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@mcfarhat was just on with @pennsif discussing the State of Steem.
During the discussion, he announced that the @actifit team is in discussion with Garmin enabling holders of the AFIT token to by Garmin products with it.
He was clear that this is not a done deal yet and it is still the early stages. Nevertheless, this is showing some of the possibilities that are out there for some of the applications that are being built on the Steem blockchain.
Looking at their website, Garmin has hundreds of different products. They cover fields such as aviation, marine, wearables, and automotive. This is a company that has decades of experience and is name that is known globally.
While it is not time to get too excited, it is encouraging that a company such as this has an interest in an application on the Steem blockchain. It just shows the potential that some on the outside see. One of the biggest advantages to Steem is the community we have. If we can keep consistently adding users from all the different sources we have, we should see a lot of attention come our way.
In the end, becoming the focus of the traders and pump/dump guys holds little interest to me. For STEEM to be maximized, we just need to keep building. What will keep Steem going forward for years on end is getting real businesses active on here. When companies have a vested interest in the Steem community, it puts a strong floor on what can happen.
Actifit is one of my favorite applications on this blockchain. One of the main reasons is the team that is behind the development and their plans for the future. This just shows what is possible when we expand out scope beyond the blogging realm. Using Steem as a Proof of Activity mechanism is proving to be a valid methodology. Couple this with an application like this putting together a business plan that reaches beyond the walls of the Steem ecosystem and it is easy to see the potential here.
There are hundreds of millions of people globally who are into fitness and exercise. This is a market that is simply enormous. The Actifit application already integrates with Fitbit, a fitness monitoring application that has over 25M users.
Garmin is presently the number 5 manufacturer of wearable technology in the world. They experienced a 4.1% growth year over year. This means that the Actifit application will be integrated with the #3 and #5 ranked wearables.
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Loved my Garmin products in the past. Would love to get something new from them using actifit tokens. Thanks for sharing.
That would be super cool if it worked out! I know a lot of walking/running people who would hop on board if so. Especially the older generation, they (in my experience) tend to give me the side eye when I talk about crypto, but "I can earn a free fitness tracker for my walks," they would be all about that. They wouldn't care about the price of coins, they would care about what fun toys they could earn, because they don't think of crypto as "real money," yet. Again, this is just based on people I know who I've talked to about it, but I'd wager it's not a tiny sliver of the population who would have similar views.
That is some great insight. It might be how it works. We could see people who are not interested in cryptocurrency use the application because they want Garmin products.
This news is very motivating: I will start again posting my daily activity with @actifit!
Good news for sure. Glad to hear all the possibilities!
Right on!! What an awesome direction Actifit is taking! It's the involvement they have. The action they are taking. With continued effort to this end no doubt they'll be successful. I am holding on!! Are you?? Giddy up!!
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Hope they can get this happening with Garmin that would be awesome.
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This is a potential I also imagined when the product launched! I think it could continue to be expanded into healthclub memberships or instructional online courses as well. I may have to consider a Garmin wearable myself!
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Very good news indeed! I wonder how far @actifit could go...
And it is funny because in the begining not many people seemed to give it much value!
This is also a proof of the steem blockchain use cases!
Stay #active! Go @actifit!
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This is a good news if the agreement came into fruition.
Leave the marketing to DApp devs and their company to promote business model on their niche market and users.
Steemit Inc stay focus on improving the blockchain and node developments.
And let speculators/traders enter the steem market.
Within two years, we will cement our presence in the blockchainosphere.
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A step in an awesome direction for #blockchain in general.
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@taskmaster4450, In my opinion we are on the path of Exciting journey and these are very early days and eventually and time to time we will going to see the effective adoption of Steem Blockchain and it's Dapps. Stay blessed. 🙂
This deal would be amazing if it went through. Let's hope for the best.
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That's a great news @taskmaster4450 Looking forward to see it live and surely actifit has great potential and will do amazing.
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