That's me. In order to buy bitcoins they now want me to scan my document id and upload it to their servers. They said they would keep the bitcoins in cold storage but they didn't say they would put the documents to an offline location. I no longer convert fiat to crypto.

Honestly, a year ago when I joined I would have scoffed at paying $50 for a Steemit account to a website but right now, it would have paid off.

On the other hand, the idea of Steemit is "no cost to participate." Growing the platform with real users is good for the platform and the token. If I make a post on how I will verify new users and on-board them with the Steem-backed-dollars I get from the post, do you think I would make enough to on-board anyone from that post?