SPUD4 in Full Swing

The turnout for SPUD4 has been amazing. Earlier in the day I tallied up those Steemians that have powered up and qualify for the prizes. SPUD2 was the last event to have prizes, and it had a total of 34 Steemians that qualified for the prizes. Currently there are 27 Steemians that qualify for the prizes although granted I did loosen up the requirements in order to allow for more Steemians to be able to qualify for the prizes and now there are more and bigger prizes. This SPUD4 list is going to grow since the last count I made was 6 hours ago. Also, there are many who have also powered up but are not on that list because their accounts didn't qualify. So all in all this SPUD4 is looking to be the best one yet.

I was going to list all the Steemians and their power up percentages, but then thought about it and decided to only list the 27 entrants so far. I feel that the prizes are much bigger now, and it would not be fair to those that do their power up early, while others can then see which is the amount needed to beat out the top leaders in this contest.

Thank you to all those that have participated and supported in making this SPUD4 a Great Event for the Steem Blockchain.

Steemians that have powered up and qualify for the prizes

@steemit-nz @khaimi @kiwi-crypto @orjantomarcelo
@golden.future @blazing @aggamun @htwegyi
@hatoto @tfq86 @mamamyanmar @gargi
@cassillas5553 @steemnepal @kapengbarako
@aulia1993 @nayhlaingsoe @alokkumar121
@saboin @certain @chekohler @vcclothing
@tokepengsiribe @madushanka @maxwellmarcusart
@scorer

(if you don't see your name, please don't despair, I am now going through more accounts and posts so this list will be updated shortly)

How to SPUD4 on August 1, 2019

We ask that Steemians that are able, to POWER UP any amount of STEEM they have on SPUD day.
We ask Steemians that are currently Powering Down, to put a Stop on Powering Down for that Day, and if desired to commence the Power Down the following day.
We ask that those that trade or sell Steem to Not Sell or Trade Steem on August 1, 2019, but to do it the day before or after if possible. Also, to cancel any type of Sell Order on the Exchanges.

SPUD4 PRIZES & HOW TO WIN

Prizes: (updated)

1st Place

• 2500 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsored by @xpilar
• 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsored by @sultan-aceh
• 20 SBI shares, "The Gift that keeps on Giving" - sponsored by @jlsplatts
• 2.5 Steem Coins and a 100% Up Vote - sponsored by @traciyork

*If the 1st Place Winner is from Aceh, Indonesia

• +1000 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsor @sultan-aceh

2nd Place

• 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsor @streetstyle
• 10 Steem Power - sponsored by @steemit-nz
• 10 Steem Basic Income shares - sponsor @tattoodjay
• 1.5 Steem Coins - sponsored by @traciyork

*if no 1st Place winner from Aceh, Indonesia

• +1000 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsor @sultan-aceh

3rd Place

• 500 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsor @flipstar
• 10 Steem Basic Income shares sponsored by @davedickeyyall

4th Place

• 250 Steem Power Delegation for 4 Weeks - sponsor @taliakerch
• 10 Steem Basic Income shares sponsored by me, @streetstyle

Rules to Win Prizes for SPUD4 :

• MUST have a reputation score BELOW 69.00 ( so 68.99 is good & Can participate.) AND more than 75 STEEM POWER (prior to SPUD4) BUT LESS than 7501 Steem Power.

• MUST have a reputation score ABOVE 42 (so rank of 41.99 will Not Win)

• MUST have at least 1 Steem Post in their blog about SPUD4

• MUST Power Up Steem on August 1st, 2019

• On August 1st, you MUST make a post about your POWER UP. It can be as simple as "I powered up X amount of Steem" to a simple picture/screenshot of your Power Up and posted to your Steem blog, or it could be a super long dissertation on Steem Power. IMPORTANT: Use the SPUD and/or SPUD4 Hash tags so that I can be sure to see them.

The winner must meet all 5 requirements, and will be the one with the Biggest Steem Power Up PERCENTAGE, not the biggest Power Up. This means that it will be based on the ratio between your current amount of Steem Power and the amount you power up on August 1st.

For Example:

If you have 1000 Steem Power already powered up prior to August 1, and on August 1 you complete steps 1-5 with a 100 Steem Power Up,

and

another Steemian has 100 Steem Powered up prior to August 1, and on August 1st Powers Up 20 Steem, then this 2nd user would be winning with a 20% power up versus the first example with a bigger power up but smaller percentage of only 10% based on their account.

This prize is meant to incentivize the smaller Steemians, the planktons, minnows and barracudas out in the Steem Ocean to participate in powering up on SPUD, and hopefully create more understanding as to why Steem Power is what backs the Steem Economy. The winners will be announced via a Steem Post a few days later, and if no one challenges it or lets me know I missed them after 2 days from Winner Announcement, the Winners become official and the prizes will then be given out.

Thank you to All our Prize Sponsors, Truly Amazing!!

Cheers Everyone, and Happy SPUDDING!

+++ @streetstyle

PS, SPUD4 could use this information in all the different languages used on the Steem Blockchain, thank you!!

Animation by @grisvisa and @eddiespino