The Steem News @ 12 February 2020
Steem talks about Justin Sun talking about Steem.
Also in this edition there is news and updates about the Reviewhunt Twitter Promo, Light Accounts, Surfer 2.2.3, a new witness from @r0nd0n, VotoVzla's night of Love, Music & Poetry, Hashkings NFTs, SteemKnights, SBD payouts, and Mission : Agua-Possible.
And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, and another Featured Contest.
1. Justin Sun talks Steem #2
After the report in yesterday's Steem News, discussion about Justin Sun's revelation of his investment in Steem in the interview with Ryan Selkis has spread rapidly around the Steem platform with commentaries from @itstime, @jrcornel, @taskmaster4450 and @lordbutterfly amongst others...
In the YouTube interview, regarding Steem, Sun says "...we haven't say anything about Steem. It's all in commercial discussion - we haven't released any news..." [starting @ 20:45] ...
2. Reviewhunt Twitter Promo
@steemhunt has produced a neat promo ad on Twitter to promote the new Reviewhunt.
"Reviewhunt - Turn your marketing mission into a game-like quest..."
Do give it a like and a retweet.
Help get Steem back into the top 12 cryptos on Twitter...
3. Light Accounts
The idea of Light Accounts to ease and speed up onboarding of new users was put forward by Steemit Inc a few months ago.
@jarvie has picked up the discussion about what features a Light Account would need. @starkerz has contributed in comment about @threespeak's plans for Light Accounts...
And in @therealwolf's new Steem Governance Community @good-karma has opened a debate about whether Steem's tokens need simplifying...
4. Surfer 2.2.3
@esteemapp has released a new version 2.2.3 of the Surfer desktop application including a Easy Signup feature...
5. @r0nd0n launches Witness
MSP Waves Manager, PALnet stalwart, and SteemSafe founder @r0nd0n is launching a Steem witness...
Check the full list of witnesses here...
6. VotoVzla's night of Love, Music & Poetry
@votovzla are hosting a night of 'Love, Music & Poetry' with musicians @edwardstobia, @elisonr13 and @exoelias...
7. Hashkings NFTs
@hashkings will be launching Genesis Seeds as their first NFTs (non-fungible tokens)...
8. SteemKnights - modelling the Throne Room
@steemknights has shown some of the modelling work being done for the throne room...
9. Switch back to SBD payouts
@edicted has posted a reminder that if your post payouts are currently set to 100% Steem power, you should swap back to 50:50 payouts as SBDs are now trading about $1...
10. Show some love for Mission : Agua-Possible
@streetstyle is calling on the Steem community to show support for @drutter's project, Mission : Agua-Possible, to raise money to buy a well pump to supply water to @edgargonzalez and his neighbours in Venezuela...
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2525 SBD.
There are now 8 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @anyx (API infrastructure), @thecryptodrive again (SBD Potato Top Up), @steemonboarding (Steem Onboarding), @thecryptodrive again (anti - Power Down reduction) and @howo (SMT testing).
These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 797 SBD per day from the SPS...
Both of the Power Down reduction proposals are now in the 'funding zone' - one for the reduction of the Power Down period to 4 weeks, and the other against. @thecryptodrive submitted both proposals to provide some indication of community support for and against the reduction proposal...
The most recent proposal submitted to the SPS is from @cryptobrewmaster for funding of the beer brewing game of the same name...
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their last two meetings attended by @shadowspub, @phage93, @alexvan, @guiltyparties, @transisto, @aggroed and @inthenow...
Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 19 February 2020.
The Steem Foundation is holding a Marketing Forum to discuss its new website...
Community Watch
@howweroll has established a Community for longboarders...
To see how Communities will look in the new, currently beta, Steempeak check out @midlet's OnChainArt Community...
Contest of the Day
Monthly Map Melee Contest
Draw a map to be used in TTRPG games on this month's theme 'A small tomb to an unknown hero'. 50 STEEM prize pool. Organised by @worldbuilder...
For a list of all the current contests on Steem check out this new list from @pennsif...
If you know of any current contests missing from the list leave a comment for @pennsif or message him on Discord @Pennsif#9921.
Dates for your Diary...
For a full list of Steem Meetups and Events...
Thursday 13 February - Steem Munich Meetup
Organised by@steem-munich, @chris4210, @peter2017 & @backinblackdevilat. To be held at Paulaner Bräuhaus, München...
Friday 14 February - Finally Friday On The Blockchain
First episode of Finally Friday - On The Blockchain with @coruscate and @cryptofinally live on @threespeak...
Tuesday 18 February - The Steeming Pile, Vimm.TV
@johnspalding's live streamed open broadcast 'The Steeming Pile' is back, with new co-host @pennsif...
The recording of the last edition of 'The Steeming Pile' is now available...
Wednesday 19 February - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup
Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by @chrisrice and @steem-ph...
Sunday 23 February - Steem Foundation Marketing Forum
Hosted by @shadowspub and @aggroed in the Ramble Discord Channel...
Thursday 27 February - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup
Organised by @mattclarke, 6pm local time at The Jade Monkey, Flinders Street, Central Business District, Adelaide.
Friday 6 March - SoCal Steem Meetup
For Steemians in Southern California. Organised by @socalsteemit at Taco Surf...
Saturday 25 April - SteemCampUK #3
Organised by @shanibeer and @lloyddavis in Leicester...
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 May - DTube Forum 2020
Organised by @hauptmann, @artakush, @greencross, @sergiomendes and @tibfox in Hamburg, Germany...
Saturday 20 June - Steem Canna Fest 2
Organised by @canna-curate in Portland, Oregon...
Tuesday 23 June - Sunday 28 June - The BLOCK Party, USA
The second annual BLOCK Party being organised by @enginewitty, @bluefinstudios and @dreemsteem. It has now been confirmed that the event will take place in Olcott, NY...
@bluefinstudios is also organising a Steem Summit at The BLOCK Party...
Friday 26 June - Sunday 28 June - JAHMFest2020, Jamaica
Organised by @donald.porter and the @ReggaeSteem team...
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]
| Steem price | US$ 0.236 | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #76 | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 748 / B | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.975 | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 37 | 11 Feb '20 |
| No. of Orcas | 365 | 11 Feb '20 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2216 | 11 Feb '20 |
| No. of Minnows | 9295 | 11 Feb '20 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #14,997 | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 217,740 / day | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
| Page views (steemit.com) | 500,802 / day | 13 Feb '20 1.45am UTC |
Follow @penguinpablo & @steem-data for more statistics.
This is #256 (12 Feb '20) of this daily news service.
[ graphics by @pennsif / @steemhunt ]
