I must toss out an alternate view.
I've been a critic of steem-- but I hope, a "known friendly" critic. I say this because I now feel compelled to compare to ethereum. AFAIK, ethereum, and thus "ether" the "gas" that pays for transactions.... both do a grand total of nothing at all. Really.
So here's my reply on that: I do not think that we want any of that thunder. For more on some pretty awesome stuff, have a look into these things, comparatively:
- Graphene
- Tendermint
- Hyperledger
From my limited (but-limited-knowledge-puts-me-in the top 1% of programmers for comparative blockchain knowledge and top .001% of humans for the same) knowledge, I want to say that there are way better things on the horizon. G, TM, and HL all share some common points. There's an incredible discussion occurring here: