Weekly Top of Utopian.io: September 27 - October 3

This week, we present another remarkable group of entries from our contributors. This week’s entries includes contribution from the Developement, Blog, Graphics, Tutorials and Analysis categories. These contributions are indeed remarkable and you ought to have a look at them.

Staff Picks

Analysis: Some estimates of Steem network degrees by @sintoniz [analysis]

A unique analysis looking at Cumulative degree distribution, which ties in nicely with User Authority. Time has been taken to introduce random networks and clustered networks before. With the use of NetworkX, the analysis details how these networks are shown within Steem. This contribution was a hugely complex piece of work, and the author deserves a lot of credit for the undertaking, analysis, and presentation of the findings.

Total payout: 67.25 STU Number of votes: 65

Seed - Development - Networking: Clients & Relay Nodes by @carsonroscoe [development]

Communication between clients on a blockchain is, of course, vital. Transactions between users rely on it. With this contribution, @carsonroscoe has once again written a very interesting article where he describes how he implemented client and relay nodes for his Seed blockchain.

Total payout: 75.68 STU Number of votes: 41

Making Snake Game Using HTML 5 SVG With PabloJs (Part-2) by @onepice [tutorials]

A second part of the cool tutorial @onepice previously started, which involves creating an HTML5 snake game based on svg and PabloJS. As old as it is, the game is never outdated. With this tutorial, the author dove in detail about how to properly build up the components. Proper and relevant screenshots were provided, illustrating the different phases and progress.

Total payout: 51.18 STU Number of votes: 22

MeraSteem Logo Design - Utopian.io Graphics Contribution by @mrgodby [graphics]

MeraSteem helps people to start business and get resources to kickstart their ideas. It is focusing on the Steem ecosystem, helping others innovate. They approached Utopian with a request to create a logo. Mrgodby was the one who delivered the best design, combining the symbols of people, the letter “M,” and rocket (launching). Furthermore, he explored multiple color combinations, finding the bright gradients of neon colors. He truly went above and beyond the requirements.

Total payout: 72.51 STU Number of votes: 33

StemQ - 4th Progress Report by @irelandscape [blog]

The posts in @irelandscape’s series about his evolving Q&A application just keep getting picked by our staff. They are comprehensive, well illustrated, and well written. As reported in a previously staff picked post, SteemQA is now Quearn, and it is the plarform on which he is building StemQ, an application dedicated to questions and answers in the STEM fields. We can’t wait to see where he goes, and we love reading these updates.

Total payout: 0.52 STU Number of votes: 23

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 137 posts, with 116 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3706.25 STU to contributors.
The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 338.178 STU, with a total of 362 votes received from the community.
The contribution that attracted the most engagement was #ulog: How You Can Use The Art Of Ulogging & Ulogs.org To Be “True Fans” Of Utopian.io?, with no less than 24 comments in its comment threads.
The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 57.02 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |development|36|25|1103.67 STU|@hiremani| |blog|15|10|248.04 STU|@sndbox| |analysis|2|2|100.18 STU|@smitop| |translations|39|36|1328.52 STU|@yasminafly| |tutorials|15|13|379.01 STU|@onepice| |bug-hunting|1|1|31.09 STU|@tobias-g| |video-tutorials|1|1|32.25 STU|@alexendre-maxim| |graphics|13|13|301.28 STU|@zularizal| |ideas|6|6|94.90 STU|@dalz| |social|3|3|77.88 STU|@jingis07| |iamutopian|5|5|0.00 STU|@espoem|

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