Tipping Moons: the 20% hodling bonus dilemma

TL;DR

It's safe to tip Moons, and your bonus won't just disappear.

Preamble

I see lots of misunderstanding, when it comes to tipping Moons. Many sub users think, they will lose all of their 20% bonus, if they tip even a single Moon. In this submission I will clarify, why this is a big misunderstanding.

The hodling bonus

Current rules [1] state that you will receive a 20% bonus in the next Moons distribution, if you hodl to your Moons received from the last distribution. The current rules are designed to reward people who do not immediately move their Moons out of their Vaults. Moons kept in the Vaults allow for healthier voting and thus healthier development and growth of the community.

The unfortunate side effect of this reward mechanism is that sub users now are confused and are afraid to tip their Moons [2]. Indeed, tipping Moons will reduce your hodling bonus, but it won't completely disable it. Your hodling bonus will scale down linearly from 20% to 0% based on the amount you tipped from the Moons you received from the last distribution. This also means that the older Moons you received from even earlier distributions can be tipped and will not affect the 20% bonus at all [3, 4]. See examples below.

But why should we penalize tippers in the first place, you may still ask. Answer: if we don't, we create a loophole for some players to immediately exit their Moons at our collective expense. The OP of the current hodling bonus rules explains it better here [5].

Example 1 - new users

• Before last distro you had 0 Moons in your Vault
• You received 100 Moons from last distro
• You tipped 10 of your Moons from last distro
• Expect 18% hodling bonus: 20% - 20% * max(0, 10 - 0) / 100

Example 2 - old users

• Before last distro you had 20 Moons in your Vault
• You received 100 Moons from last distro
• You tipped 10 of your Moons
• Expect 20% hodling bonus: 20% - 20% * max(0, 10 - 20) / 100

Epilogue

Tip each other, spread the love and make this community stronk!

References

[1] The current hodling bonus rules - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/kj2ij0/poll_bonus_karma_for_people_that_keep_moons_in/

[2] The example of how confused some users are - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nynqq7/proposal_allow_users_to_tip_up_to_10_of_moons/

[3] Sub mod explains the current rules 1 - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nynqq7/proposal_allow_users_to_tip_up_to_10_of_moons/h1n0sjf/

[4] Sub mod explains the current rules 2 - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nynqq7/proposal_allow_users_to_tip_up_to_10_of_moons/h1nl7vt/

[5] Sub mod explains the current rules 3 - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/kj2ij0/poll_bonus_karma_for_people_that_keep_moons_in/ggu8hq6/

Updates and clarifications:

#1 As per this comment (https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/o6lhcu/tipping_moons_the_20_hodling_bonus_dilemma/h2t9s2j/) by u/IHaventEvenGotADog:

It’s a bonus on karma at the time of the snapshot, not a direct Moon bonus.

Hodling Moons qualifies you for the bonus, but the karma you earn is what the bonus is applied to.

#2 Some users tipped me some Moons. I have no idea who you are, but I sincerely thank You kind strangers ???? !

#2-1 Ok, in my Vault, when I scroll down, I can see who You are.