Steem continues to see good press as of late!
Robots.net recently put out a list of their Top 10 Cryptocurrencies to buy right now (2019 edition) and STEEM found its way inside the top 10.
It was listed at number 8 to be precise.
This isn't quite earth shattering news as I have never even heard of Robots.net before today, but it was nice to see STEEM mentioned never the less.
The ranking went as follows:
- Bitcoin
- Ether
- XRP
- BAT
- USDT
- Monero
- ZRX
- STEEM
- ENJ
- POWR
There are a couple interesting names on there and before you spit out your drink as it relates to USDT, it appears each token was chosen for the particular market it represents, for example USDT was their stable coin of choice.
Anyways, like I said, nothing earth shattering here, but it is nice to see STEEM getting a mention never the less.
More details on the rankings can be seen here:
https://robots.net/fintech/cryptocurrency/10-best-cryptocurrencies-to-buy-now/
Also, Steemit,Inc put out a press release announcing the recent changes for steem and steemit
The PR was picked up by several news organizations, such as yahoo finance:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/steemit-releases-significant-updates-steem-192300971.html
The PR in its entirety can be seen below:
Additions Include a SteemDAO and Economic Improvement Proposal to Increase User Rewards
"AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Steemit, Inc. (https://steemit.com) announced its most significant changes to Steem since it launched in 2016. The first addition is the SteemDAO which allows the blockchain to fund its own development by enabling anyone to submit proposals. Winning proposals receive funding in SBD (Steem's dollar-pegged asset) from the blockchain based entirely on the votes of stakeholders. Annual funding of the SteemDao are expected to be between one to two million dollars.
No other blockchain has distributed as many rewards (approximately $100,000,000) to content creators all over the world. Recently, quality content and engagement has declined on Steem which is why the "Economic Improvement Proposal" (EIP) was added to Steem via the last hardfork. The EIP ensures only high quality content is rewarded through the implementation of a convergent linear rewards curve. The EIP makes Steem the most advanced decentralized reward system in the world.
As significant as these changes are, Steemit engineers continue to work on the most anticipated projects to the blockchain with Smart Media Tokens (SMTs). Steemit Senior Blockchain Engineer, Michael Vandeberg, said of SMTs, "Almost every single core system that exists in Steem is being expanded to support SMTs. When SMTs launch they will be the world's most advanced turnkey solution for tokenizing web applications."
With the release of SMTs and Steem Communities (think "decentralized subreddits"), 2019 is shaping up to be the year that the Steem blockchain matures from a decentralized content platform, into a full-fledged blockchain protocol capable of powering applications that are impossible to run on so-called "smart contract" platforms.
"I am so proud of the amount of hard work our engineering team has put in over the last ten months. From solving blockchain scaling issues, massive improvements to the rewards system and launching the SteemDao, Steemit continues to lead all other blockchain projects in the industry," said Elizabeth Powell, Manager Director at Steemit.
About Steemit, Inc.
Steemit, Inc. uses blockchain technology to develop cryptocurrencies that support, improve, and monetize social media sites and networks. It is the primary developers of the Steem blockchain and steemit.com, a top 5000 Alexa site. To learn more about Steemit, visit steemit.com and Steem at steem.com."
I am glad to see Steemit/Steem announcing these changes in PR form much more often than they used to.
The more steem and steemit stay in front of people, the better!
Stay informed my friends.
Image Source:
https://robots.net/fintech/cryptocurrency/10-best-cryptocurrencies-to-buy-now/
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genial super genial
ENJ is great,
They should add Matic Network as well
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It is absolutely amazing to me as Steem keeps on rolling out the updates, the price continues to be so low. To me the price is a gift and I feel compelled to keep buying. Full Steem Ahead!!
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I think that shows how little interest there is in crypto right now from the retail sector. We haven't had new money come into altcoins for a long time now. We need another massive bitcoin run to pull in new money and have that money drift out into altcoins again when its run stalls.
AKA Nov/Dec/Jan :D
If Bitcoin hit an ATH in 2 months I would not be surprised in the slightest.
If Bitcoin doesn't hit ATH by February I'll be very surprised.
Yep I am in the same camp, but I would stretch it out just slightly. I think we could easily hit new all time highs before end of year, and if we don't hit a new all time high by May of next, I will be very surprised. :)
@jrcornel steem need lot of marketing through social media and advet media.
Yep, but really good marketing costs money. Which apparently they don't have much of considering they are selling steem every month (except this one) to make payroll. Perhaps someone with the abilities can set up a decent proposal and the DAO can fund a marketing program?
Also with our retention rates, it hasn't made sense to spend money on marketing as it would have mostly been a waste. We should wait until the time is right, (perhaps when SMTs and Communities are done and implemented?!) and then throw significant resources at a marketing campaign.
That's awesome! Finally some press for Steem!
Steem is crypto's best kept secret...but not for long.
Yep, hopefully that is the case. Communities and SMTs should be a pretty big deal for it.
Interesting... There's STEEM on that list and not EOS!
I did notice that as well. EOS is going to have several issues in the future that people are starting to fully realize now. The costs with building on it and also the fact it will be harder and harder to ever remove a top block producer as time goes on. Steem has it beat there with the reward pool and a much lower cost to build and host apps.
This is a big news, although many will not see its significance. The PR will do well for us in the coming days. Thanks for sharing.
I sure hope so.
Steem is smart and best coin. Sell your shitcoins and buy more steem.
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Never heard of robots.net either but yup, this is indeed bullish. Let's hope the ball keeps rolling like this!
Having USDT in there makes it someone laughable.
Just stay in cash.
Yep I thought that as well, though many exchanges have no fiat on/off ramps, which makes a stable coin your only option if you wish to hold the value there.
Curated by the HoboDAO!
This is definitely good news for Steem. The publicity it will get it will be one that can hopefully increase confidence in it and gear others to buy it.
Good to see
I like ENJ and POWR
Why is that?
one for gaming one for buying and selling renewable energy