The Steem News @ 20 February 2020 - Communities on Steem have had a great first day
Communities on Steem have had a great first day.
Also in this edition there is news and updates about OpenSeed, NextColony, SteemKnights and SteemCITY.
And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, another Featured Contest, and an expanded Community Watch.
1. Communities are here - let's get the party started!
Communties have had a great first day on Steem.
This is the official announcement from Steemit Inc...
@justinsunsteemit has tweeted about them to his 2 million followers...
https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1230558161381150724@ned has also tweeted about the near fulfilment of his original vision for Steem...
He has even joined @clixmoney's DCooperation Community...
There had been a considerable number of Communties set up previously on the beta.steemit.com site, but now they have gone live new Communities are springing up by the dozen.
They are covering a massive range of subject areas and places - Electric Vehicles, Needlework, Skateboarding, Catalan, London, the Isle of Man...
See more in the Community Watch section below.
Reaction from the Steem Community has been very favourable, for example this post from @jrcornel...
As part of the launch of Communities @steempeak have released a major new update incorporating Communities, Discord embedding, Badges and a host of other improvements...
Witness developer @arcange has updated his popular SteemSQL service and made it ready for Communities...
2. OpenSeed
The OpenSeed project led by @andrarchy, @bflanagin and @brklyn8900 has appointed @midlet as their first Community Leader...
@openseed has also given an update on good progress being made on Steem Verification, CLI and Tokens...
3. NextColony One Year Celebration
The @nextcolony team started work on their game one year ago. To celebrate this anniversary they are running a promotion and a giveaway...
4. SteemKnights Development Update
@steemknights has given an update on current development progress...
5. SteemCITY making good progress
SteemCITY, the new NFT based City Simulator game developed by @gerber is progressing well with its own website now launched...
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2618 SBD.
There are now 8 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @anyx (API infrastructure), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @thecryptodrive (SBD Potato Top Up), @howo (SMT testing), @thecryptodrive (anti - Power Down reduction), and @steemonboarding (Steem Onboarding).
These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 797 SBD per day from the SPS...
One of the organisers of this summer's BLOCK Party @enginewitty has posted a reminder about the SPS proposal looking for funding to support people wanting to go to the event...
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Foundation has issued a statement confirming it position in light of the recent sale of Steemit Inc to the Tron Foundation.
The Board looks forward to finding ways to work with the Tron Foundation in furthering our mission to the benefit of the Steem ecosystem.
Justin Sun has stated a desire to invest more into marketing Steem and supporting its growth and development. We're very interested in seeing this happen.
Our goal as an entity is as always to support the vision of the decentralized Steem Blockchain and its ecosystem. We are 100% committed to the Steem Community and its stability, autonomy, and prosperity...
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 26 February 2020.
The Steem Foundation is holding a Marketing Forum to discuss its new website...
Community Watch
With the arrival of Communities on Steem yesterday the announcements of new communities have been coming in thick and fast, including...
A Community For The Future And Technology by @taskmaster4450
WHEELS! Community for Import Tuners and Auto Enthusiasts by @donald.porter
And @detlev's BEER Community is celebrating 125 members...
Contest of the Day
Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Contest
Submit a video of yourself playing any piece of organ music. 20 STEEM, 500 ORGANDUO tokens and post rewards to be won. Organised by @organduo and @laputis ...
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...
Sunday 23 February - Steem Foundation Marketing Forum
Hosted by @shadowspub and @aggroed in the Ramble Discord Channel...
Tuesday 25 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 26 February - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup
Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by @chrisrice and @steem-ph...
Thursday 27 February - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup
Organised by @mattclarke, 6pm local time at The Jade Monkey, Flinders Street, Central Business District, Adelaide.
Saturday 29 February - Steem Meetup in Graz
Meetup in Graz, Austria. Organised by @reiseamateur
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$ 0.211 | 21 Feb '20 0.52am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #77 | 21 Feb '20 0.52am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 753 / A | 21 Feb '20 0.52am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.840 | 21 Feb '20 0.52am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 37 | 19 Feb '20 |
| No. of Orcas | 367 | 19 Feb '20 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2227 | 19 Feb '20 |
| No. of Minnows | 9306 | 19 Feb '20 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #14,603 | 21 Feb '20 0.48am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 222,276 / day | 21 Feb '20 0.48am UTC |
| Page views (steemit.com) | 511,235 / day | 21 Feb '20 0.48am UTC |
Follow @penguinpablo & @steem-data for more statistics.
This is #264 (20 Feb '20) of this daily news service.
[ graphics by @pennsif / @nextcolony ]
Thanks for the mention, as always :)
We've also started a South Australia community; although I haven't made an announcement post as yet.
Hi Matt, good to hear about the SAust Community - I'll put that in tomorrow.
Let me know when you put the post about it out.
Steemit is a very large place and it is easy for anyone to get ignored there, but with this idea of communities, it is possible for anyone to stick to their needs and make recognizable impacts wherever they are.
Thanks for sharing this detailed post.
Yes Communities open up a whole new world of possibilities.
It is cool to see Sun tweeting about Communities released on Steem.
Tron has tronics.community.
Not many folks there, yet.
Got this, though:
Have you made a news hive, yet?