growth update and some cool income stats

Welcome to the 55^th weekly installment of my series on Steem income and growth!

Income on the Steem blockchain is generated by "investment" (the more currency you have, the more you earn) and by "work" (earning currency by contributing content that adds value). All my crypto holdings are in the Steem currency. Now I'm working to earn more, by uploading unique valuable content to the blockchain.

Calculating weekly income

Considering income from accounts that I own, that my wife owns, and group projects using our funds (currently @drutter, @medikatie, @greatesteem, @hempy, @girlsofgreen, @vantocan, & @sativazeee), here's the running tally:

Week 01 - 0840 (+ ? ) Steem (+n/a%)
Week 02 - 0848 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.95%)
Week 03 - 0862 (+14) Steem (+1.65%)
Week 04 - 0868 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.70%)
Week 05 - 0876 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.92%)
Week 06 - 0888 (+12) Steem (+1.37%)
Week 07 - 0914 (+26) Steem (+2.93%)
Week 08 - 0929 (+15) Steem (+1.64%)
Week 09 - 0936 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.75%)
Week 10 - 0953 (+17) Steem (+1.82%)
Week 11 - 0960 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.73%)
Week 12 - 0966 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.63%)
Week 13 - 0973 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.72%)
Week 14 - 0980 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.72%)
Week 15 - 0986 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.61%)
Week 16 - 0991 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.51%)
Week 17 - 0996 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.50%)
Week 18 - 1032 (+36) Steem (+3.61%)
Week 19 - 1040 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.78%)
Week 20 - 1045 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.48%)
Week 21 - 1051 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.57%)
Week 22 - 1059 ( +8 ) Steem (+0.76%)
Week 23 - 1065 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.56%)
Week 24 - 1073 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.75%)
Week 25 - 1079 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.56%)
Week 26 - 1091 (+12) Steem (+1.11%)
Week 27 - 1100 (+ 9 ) Steem (+0.82%)
Week 28 - 1105 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.45%)
Week 29 - 1108 (+ 3 ) Steem (+0.27%)
Week 30 - 1119 (+11) Steem (+0.99%)
Week 31 - 1151 (+32) Steem (+2.86%)
Week 32 - 1159 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.70%)
Week 33 - 1166 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.60%)
Week 34 - 1172 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.51%)
Week 35 - 1177 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.42%)
Week 36 - 1183 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.50%)
Week 37 - 1196 (+13) Steem (+1.10%)
Week 38 - 1204 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.66%)
Week 39 - 1220 (+16) Steem (+1.33%)
Week 40 - 1250 (+30) Steem (+2.46%)
Week 41 - 1264 (+14) Steem (+1.12%)
Week 42 - 1287 (+23) Steem (+1.82%)
Week 43 - 1300 (+13) Steem (+1.01%)
Week 44 - 1312 (+12) Steem (+0.92%)
Week 45 - 1323 (+11) Steem (+0.84%)
Week 46 - 1351 (+28) Steem (+2.12%)
Week 47 - 1372 (+21) Steem (+1.55%)
Week 48 - 1394 (+22) Steem (+1.60%)
Week 49 - 1410 (+16) Steem (+1.15%)
Week 50 - 1436 (+26) Steem (+1.84%)
Week 51 - 1481 (+45) Steem (+3.13%)
Week 52 - 1505 (+24) Steem (+1.59%)
Week 53 - 1517 (+12) Steem (+0.80%)
Week 54 - 1529 (+12) Steem (+0.79%)
Week 55 - 1540 (+11) Steem (+0.72%)

Average weekly growth (last 10 weeks): +21.7 Steem (+1.53%)

I'm not surprised it wasn't a stellar week, considering I've slowed my posting frequency to take care of some personal matters. Also, the changes to Steemit's wallet this week are slowing me down, and will probably result in a permanent loss of income. For me, the changes result in less security, and lower efficiency. For some, the changes mean they'll never be able to access their wallet again. Most of those people will give up on Steem, and rightly so. This change wasn't properly announced or supported, and feedback afterward isn't being considered. It's like they want to fail.

But I'm finding a bottom at around +10 Steem per week, it seems. I'd have to really be dormant for it to drop much lower.

Also of note, I'm making about 5 to 10% of my income via curation. The majority is from post and comment payouts, of course. Just an interesting stat.

Speaking of stats, according to this tool, I'm currently the 6294th richest Steemian.

It's nice to see Steem over $0.5 again.

DRutter