@kyletorpey - welcome to the party.

Read the white paper... Once I saw the pieces come together, it made much more sense. The Steem Power long-term investment structure seems to be the most dynamic reason for what makes this platform different. The fact that ~98% of all STEEM was invested as SP right before the climb was what opened my eyes wide.

This post is going to earn you a pretty penny. I'd recommend converting most of it into SP ;)

Also -- here's a recent analysis I put together for future success of the platform arguing that it solved the Prisoners Dilemma

Keep writing! Looking forward to more.