Browsing finance twitter this morning and saw this tweet from Henry Blodget, the founder, editor and CEO of Business Insider:
This no use case argument had been bugging me lately - the primary use case for crypto is, and always was, sending money from A to B quickly and at very little (or zero!) cost.
The problem is, as far as mainstream media is concerned, there is Bitcoin and Ethereum and that's about it. Due to these networks' flawed POW models, rapid appreciation -> rising tx costs, both networks have essentially rendered themselves obsolete for sending money. This has led to people with limited knowledge of the space saying crypto is useless.
Never one to miss an opportunity to plug Steem to a traditional finance/media influencer, I thought I'd pipe up:
I'd been thinking of plugging Steem to the Sydney editor, Paul Colgan (@Colgo), in this manner for some time and this seemed like the perfect opportunity!
I'm not sure how many offices they have worldwide and maybe a minute is a bit of a tall ask considering the human element, but I'm pretty definite we could do it in under 2 minutes regardless. If we could automate the process, a minute would be a piece of cake.
I'm yet to hear back from either Colgo or Henry, but interact with Colgo regularly and have received responses from Henry in the past. Having Steem featured across Business Insider's global mastheads would provide the network and coins with truly priceless exposure - fingers crossed. Will update this post if/when I receive a response.
PS if any devs out there could help out with a script to automate transmission of STEEM/SBD between a string of accounts and back to the origin account, leave a comment below and I'll give you a shout if they are interested in running the experiment. We'd need a UI where I could input the origin account, intermediary accounts and active keys for each.
Donate the insider some steem, that should work ;)
lol its an idea, make it worth his wild
What a nice post from an intelligent writer more of it you have to know how to get the fasttest way and surest way if getting steem...
t sure is nice to see that more people are becoming brand ambassadors for Steem! However, it is important to always maintain proper communication etiquette while doing so.
Steem on and Happy New Year everyone
A nice post from intelligent writer more of it keep it up,donate some steem ,which would work
Agreed
Ha. not a bad idea!
This idea could definitely work @introvertspeaks! Donald Trump most definitely has a very influential reach with his Twitter account(s) and raising awareness with his help would be great for Steem.
I do like the approach that @bulleth took in trying to present Steem to @Colgo. Good on him for taking the initiative.
It sure is nice to see that more people are becoming brand ambassadors for Steem! However, it is important to always maintain proper communication etiquette while doing so.
Steem on and Happy New Year everyone!
Imagine if he did!
But then Steem would be overrun with rabid Trump supporters....
Hahaha it isn't already?
I actually fully agree with you. My favorite thing about Steem is that it's a censorship-proof blockchain with room for all voices, even the one's that I disagree with.
Hmmm interesting ... it would be hard to draw his attention to it without him blocking you
steem is undervalued like hell unbeliveble, why is the price so stable and the grow so little?
Agree, so much demand for SP right now.
This is an outstanding move! Steem and Steemit will certainly prevail when members go above and beyond to promote the platform and blockchain. If there is anything else I can do to support this effort, please let me know. I've resteemed to bring it the extra exposure it deserves! Thanks @bulleth
Thanks mate - much appreciated!
Ahh this kind of grass roots support is totally appreciated. Hope you manage succeed with this!
Good idea.
yes
That is great. I think it is due to initiatives like these Steem will find wide adoption and finally get what it deserves.
That is great. I think it is due to initiatives like these Steem will find wide adoption and finally get what it deserves.
Why don't you use BitShares?
See @josephsavage's comment, Bitshares has fees and network aside would still need to automate to do it in under a minute I think.
PS Bitshares is buggy af - I think something would go wrong. Hopefully gets better when it moves to EOS.
The advantage to Steem over bitshares in this example is that Steem has no transactions fees, while bitshares has a nominal transaction fee.
For the purpose of sending 'fiat' values from one business office to another, bitShares would be a better network because you could send bitUSD or bitAUS(?) and not have to worry about changes during send, but then transacting out of bitShares is even more complicated. so there's that
I haven't researched Stellar very much yet, but I will look into it.
Business Insider Network is not working properly. If you want I can describe it.
Sorry, not quite sure what you mean. If you could elaborate that would be great :)
I'm not above bribery in cases of such vital importance. In fact, the writers should be writing on Steemit. We'll show them first hand how much crypto can change their lives for the better.
Hahaha maybe it would work, personally I'm making more writing here than freelancing, but their writers are a little further ahead in their careers than me!
It's getting harder for everyone out there. The first ones to make the switch to Steemit will make the most. Then it will get increasingly competitive. As is the way of capitalism. Make hay whilst the sun shines and all that.
@bulleth I am behind you 110% on this and if it happens it will be a huge Boost to STEEMIT......
Thanks buddy - always a pleasure!
It's such a great initiative hope you will get all the funds needed to do more projects
That's a wonderful idea! And thank you for trying so hard to promote steem.
Great idea, good luck with it!
Flying under the radar is ok for the moment, more time to get STEEM in my V wallet pre-soar!
Sure in terms of long term investment returns, but as far as blog returns go, the sooner the better!
It would indeed provide "priceless exposure". Wishing you all the luck in making it happen.
Thanks mate!
excelente vlog
yes
:D
I would also like to know more about your last request. " if any devs out there could help out with a script to automate transmission of STEEM/SBD between a string of accounts and back to the origin account"
Could you please elaborate? Thank you.
Before pitching Steem to big Investors it would be best to sort out the self-voting abuse issues:
https://steemit.com/steemitabuse/@steempolice/steem-has-no-future-unless-self-vote-abuse-is-stopped-steemit-inc-and-whales-do-your-part
good point!
Subjective, most of the people who self-vote are the big investors. Everyone should be free to use their stake as they please.
Good going, I hope you get the meeting and I hope to see Steem featured in Business Insider.
Me too :D
That's what I like to see, taking initiative! Well done my friend.
I am a new steemer. I will visit frequently. I will follow you, too. Have a good day
lol dude can you spend more time in my comments sections
I applaud your ambition and I see a very realistic future that looks a lot like your intended future. I am so happy you are putting in the effort to get steemit where it deserves to go- massive adoption is coming. As long as people are putting in the work it takes to make this platform THE content go- to for all types of people- - - > we will surely get there. I am definitely following you.
Yeah I mean I just recently heard of block-chain even though I've known about things like bitcoin for years. But it has a lot of potential that a lot of people are starting to see. I don't quite fully grasp the whole thing, but I understand enough that I'm pretty excited about it. I think right now it's just starting to break the surface of the mainstream internet user, and people are still just trying to catch up.
Thanks Lori - couldn't agree more :)
Thank You bro good post
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greetings
this is very fantastic step for btc....
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Well done
Excellent post, I liked it, I follow you to read what you publish, you pass by my profile, maybe something that interests you too, keep posting like this :D
wonderful! your post is very nice and informative
lol you're funny, all through the comments too
That's really smart and community caring of you. I hope those financial journalist will write about steem and actually I do not find why not - apart from being a lucrative token, the value and size of the steemian themselves is something that can't be ignored. And the number of us is just growing.
Lots of them have to be wary of pushing the next scam coin and there are so many alts out there it's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff
greetings
It is a very hard fight for the Newbierds.
Good luck for the setup! @bulleth .. If I would have something in my hand i would do that.. I m a computer engineer but no idea about networking quite.... #fingers crossed
e-networking is easy - just go for it!
Nice work! Thanks
This is an incredible effort you are putting forth. Getting fellow investment people to see the light is fairly hard as they get pretty locked in to the inner office which for cryptos is not very good if measuring it on the whole. Open minded deep thinkers seem to get it here. I recently posted an article that shares many of the same sentiments if you would like feel free to check it out. I gladly welcome all and any comments that you can bring to the content. Thanks again for the post, have a great 2018!
https://steemit.com/politics/@cryptkeeper17/the-bloodless-american-fiscal-revolution-will-now-be-digitized-section-1
Thanks mate - checked out your post, but not a fan of your poltico-economic view. Hard data shows the link between monetary inflation and price inflation is tenuous at best. Monetary inflation != price inflation. There is a correlation, but it is not linear ie central banks and private lenders can increase the money supply by 10%, whilst price inflation only picks up by 1-3%. Studies have shown reduced government spending (Austerity) has long last economic consequences and fiscal multipliers are larger for spending than tax cuts.
You know you're being lied to ... but you need to have a good look at who's doing the lying ;)
I appreciate the response very pleased to hear your input. I am in a constant evaluation/re-evaluation of these practices, where the information comes from and why it is placed in the manner it is. I respectfully disagree, but I do see where the opinion is quite popular. In the US the amount of pubic works projects that picked up feverishly picked up beyond belief during the international depression during the late 1920s through WWII. The unemployment rates and lack of full utilization never really recovered until ever spare hand was needed to provide a successful national war effort. The hyper inflationary periods following the US post WWII "baby boom" in the mid 1970s resulted in excessive government programs that has created multiple economic bubbles as the progressive tax system has created a tax base in our country that is paid by less than half of the public. Rather than allowing spending within industries/sectors that can provide continual growth (the manufacturing and industrial base of the US), but still providing aid to those most in need, our government policies and waste knows no bounds. Somewhere between full blown government austerity and outright governmental authority on virtually every day activities is likely the answer. I still am very pleased in your work and am very glad to see your efforts taking place here it is a very noble and hopefully fruitful endeavor.
can i get some upvote i am in deep trouble to bear my educational expenses
Do a post about it and link me, don't post comments like this.
ok thank you
i wrote an article you can read this
https://steemit.com/steemit/@hasnain06/is-steemit-community-help-newbies-to-grow-in-steemit-we-need-help-from-tha-gaint
it sounds great
Brilliant idea!
Brilliant idea sir. I suppose if you could "accidentally" slip them some steem, that would pique some interest.
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I have written about sbd and steem to our Indian exchange. hope to hear from them. if steem gets featured in such an exchange, one would be staring at thousands of transactions in one shot, lol
Bravo! in case trump tweet it, the market might collapse!
Congratulations @bulleth!
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G'day boss.
I opened Steemit on a family member's computer the other day without having been logged in and your post was on the homepage.
What a whale!
Merry Christmas mate ;)
Hahaha so stoked ... pays out tomorrow I think ... I want that internal STEEM price to start ticking up in response to this rally!
Great post there, keep up good work !
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Hello colleague @bulleth, I hope you feel very well :D. Very good post, I voted for it. I would like to invite you to follow me on my page @emmanuel250998 where I will be uploading every day the latest news about the world of cryptocurrencies. I also invite you to vote for my last post:
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@emmanuel250998/anonymous-developers-promote-potential-scam-with-segwit2x-mask.
I would very much appreciate your support. A big hug and greetings from Venezuela ;)
Hi emmanuel, this is usually very bad form (see comment from miti), but you were actually very nice about it so it's hard to hate on you. I'm also aware the situation in Venezuela is very tough right now - my vote is only small, but I'm adding you to my SteemVoter. My advice is to only post two times a day maximum, people are less likely to vote on every post if you post too much -> more work, less money.
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