Even when the bears rear their heads, our incredible contributors still shine. This week, we have a very full slate of staff picks, with selections from the Ideas, Anti-Abuse, Analysis, and Development categories. In fact, the contributions in these categories were so good, that Ideas, Analysis, and Development have two staff picks each! Check out all of the goodness below.

Staff Picks

Creating an Anti-Abuse Project for Your Community by @steemcleaners [anti-abuse]

This is a great contribution from @guiltyparties from the @steemcleaners crew. It teaches everyone, who is part of a community or curation group, how to create and organize a anitabuse project within the community. The post shows where to get help and how to get it done. This post is a must read for members of every community. If you want to start an antiabuse project in your community, it has the information you need to get started.

Total payout: 79.47 STU Number of votes: 327

Steem: Application usage - Where is the engagement being sourced from, and are any applications showing signs of growth? by @abh12345 [analysis]

@abh12345 is super talented when analyzing almost anything. He is detailed and most importantly, descriptive. Even a layperson could easily understand the graphs. The analysis contribution analyzes many things happening on the Steem blockchain, focusing on the usage of dApps and their engagement rate on the Steem blockchain. This contribution is unique, as it contains significant information about various dapps. Consider checking it out.

Total payout: 76.50 STU Number of votes: 470

Using a slider with the Utopian questionnaire by @amosbastian [ideas]

This contribution, made by @amosbastian, is a clear example of how to create a Suggestion contribution without following the template. It’s a well-formatted and well-written post. It’s clear and simple to understand. The way he shows the feature in action is everything.

Total payout: 28.40 STU Number of votes: 100

Steem Analytics - Distribution of Earnings by @miniature-tiger [analysis]

@miniature-tiger has been a consistent contributor to the analysis category. This contribution focuses on the earning distribution on the Steem blockchain. There are three important topics discussed in this contribution:

• Reward distribution of regular user for posting and commenting
• Discovering if rewards are distributed evenly
• Finding out how benefactor rewards impact the blockchain.

You don’t want to miss this information, so check the post out.

Total payout: 67.23 STU Number of votes: 1004

1Ramp Android Updates – Drafts, Repost, and Delegation Details by @the1ramp [development]

The 1Ramp team has been very busy over the past few months. Now that they’re back from SteemFest3, they have gone straight back to developing awesome new features for their Android application. This update is features that may be small, but are essential in getting the best out of Steem through an Android application. They are setting the base before rolling out an interesting micro-community building model, as @vikonomics discussed at SteemFest3.

Total payout: 50.63 STU Number of votes: 60

[Utopian Rocks Browser Extension] - Highlights & contributions when new tab is opened by @tobias-g [ideas]

@tobias-g has created another high quality post. This is a perfect example of how the template should be used. The overall presentation is really good and the mockups are great.

In addition, the suggested idea was useful and well received by the PO, as we can see in the comments and in the Issues tracker on GitHub.

Total payout: 28.64 STU Number of votes: 74

Open Sourcing of UA by @steem-ua [development]

UA has definitely had a big impact on the Steem community over the last few months. People have been very outspoken with their opinions about it, with one of the biggest complaints being that that it wasn’t open source. Well, I’m glad to say that’s no longer the case! @holger80 and @scipio have just open sourced the first set of components of UA (with more to come in the future), so if you are interested in how it truly works, you can now check out (part of) the code!

Total payout: 108.30 STU Number of votes: 245

Writing a simple Compiler on my own - Action Rules for Loop Statements and some Fixes [C][Flex][Bison] by @drifter1 [tutorials]

Another episode of the fantastic series involving the development of a simple C tutorial. As @drifter1 has taken us through different stages involved in building the linguistics and the parsing capabilities, we are presented in this episode with an implementation for the For Loop logic, and a great illustration of how to develop the compiler’s code to handle such cases, along with a detailed step by step compilation procedure and outcome! The tutorial also includes some adjustments to the precedence evaluation rules. If you’re a fan of C language, and/or compilers, make sure you visit this post and the series altogether.

Total payout: 16.94 STU Number of votes: 98

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 163 posts, with 148 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 4110.16 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 164.241 STU, with a total of 1530 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Task Request: Add Core Features & ‘Communities’ To Ulogs.org (Plus 880 Steem Bounty) & Further Insight Into The ‘Grand Vision’ For Ulogs.org., with no less than 16 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| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |social|7|7|7|97.37 STU|@jingis07| |translations|52|52|52|1492.35 STU|@froq| |blog|17|16|16|311.76 STU|@curtwriter| |graphics|5|4|4|83.25 STU|@zularizal| |development|23|19|19|668.38 STU|@immanuel94| |ideas|6|5|5|88.16 STU|@tobias-g| |iamutopian|12|12|12|460.01 STU|@aristotle.team| |tutorials|14|12|12|149.73 STU|@drifter1| |anti-abuse|3|2|2|71.11 STU|@steemcleaners| |bug-hunting|4|4|4|41.49 STU|@tobias-g| |analysis|6|6|6|230.05 STU|@miniature-tiger|

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The Utopian proof of concept, first ran as a fork of Busy.org and then spread across different frontends, has proved Utopian has the potential to grow into a sustainable business. It is time for Utopian to make a shift, from a POC to a full-featured product, Utopian V2, scheduled for early Q2 2019.

During the last few months, Utopian has focused on evaluating and creating a strong business model and product specs, merging together all the lessons we’ve learned and feedback we’ve received from our community and partners during the past year.

We have collected almost 70K contributions for over 8k open source repositories, and delivered incentives worth millions of dollars. We are proud to say no competition in the blockchain space can yet show these numbers.

Utopian V2: The Social Platform for Collaboration and Collective Funding of Open Source Innovation.

We have great confidence in the product we’re building, and we’re ready to take the next step, seeking investors for the A round of the Utopian company.

Our Key Advantages

• Truly customized for the unique needs of the open source ecosystem
• Supporting a broad spectrum of professions
• Integrated quality assurance
• Incentivised knowledge sharing
• STEEM-based incentives (employing our delegated stake on the blockchain)
• Multi-currency support
• Existing network of partners
• Engaged and active contributor community

We couldn’t be prouder to mention our team as definitely the most important key advantage.

The Utopian core team has, collectively, over 130 years of experience in building and managing innovative online solutions and businesses.

Our community of reviewers, made up of 50 members across the world, speaking 29 languages.

1M USD for year 2019

We believe any serious startup which wants to get global success has to find ways to build a solid financial base. We have considered many options, including launching a token, crowdfunding, and others. While we’re still considering executing these in the near future, we strongly believe seeking standard investments is the best choice for us at this moment.

Utopian is seeking a 1M investment round for the year 2019.

If you would like to invest in Utopian and receive our investor pitch deck, please get in touch with us invest@utopian.io.

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Welcome to Utopian’s weekly recap of the week that was this week. We’ve had another busy, busy week, with new tasks, new ideas, and a new bot. Plus, we’ve got two awesome new folks on board! Let’s talk about it!

In this post:

• Utopian Idea Hub!
• Welcoming @apshamilton and @katerinaramm!
• New Translations Questionnaire is LIVE!
• Utbot Is Listening!
• So Many Tasks!
• More About Anti-abuse’s Return
• Awesome radio show episode!

Utopian Idea Hub!

We’ve got a new initiative brewing, and it’s all about your ideas. This week, we announced the upcoming Idea Hub, a radio show that will take place in the Utopian discord server and will serve as a showcase for new ideas, with the aim of getting them off the ground with the help of our amazing community.

Welcoming @apshamilton and @katerinaramm!

As Utopian gears up for an exciting 2019, we’ve got a very exciting new hire to announce. Andrew Hamilton (aka @apshamilton), a lawyer and serial tech entrepreneur, is our new CFO. Andrew is a welcome addition to the Utopian management team, and we believe he will help take Utopian to new heights.

We’ve also added @katerinaramm as our new Visibility category CM. Katerina is someone you may have already seen all over the blockchain, as she’s been lending her marketing expertise to @actifit and @steemstem. As former Visibility CM @techslut is our very busy CMO, the category is overdue for new management, and we trust Katerina is just the person to do that.

New Translations Questionnaire is LIVE!

Last week, we told you about the new questionnaire for our Translations category. That questionnaire is now live, and being used to score our translator’s work. See it here by selecting “Translations” in the dropdown menu and clicking “Get Questions”.

Utbot Is Listening!

@Espoem has created Utbot, a new Discord bot that “listens to blockchain operations and waits for the right trigger. Its purpose is to gather necessary information about a Utopian task request and create a consistent message for a Discord server/channel.” This bot will help get the word out on Utopian task requests on Discord. And, being open source, people can use it for different triggers.

So Many Tasks!

We have a bunch of interesting TRs over in @utopian.tasks. Our own tasks this week have already been assigned, so make sure to follow both @utopian.tasks and Utopian CTO @gregory.latinier so as not to miss them when posted.

We want to highlight the latest task request by our partners at @CoinGecko. They’re looking for a Ruby developer to implement public websocket API connections for Binance. With Binance’s prominence in the Cryptocurrency arena, this is obviously an important API to connect to.

More About Anti-abuse’s Return

In the last weekly, we announced the return of our Anti-abuse category. This week, we’ve got a post up with all of the information, including the most important part: The end of the Anti-abuse whitelist. If you’re engaged in fighting abuse on Steem, you’re welcome to join us. Please read the linked post for all the details.

Utopian.io Open Source Radio Show on MSP Waves

This week’s radio show took place a short time after the announcement of cuts to Steemit Inc, which definitely made for a fascinating show. We had one of Steem’s most important partners and witnesses, @blocktrades, on to talk about everything that’s going on plus their future plans. We also had tutorials master @tensor on, and pulled in @rhondak to talk about everything that’s going on. Past and future guest @nothingismagick chimed in with a fun rant about everything being open source.

As usual, the illustrious @techslut had the open source news, and we ended with a raffle in which @natu won the Humble Warhammer Bunde.

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One of the things we’re always trying to do is to find new and exciting ways to engage the community in thinking about open source software. With that in mind, we’re announcing our newest initiative: The Utopian Idea Hub. This project, which will be taking place in the Utopian Discord server, will allow people from different part of the world to come together. It will serve as a place for likeminded folks who are capable of providing a solution to almost any kind of problem.

The heart of the hub will be a weekly radioshow on the Utopian Discord server. On this show, two guests will be able to come and present their ideas and suggestions to our dedicated community of developers, project owners, and tech savvy folks.

We want to bring people together to start a discussion and have a brainstorming session to solve issues through open source software. Ultimately, we want to pave the way for people with unique ideas to bring them to fruition. This has always been one of the goals of the open source community. With Utopian empowering open source initiatives, we are limitless.

If you have an idea, jump onboard the Utopian Discord server, visit the get-onair channel, and register your interest to appear on the show. We’re still finalizing the details of the show, the hosts and the time slot, and these will be announced in due time.

Why are we doing this?

We have many reasons for launching this initiative, which we believe is going to have a significant positive impact on the community and the world at large.

We want to see more Unique ideas turn into a usable product. We feel that most ideas never come to fruition because of lack of funds and resources, or even lack of people to share the ideas with to turn them into reality. We are trying to close the gap between ideators and the developers who can help realize them and make them useful in the real world.

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Another week of Utopian contibutions has passed, and we’ve had some truly great ones. This week’s Top of Utopian highlights exemplary contributions in the Copywriting, Blog, Translations, Tutorials, and Suggestions categories. We strongly recommend that you check them all out!

Staff Picks

Actifit App | Rewarding Fitness Activity (FAQs) by @katerinaramm [copywriting]

@katerinaramm has been working as a moderator in Actifit. As such, she knows all the insider details and usual struggles of regular users. To better aid the users of Actifit, she has crafted this amazing FAQ, which is a solid, well-rounded and perfectly detailed explanation on most - if not all - issues regular users may have regarding Actifit.

Total payout: 22.59 STU Number of votes: 154

Byteball - Help the World, Get Rewards by @jaff8 [blog]

Ever since he started posting regularly to Utopian less than two months ago, @jaff8 has been a true MVP, posting consistently excellent posts. His post about Byteball’s World Community Grid bot is informative, interesting, editorial, and instructive. He also brings his personality and experience to the post, making it more compelling. This is what a Blog category post should look like.

Total payout: 36.62 STU Number of votes: 171

[Translation][Spanish] Node.js, from English (1258 words) [N’21] by @alejohannes [translations]

As noted by the moderator, @alejohannes delivered an accurate translation with correct vocabulary for Node,js. He was also careful in not translating code values so as not to alter the text’s true meaning. The presentation post was excellent, engaging, and well formatted as he shared what he learned in the process of the translation.

Total payout: 32.97 STU Number of votes: 166

Component Building with Quasar by @quasarframework [tutorials]

An amazing tutorial by @smolinari that goes in-depth into building components using Quasar (or Vue). He first addresses the mindset of Vue towards components, employing the concept of composition. He goes on to provide some great illustrations, relying on a real case scenario to build up a component utilizing diverse approaches and functionality.

All in all, a fantastic, fun, and educational experience is what this tutorial is all about. Make sure to check it out!

Total payout: 52.48 STU Number of votes: 260

[Steem Projects] Ability to review projects by @tobias-g [Suggestions]

@tobias-g wrote an excellent post, clear and well written. His suggestions of adding the ability to review projects in Steem Projects is an excellent one. The overall presentation was great and the way he used the Components and Benefits section added more value to the contribution.

Total payout: 28.68 STU Number of votes: 50

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 140 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
• In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3511.39 STU to contributors.
• The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 96.616 STU, with a total of 200 votes received from the community.
• The contribution that attracted the most engagement was CIV_ANALYSIS (Phase 2 & 3 complete), with no less than 8 comments in its comment threads.
• The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 25.08 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |translations|50|50|49|1288.78 STU|@alexs1320| |ideas|2|1|1|7.84 STU|@ckole| |bug-hunting|3|2|2|16.64 STU|@stmdev| |video-tutorials|3|2|2|34.96 STU|@drsensor| |blog|17|16|16|300.08 STU|@jaff8| |social|3|3|3|55.47 STU|@jingis07| |development|33|32|32|1129.98 STU|@mcfarhat| |graphics|7|7|7|89.57 STU|@camiloferrua| |copywriting|1|1|1|26.32 STU|@katerinaramm| |tutorials|14|11|11|172.79 STU|@quasarframework| |anti-abuse|3|3|3|78.70 STU|@anthonyadavisii| |iamutopian|6|6|6|238.43 STU|@didic| |analysis|1|1|1|52.74 STU|@crokkon|

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As we’ve announced, The Anti-abuse category’s trial period, from which we have learned a lot, is done. After a short audit phase we are ready to bring the antiabuse category back and open it for everyone. The Anti-abuse category no longer requires a whitelist, as we aim to incentivise as much educational and informative contents as possible from the diverse antiabuse communities on the Steem blockchain.

The antiabuse category received excellent contributions during the trial period. Here you can find some of the best:

Flagging comment spam is a regular part of curation. Let’s learn how! by @steemseph

Plagiarism & Cheetah - An Antiabuse Series #1 by @iamstan

Scam: Your Funds and Friends Aren’t Safe by @lovenfreedom

Future Plans

As we move toward Utopian V2, we want to expand the Anti-abuse category to create a knowledge base for the Steem blockchain and beyond on the topic of cybersecurity.

If you’re a cyber/internet security professional, get in touch with us to contribute to the creation of the Guidelines and Quality Questionnaire for the cybersecurity category.

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