I was there on STEEM in July of 2016 as well. It was pretty nuts. I remember at one point they had to shut off account creation so it was like we were in a gated community going wild. I was commenting so much people thought I was a bot. Hahhahah
I'm looking forward to the next leg of the story. Pretty impressive you worked your way up to 50K HIVE over that time without bringing in outside funds and not having to cash out.