The last of the scheduled topic specific State of Steem Forums takes place on Thurday covering Steem Commerce.
Steemit Inc Executive Chair Ned Scott and Managing Director Elizabeth Powell will be coming along at the start of the forum to give an update on the events of the week, including the latest on the Worker Proposal System that has just been approved.
And some sad news just in, former MSP Waves show host @DisarrangedJane has passed away. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
State of Steem Forum #7 with Ned & Elizabeth - Thursday 7 February, 8pm - 11pm UTC
The State of Steem Forum #7 on Thursday covers Steem Commerce. The forum will be looking at ways to encourage businesses to take payments in STEEM / SBD, and at the current state of steem in commerce. The forum runs from 8pm - 11pm UTC / 3pm - 6pm EST on MSP Waves.
Contributors on this week's forum include 
Hive account@artonmysleeve, 
Hive account@danielvehe, 
Hive account@dearw, 
Hive account@disregardfiat, 
Hive account@imacryptorick, 
Hive account@markegiles, 
Hive account@nateonsteem, 
Hive account@papa-pepper, 
Hive account@sagescrub, 
Hive account@teamhumble, 
Hive account@thecryptodrive, 
Hive account@theycallmedan, 
Hive account@upheaver and 
Hive account@wwf.
Before the main forum segment begins Steemit Inc Executive Chair Ned Scott and Managing Director Elizabeth Powell will be coming on to give an update on events of the past week including RocksDB progress, Blocktrades and the new Worker Proposal System, the Steem Alliance and the Steem Wallet bifurcation.
State of Steem #7 is the last of the scheduled topic forums. Plans are now being made for one or two wrap-up forums...
Seven Seconds for Steem
Steem promoter 
Hive account@nathanmars is calling on the community to spend 7 seconds on Twitter telling the world about the Steem blockchain...
Homesteaders Co-op - Buy, Barter, Gift
The steem based ecommerce platform the Homesteaders Co-op continues to evolve.
It has now moved beyond straightforward buying for STEEM or USD, and now offers options for bartering and gifting...
Learn the Lesson from Reddit
Hive account@taskmaster4450 suggests Steem needs to learn a lesson or two from Reddit...
Sounds of Steem Live Music Concert - Saturday on MSP Waves
If you fancy sampling some of the best of the steemian music scene check out the 10th Sounds of Steem Live Music Concert on MSP Waves on Saturday...
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price |
US$ 0.265 |
2019-02-06 11.46pm UTC |
| SBD price |
US$ 0.833 |
2019-02-06 11.46pm UTC |
| Market Cap |
US$ 83,500,492 |
2019-02-06 11.46pm UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking |
#51 (-2) |
2019-02-06 11.46pm UTC |
| No. of Whales |
36 (n/c) |
2019-02-05 |
| No. of Orcas |
323 (n/c) |
2019-02-05 |
| No. of Dolphins |
1982 (+1) |
2019-02-05 |
| No. of Minnows |
9128 (+4) |
2019-02-05 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) |
#4352 (-11) |
2019-02-05 9.47pm UTC |
Follow 
Hive account@penguinpablo & 
Hive account@steem-data for more statistics.
NEWS FROM STEEMIT INC
Hive account@andrarchy - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Steem?
Hive account@elipowell - Post #2: Thank You
Hive account@steemitblog - Splitting Condenser: Social + Wallet
NEWS FROM THE STEEM ALLIANCE
Hive account@steemalliance - Steem Alliance Weekly Update
Hive account@steemalliance - Newly Established Community Guidelines For The Steem Alliance Discord Server
Hive account@steemalliance / 
Hive account@alexvan - Steemalliance WG First Proposal - Integrate different languages
Hive account@steemalliance - New Working Group Announcement | Official Election Results
Hive account@steemalliance / 
Hive account@rivalzzz - Record of Steem Alliance Voting - WorkingGroup Nominations
Hive account@steemalliance / 
Hive account@tdre - Community Approval Rating — Steem Alliance Working Group
NEWS FROM THE WITNESSES
#6 
Hive account@lukestokes.mhth / 
Hive account@lukestokes - Exchange Transfer Report: 1/20/2018 to 1/26/2018
#35 
Hive account@blockbrothers / 
Hive account@exyle - New phishing attempts on the blockchain, always pay attention. But rule #1: Never use your Steem account master password anywhere
#41 
Hive account@jackmiller - Bots: FACTS & FIGURES. (Parts FOUR - 4.4 & 4.5)
To keep up to date with more posts from witnesses follow 
Hive account@witnesspage ...
NEWS FROM KEY PLAYERS & INFLUENCERS
Hive account@abh12345 - Steem Power Growth - Chart Hack
Hive account@hilarski - My Magic Dice on Steem Review
Hive account@hobo.media - Hobo Report: Smart Contracts on Steem Engine
Hive account@intothewild - Let's Not Be Disillusioned, STEEM is NOT Dead. ~ #stayvigilant
Hive account@nathanmars - I’m inviting all my fellow STEEM citizens to do “7-Seconds” Twitter marketing for our Blockchain
Hive account@socky - Campaign to get SBD listed on Binance Feb 6, 2019
Hive account@steemmatt - Subtitled Steem Jeopardy Video with @ned, @steemcafe, @coruscate and @llfarms - Promoting The Steem Creators Conference In Austin - [Comedy Open Mic Week 46 #1)
Hive account@tarazkp - More or Less about Vests
Hive account@taskmaster4450 - Steem: Learn The Lesson From Reddit
Hive account@taskmaster4450 - The Upvote Economy On Steem: A UBI Based System
NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
Hive account@homesteaderscoop - The Barter Economy is Online at Homesteaders Co-op
Hive account@mspwaves / 
Hive account@isaria - Sounds of Steem Live Music Concert Vol. 10 // This Saturday on MSP-Waves Radio!
Hive account@platforms - Platforms Guidelines: Pick A Topic Get Paid Update
Hive account@steemforest / 
Hive account@intrepidsurfer - Here is how: Lets make our Steem Forest
Hive account@welcomewagon - They graduated!
NEWS FROM EVENTS & MEETUPS
24 FEBRUARY 2019 - MALAYSIA, PENANG
Hive account@bitrocker2020 - Steem Sharing Bootcamp / The Settlements Co-Working Space in Penang
30 MARCH 2019 - USA, MINNEAPOLIS
Hive account@ddrfr33k - Let's plan another Minneapolis Meetup!
6 APRIL 2019 - UK, LEICESTER
Hive account@steemcampuk - Get Your Tickets For SteemCampUK 2
Hive account@steemcampuk / 
Hive account@shanibeer - SteemCampUK 2 - Growing an Audience of Smart Investors
17 - 19 MAY 2019 - SPAIN, BARCELONA
Hive account@dtube.forum - INVITATION FOR YOUTUBERS
20 - 23 JUNE 2019 - USA, COLORADO
Hive account@thealliance - The 'BLOCK' Party!
1 - 5 DECEMBER 2019 - LIMA, PERU
Hive account@steemfiesta - SteemFIESTA 2019 - The First Five Days of DECEMBER - Summer in the South!
You can also view a full list of Steem Meetups & Events Calendar here...
NEWS FROM DAPPS, APPS & DEVS
Hivemind / 
Hive account@emrebeyler - Bug on Hivemind’s following data
Hive account@ampsteem - Introducing AMPSTEEM
Hive account@dlux-sm / Steem Monsters - VR Steem Monsters In 2019?!
Hive account@dlux-sm / Steem Monsters - Introducing Steem Monsters VR (Concept + VR mock-up)
dtube.network / 
Hive account@vaultec - New features; steem keychain and more! DTube network dev update
SteemAuto / 
Hive account@tony-duke - Simple Tools to Aid in Proper Management of Your Steem Account; #Steemauto (Part 1)
Hive account@steem-bet - SteemBet First Game Screenshot
Hive account@steemcasting - Let’s deep dive into the setup and configuration of the @steemcasting setup and costs
Hive account@swapsteem / 
Hive account@aneilpatel - Swapsteem - Please support our fundition campaign
If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...
If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness 
Hive account@holger80 provides this via 
Hive account@fullnodeupdate...
MEDIA COVERAGE OF STEEM & STEEMIT INC
No new coverage found.
EXTERNAL STEEM DATA
This is #66 (6 Feb '19) of this daily news service.
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