Hey, my name's Justin, and I'm new to the Steem community! I think I'm getting old.
http://twitter.com/jaeboogz)
I'm figuring things out while making my way around supporting what is one of the most interesting projects I've come across in a while. I'm a firm believer in the blockchain and not as a means of driving Lambos but as a beneficial product to the environment.
- 31 and feeling it.
- I've bartended for the last 7 years in high volume and restaurant settings - and it's great. This is where I met my girlfriend of the last 3 years Stephanie who is equally a deadly gunslinger behind the bar. We get to learn, talk, and entertain conversations with terrific people all day.
- Graphic Design has been something in my blood since I was 15, and I work with various restaurants and bars producing images, logos, and websites for them freelance.
- Find me in the kitchen. That's my domain. I cook. I invent. I clean.
- I've been working on an #upcycling project to make $1,000 from $0, and I'm almost to the end! Here's an idea of the project.
- Traveling is terrific. We've been fortunate enough to visit Puerto Rico, Canada, Iceland, Greece, and Morocco! Next month we have Barcelona and Paris on the agenda, I'll be running around with my camera taking video of EVERYTHING. Check out some of our other videos of our trips here - It's work to carry that camera around the whole trip!
- I'm a New Yorker. There's always something to do... 20 minutes north and you can Hike, 20 minutes south and you're in the city seeing your favorite band!
- I've got a cat that we rescued during the cold winter who lived in a hot dog cart behind a local bar. His name is Hero, but I call him Fuckhead for short.
Any tips and tricks I should know about through the Steem platform. There's a ton to take in and I'm lost in this giant community of directions. For instance what's the difference between STEEM, STEEM DOLLARS, AND STEEM POWER!?
Anyhow - expect posts from foreign countries, bettering yourself, how to make money from thin air, and becoming the success that you always dreamt of.
What up welcome to Steem Justin
Thanks! Let this journey begin!
Welcome to Steem @justinbenfaida.
Do read A thumb rule for steemit minnows - 50:100:200:25 for starter tips.
Spend time reading Steem Blue Paper to know how Steem blockchain works and if you still have any queries ask them on our Ask me anything about Steemit post and we will try to answer that.
All the Best!!!
Welcome man! I know it's a lot to absorb in the beginning but I promise it's not that bad 😆.
There are lots of resources for newcomers to learn about the platform, the do's and dont's and such. Personally, I like @minnowuniversity - lots of good information there! MSP (minnow support project) has lots of great stuff for new Steemians.
To answer your question though, Steem is sort of the default currency that the platform (and other platforms on the blockchain like DSound and Dtube) uses. Steem Power is like the power your account holds - it affects how much your upvotes are worth essentially. So you can think of Steem as like your liquid, movable Steem currency, where as SP is more of a long-term investment in your account in order to up your vote weight and influence. Once you 'power up' (converting Steem to SP) it takes time to take that investment back out - think of it like your checking and savings account, but your savings account also adds to your upvote value. It's important to get your SP up because its essentially your influence on the platform, so in the beginning I would recommend powering up whenever you can.
SBD (Steem Dollars) is a sort of an alt currency that was supposed to match one USD. As you can see, it's price has fluctuated and inflated past that by a good deal, so it's original purpose has kind of been lost. Nowadays, you will receive a good chunk of your author rewards in SBD. There isn't really an upside to holding SBD over Steem (aside from the ebb and flow of current market values) so at least personally, whenever I can get a good return on SBD to Steem I will convert it. Otherwise, I'll typically hold it until I can do so.
Hope that wasn't too off-the-mark! Welcome and have fun!
That was actually a better explanation than I've seen anywhere else. The benefit to loading up on SP besides having more influence on the upvotes is? What is an average SP holding?
Nice, glad to hear it! I mean, that's basically it lol, but it's a big one. There are a lot of little side effects that will come with having more SP though. For example, I've noticed as you get your SP up, you will notice a steeper gain in followers because they are looking for those higher upvotes. Great content aside, some individuals will follow for that reason alone. It also gives you more influence on who you would like to see succeed on the platform as well.
There isn't really an average for SP, as the range of size is pretty immense. For example, I hold around 2k right now, and I'm still considered pretty small. You might hear the term 'minnow', used to describe a user who is less than 5k SP (ballpark). 'Whales' on the other hand, are massive Steemit accounts, who can sometimes hold millions. Sometimes these big accounts are run by collectives, not necessarily individual bloggers.
But anyway, yeah it's essentially a power thing. The more influence you have, the more you can sort of pave your own success or the success of others, at your discretion. It's a slow burn but if you really want to stick around for the long term, I'd definitely recommend packing on that SP!
Welcome, it's confusing at first, but it can get addicting as well. Check out this post for a great anology on how steemit works (not my article). Have fun 👍
Welcome! I am new to this platform as well. So far the folks here are nice and helpful.
Yes! I'm trying not to get caught into the "fluff" material and see if there is justification of quality on this platform!
Exciting style you got, Justin, I'm Oatmeal, and love cats, and I'm 33, love travel, I'm from Oregon, and I was in Hawaii, Canada, and Vietnam.
I still have Hawaii and Thailand on my list of travel locations! Just don't adopt too many cats!
Haha yeah, I had too many mice once.
bienvenido @juistinbenfaida a la comunidad steemit, te invito a seguirme yo también soy nueva, es muy divertido leer y aprender cada día mas de esta comunidad.
Welcome to steemit @justinbenfaida. Join @minnowsupport project for more help. Checkout @helpie and @qurator projects.
Send SBD/STEEM to @treeplanter to plant trees and get an get an upvote in exchange of your donation (Min 0.01 SDB)
Upvote this comment to keep helping more new steemians
Send SBD/STEEM to @tuanis in exchange of an upvote and support this project, follow for random votes.
Welcome to Steem bro, I'm new here too and still trying to get to grips with things.
There's just SOO MANY THINGS! Hope you're tethered up! Looks like the buy orders are thinning out hard!
Welcome @justinbenfaida 😁 Followed you! Hope to see more of your posts😊