Do not Buy steem. Buy ETH only. Depending on how much silver you have - sell a little and Fund your position in ETH (ethereum). That's how I got into BTC. Then I swapped my BTC (most of it) for ETH. ETH will outperform BTC over the next year. When ETH hits a ratio of 2 ETH to 1 BTC then swap half your ETH for BTC. It is still very early in the cryptos. You can still make a small fortune but the longer you wait - the smaller your fortune.