@Ned pointed this out to me, but Cointelegraph used my Steemit is Bitcoin's Killer App analysis as a jumping off point for their article titled Steemit May Become Killer App As It Looks to Draw 1 Mln Bitcoin Users Yearly. Glad I could be helpful, Cointelegraph! Clearly the next logical step is for Olusegun Ogundeji to write about me writing about him writing about me and keep this meta feedback loop alive.
I imagine it's every journalist's dream to quote a pseudonym on the internet about a blockchain based social media network start-up with a straightface and end up writing a sentence like this:
Eeks, in a post on Steemit, wrote that Steemit is the killer app Bitcoin has been waiting for to bring fresh and diverse people into Bitcoin and into cryptocurrencies.
Gibberish to grandparents everywhere.
Here is the excerpt that excerpts me:
The writer says Bitcoin companies and their products do nothing for people outside the one percent who know and use Bitcoin. He cites Purse.io as the closest thing to a Bitcoin killer app to convince those outside the cryptocurency community but, as yet, hasn’t had much luck. The same applies to OpenBazaar, Bitcoin gambling and P2P lending sites, who have not provided a reason for those people to care about Bitcoin or a need to have it, except for speculative purposes.
In an analogy, the writer concluded, based on available figures, that the new social media site could acquire at least a million Bitcoin active onboard users in a year.
“And if it happens as I expect, Steemit will acquire 1 million or more people onboard per year. That's 1 million people becoming more comfortable with crypto, finding it usable and relatable. That's a huge win for Bitcoin and crypto. The value of any cryptocurrency are the people involved and the network effects they bring, all enabled by the underlying technologies and their usefulness. 1 million more active users into the cloistered world of cryptocurrency seems like a valuable breath of fresh air. Steemit, despite not even being a Bitcoin project, looks like it has the potential to be Bitcoin's killer app. Bitcoin holders rejoice.”
PS Steemit is very cool so far and I can't wait to study it more and watch it evolve. I am still looking for any other good data sources on Steemit, reply away, thanks!