyadavisii| |social|3|3|3|45.26 STU|@jingis07|

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While this week has seen a very nice number of contributions to our various categories, we would like to see as many examples of excellence as possible. This week only three contributions selected by our category managers are fine representations of the sort of posts we love to see here in Utopian. Make sure to check them out!

Staff Picks

Steem: Account Claims Analysis by @abh12345 [analysis]

During the most recent Steem Hardfork, HF20, the Steem blockchain added a feature to help quickly register new users to the ecosystem. This is done by burning Resource Credits (RCs) to create discounted accounts which are later claimed by a user. @abh12345 is one of the finest analysts we have on Utopian and has provided a very detailed and illustrative analysis of account claims on Steem. He went further to provide the statistics of dapps and communities creating discounted accounts, and how they distribute these accounts to new users. This post is a must read.

Total payout: 51.40 STU Number of votes: 366

Update: fpl (0.6.0) is now asynchronous! by @amosbastian [development]

Fantasy Premier League Project is a project developed by our very own Dev Category Manager @amosbastian. @Amos has a passion for football which has led him to create this lovely project. That said, @amosbastian is also a very talented python developer and he follows the best practice when coding, which is one of the many reasons it made it to this week Top of Utopian. We appreciate development efforts like this and we recommend that you check it out.

Total payout: 78.87 STU Number of votes: 99

Seeking Open-Source Projects [@utopian-io contest 1] by @sndbox [blog]

One factor in evaluating Blog category posts that is getting depreciated as we go on is post length. And we can find no better example than this post by our friends at @sndbox. Not only is it well crafted and presented, their post has tremendous potential impact as they lend their significant VP to supporting Utopian projects and promote open source to their many followers. This is open source activism on the blockchain done excellently well.

Total payout: 85.56 STU Number of votes: 304

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

• Overall, the last week saw a total of 164 posts, with 139 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 4128.95 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 269.086 STU, with a total of 842 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was eSteem Mobile 2.0.7 new features & performance improvements, with no less than 78 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 29.70 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |translations|48|48|37|1352.73 STU|@alexs1320| |graphics|3|3|3|40.63 STU|@midun| |blog|40|31|31|784.72 STU|@igormuba| |ideas|15|13|13|95.12 STU|@lifecruiser| |analysis|3|3|3|149.95 STU|@abh12345| |bug-hunting|11|11|11|113.17 STU|@louis88| |tutorials|13|11|11|310.88 STU|@igormuba| |development|19|18|18|719.43 STU|@singhpratyush| |iamutopian|10|10|10|510.89 STU|@rosatravels| |anti-abuse|1|1|1|46.81 STU|@steemcleaners|

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Transparency has always been one of the core values of Utopian as an organization, which is why we find it critical to keep you up-to-date with all our activities. Though we’ve been relatively quiet on the blockchain in the past weeks, a lot has been happening behing the scenes as we work to make 2019 a huge year for Utopian.

Investor Update

Utopian CEO @elear is currently on his second visit to Israel, meeting with potential investors. We’ve learned many lessons from the first visit, and feel even more prepared. We are confident that these meetings will bear fruit, and they’ve been going great.

However, investments take time, which leads us into the next prong in our attack:

Are you ready for our Indiegogo?

One of the main focus points of the Utopian team these past few weeks were our preparations for an Indiegogo campaign.

In an aim to sustain and accelerate the development of the Utopian collaboration platform, we’ll be turning to the community as the collective power of the community has always been the engine behind this endeavor. We’re lining up some cool rewards, for contributors and project owners alike, and we are so excited about this.

As we prepare to launch the campaign, we’re also making sure to create unique oportunities for you to participate in helping us spread awareness of the Utopian Indiegogo campaign.

Check out some pictures from the backstage of our Indiegogo video:

Our director and our CFO @apshamilton helping in setting up the stage

Our director and CCO @didic managing the filming

Our CMO @techslut and CEO @elear getting ready for filming

Colony & Utopian Brand

We’ve been discussing Utopian V2 for a while now, but that was just a code name for the project. Now, as start a branding process of Utopian as a futuristic paradise for open source, it’s time to unveil the market product name of the next stage in our evolution: Utopian Colony.

The Colony is our name for the crowdfunding and crowdsourcing reward exchange and content creation platform that we’ve been calling Utopian V2.

Development

We’re are still going strong. Our CTO, @gregory.latinier, is still leading his team in developing Utopian Colony, and things are progressing nicely. Naturally, development will speed up and slow down in accordance to the community’s willingness to be a part of the action, whether as developers or as crowdfunding supporters.

Podcasts Are Coming

You may have wondered why have our radio shows have yet to return after the holidays. Well, there’s a reason for that: Both shows are getting a makeover, and both will be available as podcasts.

We’ll still have the livestream experience, where you’ll be able to participate in the discussion and be a part of it. But we know that for many people, appointment media is a thing of the past. So we want to make IdeaHub and FOSSHub (formerly the open source radio show) available via your podcatchers. Also, the action will all be taking place in the Utopian discord server. We’ll be simulcasting the show on MSP Waves, but the discussion will be on our own server.

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It’s the second full week of the new year, and we are in full swing. This week, we’ve had staff picks from the Ideas, Documentation, Development, Bug Hunting, and Tutorials categories. It’s a nice variety of high quality posts, that serve as excellent examples for the kind of contributions we want to see. Check them out!

Staff Picks

Tutorial: Asynchonous Python with Twisted; Part Three by @mattockfs [tutorials]

@mattockfs is one of the most hardworking contributors to Utopian’s Tutorials category. He puts so much effort on providing high-quality tutorials for others to learn from. His writing skill is great, allowing anyone to easily learn and understand. His presentations are likewise excellent. This is the part three of his tutorial on Asynchronous Python with Twisted. It is very detailed, informative and above all, very educative. The content is very interesting to read and you definitely want to check this out if you are a python-dev.

Total payout: 26.24 STU Number of votes: 62

Godot Documentation: Shader Reference by @clayjohn [documentation]

The documentation category received quite a few contributions this week. The very best of those was made by @clayjohn for Go-dot project. It entails some technical information on Shader Reference on Godot. @clayjohn is one of the frequent contributors on this category and also one of the very best. Consider checking out his work.

Total payout: 25.93 STU Number of votes: 168

Captchain by @edicted [ideas]

The Steem blockchain is a groundbreaking technological advance, on which many tools can be built. @edicted is one of our regular contributors, who often shares his interesting and innovative ideas to improve Steem. His contribution talks about how a technology “captchain,” could be a game changer on the Steem blockchain. Not only did he state how it could be implemented, he also described its use-cases and work-flow. This Ideas contribution is one of a kind and you should consider checking it out.

Total payout: 23.15 STU Number of votes: 146

Tower: A REST API implementation on the top of Hivemind by @emrebeyler [development]

Steemit Inc, currently the most significant developer of the Steem blockchain development, recently, launched hivemind. This new development streamlines many of the blockchain’s processes, and dramatically decreases the cost of running a full Steem node. While it may be a little bit difficult for new devs on the blockchain to quickly grasp the new changes, one of our brilliant moderators quickly rose to the challenge and developed a REST API interface for this new technology. Many Steem devs have expressed their appreciation for this API. Consider checking it out.

Total payout: 204.82 STU Number of votes: 843

[steem][0.20.8] Building on MacOS doesn’t work - Could NOT find zlib (missing: ZLIB_LIBRARIES) by @blockchainstudio [bug-hunting]

@blockchainstudio is a regular contributor to the Bug-hunting category. His reports are usually accompanied with a possible fix or a PR which already fixed the bug. This is a very good practice, and we encourage all our bug-hunters to do the same. In this particular case, it is great to see that the PR got merged immediately to fix the issue. Consider checking his report.

Total payout: 30.77 STU Number of votes: 105

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

• Overall, the last week saw a total of 164 posts, with 116 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3142.62 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 204.818 STU, with a total of 843 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Desktop eSteem Surfer 2.0.4 brings 😎 emojis, Power Up & more, with no less than 80 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 26.86 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |translations|39|38|16|586.18 STU|@alejohannes| |tutorials|19|16|16|346.11 STU|@igormuba| |copywriting|2|2|2|42.90 STU|@harry-heightz| |anti-abuse|2|2|2|88.91 STU|@themarkymark| |documentation|1|1|1|32.15 STU|@clayjohn| |analysis|8|6|6|205.93 STU|@dalz| |ideas|7|6|6|65.63 STU|@edicted| |iamutopian|9|9|9|403.83 STU|@amosbastian| |blog|27|24|20|489.63 STU|@igormuba| |social|2|2|2|29.25 STU|@jingis07| |development|22|22|12|593.34 STU|@raycoms| |bug-hunting|19|18|18|151.90 STU|@horpey| |graphics|2|2|2|30.24 STU|@richardbmx|

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It’s the first full week of the new year, and we’re slowly getting back to normal around here. This week, we’re highlighting terrific contributions from the Blog, Tutorials, Analysis, Bug Hunting, and Anti-abuse categories. These staff picks are all great examples to learn from.

Staff Picks

Proof-of-Brain or Power-of-Bid(bot), that is the question. by @lostmine27 [analysis]

The Steem blockchain is one of the largest and most used blockchains worldwide today. Many dApps have been successfully launched on this blockchain and more are still under development. This contribution gives a detailed analysis of the bidbot business on the blockchain. Not only is this detailed, but also very descriptive, and the data is presented in such a way that even a non-analyst could read and understand. It is rare to get a staff pick on the analysis category but this one is well worth being picked.

Total payout: 62.56 STU Number of votes: 163

The Steepshot series: Features of Steepshot Cont’d (Episode 7) by @curtwriter [blog]

@curtwriter is one of the backbones of the Blog category, providing consistent quality in his work, doing his research, and creating a knowledge base about the various dApps on the blockchain. This is his 7th post about Steepshot, in which he goes deep about three features of the app. Any contributor to the category can learn from his dedication and hard work, and continued drive to improve.

Total payout: 31.25 STU Number of votes: 54

How to set up and use multisignature accounts on Steem Blockchain. by @stoodkev [tutorials]

Beautiful write up by @stoodkev, tackling the task request proposed by @timcliff for a “Multisignature Transaction Guide” with a related bounty. The author takes us through the steps in performing such functionality on the Steem blockchain while relying on dsteem JS library, allowing multiple ownership and approvals to conduct an action on a given account. Well established steps, references, as well as screenshots and proof of results are at the core of this well-written tutorial. If interested in giving Multisig a try on Steem, we recommend you check this tutorial out.

Total payout: 119.51 STU Number of votes: 1093

[condenser_api][0.20.4-8] voting_power is set to zero for users who haven’t voted more than 5 days by @blockchainstudio [bug-hunting]

This is a very detailed and informative report made by @blockchainstudio to the Steem blockchain. The user did not only reported the error but also went further to share the root cause of the bug and made a PR to fix the bug. This was a critical bug, and the fix immediately got merged into the project. We really appreciate reports like this, and we hope to see more of this.

Total payout: 35.25 STU Number of votes: 93

Introducing !sources by @themarkymark [anti-abuse]

The anti-abuse category aims to fight and guide any form of abuse in the open source world, especially on the Steem blockchain. This contribution by @themarkymark is an effort to help guide plagiarists away from plagiarising contents or users who do not cite their publications properly on the Steem blockchain. The guide is in the form of a bot which could be triggered by any curator who wants to help an author improve their blogging experience.

Total payout: 97.92 STU Number of votes: 295

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

• Overall, the last week saw a total of 150 posts, with 114 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3592.08 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 157.83 STU, with a total of 1154 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Task Development: Help Us Add ‘Refine Search’ Capability To The steemgigs.org Search & Other Tasks., with no less than 16 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 31.51 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |translations|47|47|33|1099.97 STU|@aafeng| |analysis|5|4|4|176.46 STU|@lostmine27| |iamutopian|9|9|9|403.57 STU|@didic| |development|31|27|19|780.22 STU|@raycoms| |tutorials|13|11|11|319.90 STU|@igormuba| |blog|26|24|24|563.44 STU|@igormuba| |ideas|6|2|2|27.73 STU|@blockchainstudio| |video-tutorials|1|1|1|17.36 STU|@alexendre-maxim| |bug-hunting|6|6|5|76.79 STU|@blockchainstudio| |graphics|3|3|3|70.78 STU|@munadikiehl| |anti-abuse|1|1|1|49.24 STU|@themarkymark|

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Happy new year from all of us here at Utopian, as we celebrate the year with our favorite things: Great contributions to awesome open source projects. While the holidays have certainly caused a slow-down in activity, we still had some excellent contributions. This week, we’re highlighting contributions from the Tutorials, Translations, Blog, and Development categories.

Staff Picks

Writing a simple Compiler on my own - Revisit Queue and Parameter Checking (part 4) [C][Flex][Bison] by @drifter1 [tutorials]

Another piece in the amazing compiler work @drifter1 has been sharing with us for quite a while now. He keeps on progressing and improving his work as he goes along. In this entry, he is tackling the entry queue, function calls and declarations, as well as the print function. If you’ve been following on his series, you will definitely want to check out this entry (and if not, feel free to start at the beginning of the series).

Total payout: 16.91 STU Number of votes: 151

OroCommerce Serbian Cyrillic Translation - Part 14 (~1018 words) by @scienceangel [translations]

The translator has done an excellent job in the translation, creating a result free of all errors. In addition, @scienceangel wrote a most engaging post on the project’s progress. As noted by the moderator, she gave a lot of information on the ‘Quirks and features’ that can be found in the Serbian language and all Slavic languages. Well Done!

Total payout: 43.52 STU Number of votes: 108

Welcome “Knackstore” and “Knacktokens” to Knacksteem! by @knacksteem.org [blog]

Knacksteem is a fascinating dApp, which we have been following since its inception with great interest, especially as it was created by our very own Community Manager @knowledges. This is a huge update to the dApp, with the announcement of their upcoming tokens and store (or Knacktokens and Knackstore, as they call them). They also have an ICO and an Airdrop in store. While we feel the writing could be stronger, this is such an impactful update, that it was a natural selection as our weekly staff pick.

Total payout: 173.95 STU Number of votes: -277

[SteemGigs] UI Improvements Phase 1 & In Page Search by @tobias-g [development]

In addition to being one of Utopian’s bug-hunting moderators, @tobias-g is an experienced and capable developer abilities. This time, he helped to improve the UI of the steemgigs project, which is another great project on the Steem blockchain. His work on this justifies his excellent reputation as a coder. Consider checking his development report.

Total payout: 74.28 STU Number of votes: 730

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

• Overall, the last week saw a total of 108 posts, with 101 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3148.18 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 173.952 STU, with a total of -277 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Steemgigs.org (The Steem-Based Freelancing & Dream-Building Marketplace) - Quick Development Update, Accepting Delegation & More., with no less than 9 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 31.17 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |analysis|7|6|6|162.73 STU|@paulag| |translations|32|32|32|1116.47 STU|@alejohannes| |graphics|3|3|3|27.10 STU|@midun| |development|17|16|16|598.38 STU|@tobias-g| |iamutopian|10|10|10|467.45 STU|@rosatravels| |ideas|3|2|2|33.91 STU|@harry-heightz| |tutorials|11|10|10|169.43 STU|@igormuba| |blog|15|13|13|310.11 STU|@actifit| |bug-hunting|2|2|2|45.60 STU|@stmdev| |anti-abuse|4|3|3|145.47 STU|@steemcleaners| |copywriting|1|1|1|42.26 STU|@harry-heightz| |video-tutorials|1|1|1|23.30 STU|@alexendre-maxim|

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