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Steemit is like a bank account where you don't need an ID. Everyone who has Internet and a smartphone can sign up. It was made so that more people start to use this new form of money. Dan, one of the people who made it believes that he can find a solution to governments. With this technology you can have secure voting on an international level. You can create your own money on the blockchain. Every time someone buys something from your shop you can give him some of these coins. It doesn't cost anything to send the money. Once it's reached the other person you cannot take the money back. Besides this website there are also other monies which juice to blockchain to compete with existing technology. Dan who made the website believes that a free market suits the people best to solve their needs.