The Weekly Top of Utopian showcases Staff Picks from contributions made in the past week, hand-selected by our Community Managers from across all Utopian.io categories.

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Staff Picks

This week we feature a valuable development update from a Steem dApp, informative tutorials and bug reports, among others. These are just some of the best contributions our Community Managers spotted on Utopian.io during the week.

My Logo proposal to Steemg [Task Request] by @ggabogarcia [graphics]

Excellent quality of both logo and its presentation. Author payed a lot of attention to make additional deliverables such as patter, safe zone, app icon, open and closed version etc. Inclusion of sketches and creation process further enhance the presentation.

Total payout: 72.90 STU
Number of votes: 147

Steem Pay Update - Creating the First REAL ECONOMY on Steem Blockchain! by @asbear [development]

SteemPay is an application that aims to simplify the selling and buying process using SBD, with some people in Korea already actively using it in stores! In this update @asbear added support for 8 more currencies and other important features such as the ability to sign up and log in - all in all it provides some great value to the Steem community!

Total payout: 732.91 STU
Number of votes: 953

Tutorial: Building a web app with React, Redux, and the Steem Javascript API, PART 2 by @nicknyr [tutorials]

This is the second staff-picked tutorial by @nicknyr, providing some great insights into utilizing dsteem, a great alternative to steemJS, which the author substitutes now in his tutorial for building React app to communicate with the Steem blockchain.

Total payout: 62.80 STU
Number of votes: 55

Introducing HEDE: Wiki Platform & Knowledge Sharing Dictionary on Steem by @hede-io [blog]

Hede-io is a social networking platform inspired by a dictionary format popular in Turkey which is mostly used for sharing knowledge based on experiences in an informal way, unlike usual dictionaries on the web. The founder developer of the project @ercu published a spectacular introduction post containing every detail of the project including an introduction to the format, development progress, future plans and comparisons with the similar concepts and projects. While opening up the format to the rest of the world, the project has a great potential to create an active community on the Steem blockchain.

Total payout: 138.06 STU
Number of votes: 161

[eSteem Surfer] [Version 1.0.5] - Markdown Renderer Problem by @josephace135 [bug-hunting]

@josephace135 being new to the community, has shown great improvement and his work is superb. Though the severity of this bug is Minor, and despite this being his 2nd post, he made extra effort to make this a great contribution.

Total payout: 41.17 STU
Number of votes: 340

Beem: race condition slowing down multi-threaded blockchain stream by @stmdev [bug-hunting]

A major bug, reported with great insights into the project. The contributor had a productive conversation with the project owner, trying to figure out problem and in the end solved it. This relationship is what Utopian strives to build. The contribution was well-written and every use case was shown in proper snippets, which increases the readability of this bug report.

Total payout: 41.30 STU
Number of votes: 15

The Factors Influencing Steem's Retention Rate by @algo.coder [analysis]

image source: LiveChatInc.com

A late staff pick for the previous week. In this contribution, @algo.coder looked into some of the quantifiable factors affecting STEEM’s user retention; factors such as used applications, used tags, powered up STEEM, and the amount of payouts. What made this contribution unique was its attempt to uncover user behavior that could help concerned readers decide on the course of action to improve the user retention in the platform.

Total payout: 187.78 STU
Number of votes: 97

Bug: Existing product link searching is not working in case of google play store product link by @sourovafrin [bug-hunting]

Extremely useful information was provided along with proper testing, these are all characteristics of a great bug-hunter. The bug has the potential to affect a majority of posts. Hopefully it is fixed by the dev’s in under one day. I expect more good work from @sourovafrin.

Total payout: 10.49 STU
Number of votes: 28

Mix Rust Code (WebAssembly) with Vue Component #optimization - analyze wasm call graph and shrink the size by @drsensor [tutorials]

Another remarkable tutorial by @drsensor about mixing Vue with Rust code, analyzing WebAssembly code, and minimizing wasm file size. Great illustrations, detailed, well-planned, and top of the line tutorial.

Total payout: 62.92 STU
Number of votes: 178

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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 229 posts, with 167 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 8103.71 STU to contributors.
The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 732.91 STU, with a total of 953 votes received from the community.
The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Steem Pay Update - Creating the First REAL ECONOMY on Steem Blockchain!, with no less than 253 comments in its comment threads.
The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 48.53 STU.

Category Statistics

Category	Reviewed	Rewarded	Total rewards	Top contributor
graphics	76	56	2933.59 STU	@tobaloidee
translations	21	19	953.27 STU	@susanli3769
documentation	2	2	51.48 STU	@stmdev
ideas	11	5	56.17 STU	@sourovafrin
development	44	36	2577.25 STU	@kit.andres
bug-hunting	41	26	472.67 STU	@mightypanda
analysis	5	5	285.39 STU	@petermail
tutorials	15	9	382.31 STU	@pckurdu
video-tutorials	1	1	68.69 STU	@buckydurddle
blog	6	5	308.84 STU	@hede-io