June 20th, the day has been scheduled. Thank you for @timcliff who pointed it out. If you do not know what hardfork 19 is about or what a hardfork is, here is a quick recap. A hardfork is a major change for a blockchain network. Hardfork 19, which is coming next week, is the 19th hardfork for the steem blockchain and it will help spread voting power out to the people. That's right, lower steem accounts should see an increase in voting power. This will lead to a more democratic site and should be more appealing to new users.
In order for steem to hold onto new users, new users are going to need to see progress. They do not need to make it rich overnight and we do want to create a site where people will work hard to create quality. Personally I think people are willing to work for success but they are hesitant to put in time and effort in something that will be a waste of time. Especially online. If new users come on, post a few articles that they worked hard on and get nothing, it can lead to a quick exit. But if they see their votes are worth something and they are making some money from their posts, it will encourage them to stay and work to build an account on here. In order to get to this point, we will need a high price of steem (which is already over $2) and more voting power for more people. Hardfork 19 will get us closer to that goal. It will have to be seen if it is enough, I do think we will need to spread it out more as the price of steem goes up, but we will see where we are at.
Personally I am excited for the hardfork as I think I will see a significant increase in voting power. I am thinking, if the math is right, and I get to 10k SP, I will be able to give a half a steem a vote, which will be more than a dollar (not that I care about the money at this point in time, but the steem). My goal is to have a vote that is worth 1, preferably 2 steem. That means 20 or 40k SP, again, if the math pans out. We will have to see when the hardfork happens. Please bot, upvote and resteem to help this geek reach his goal :)
How do you feel about the hardfork?
*my upvotes/rep disclaimer: @whatageek/my-steemit-account-where-i-stand-on-bots-self-votes-and-multiple-account