By gungunkrishu on Skatehive
Hey All, First thing please do not fear or panic if you see - "Delayed Votes" on your hive account on hiveblocks. There is nothing to worry about it and "Delayed Votes" being indicated there correspond to chunks of Hive Power aka HP gradually unlocking each day until full governance weight is realized. Which in layman's terms mean that as soon as you power up your account with #HIVE all of it will not be avaiable for *witness or proposal voting immediately. Instead, your voting power will ramp up linearly over a 30-day period, ensuring fair and consistent influence across the Hive blockchain. Remember the instance of STEEM hostile take over where all the HIVE POWER taken from an exchange was being used for manipulating witness votes and seizing control of the network’s governance? To prevent such type issues with HIVE we have this "Delayed Votes" mechanisim implemented and there is a 30-day delay on governance voting power after a power-up. Hope I was able to explain this term "Delayed