Ah, OK thanks for the answers. So is the yield shown on that page referring to annual yield? So 2% for BitUSD for example means 2% per year?
Yes, it's 2% per year.Strange to see a major coin like BTS not have an official thread though. I've always been interested in the coin but I never really bought any coins until quite recently since the coin's design and distribution method was so complex compared to other coins. I did some more reading about it and how it works and I think I understand it better now.
Lack of dedicated BitShares ANN thread can be explained by fact that from the first days of ProtoShares we have own forum https://bitsharestalk.org and instead spamming BTT peoples discus everything at https://bitsharestalk.orgIts not 'staking' so much as 'mining'. The difference being that it is fixed in advance who is going to mine and collect the block reward, and the resources required is negligible compared to actual mining.
That sounds similar to NXT's transparent forging.
Yes and no, on BTT you can find many funny discussion threads about this 
, like https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/communist-bitshares-wealth-redistribution-is-theft-916696
