Hi all, @dec.burn is a new initiative to utilize the power of Hive to burn more DECs.

How it Works

All rewards (Hive, HBD, and other H-E tokens) earned by this account will be powered down and used to buy DECs on the open market, which will subsequently be sent to @null.

We encourage all Splinterlands players to set a small portion of their rewards to @dec.burn as the beneficiary.

How to Set @dec.burn as a Beneficiary

This can be done on PeakD by following the below instructions when posting:

Click "Advanced"

Click "Add Beneficiaries"

Fill in the username, reward and then click on the green "+"

It should look like this once complete

The same process may also be used for comments by clicking the button on the bottom left

You can also add a default beneficiary for all posts here, but it is only 5%

How this Helps Splinterlands

By reducing the supply of DECs, this will increase the price over time. With the help of this and many other sources of burning, DECs should eventually reach peg, thus enabling the SPS burning mechanism to take into effect, or as some call the "flywheel effect". Although this initiative alone will not magically bring us to peg, it will accelerate the process slightly.

How Helping Splinterlands Helps Hive

Without a doubt, Splinterlands is the largest project using the Hive blockchain. However, the Splinterlands economy is currently plagued by an oversupply of DECs and the faster this is resolved, the faster the economy can recover. Being a "play to earn" game, the economy is fundamental to the project's success, and thus Hive's success. By helping Splinterlands, you are helping Hive.

Lastly, Splinterlands has multiple liquidity pools on Tribal DEX using Hive as a base asset. By increasing the value of Splinterlands assets, you are contributing to improve the utility and yield of Hive in liquidity pools.

Logistics

This account will initially be manually operated by @cryptoeater, but if this initiative is successful we will look to create a bot to automatically claim, power down and buy DECs.

If this initiative is unsuccessful or for any reason needs to shut down, all remaining funds on this account will be transferred to @sps.dao.

Awareness

For this initiative to be successful, we need awareness. We highly suggest anyone who adds @dec.burn as a beneficiary to use the #decburn tag and add a small message in your post stating the burn percentage and a link to this article. Once this gains a bit more traction, we also encourage curators to curate the #decburn tag to reward those who are giving up a share of their post rewards.