If you are interested in creating a new Steem platform to improve the curation system on the Steem blockchain with a sophisticated voting system and a new Smart Media Token functionality then you are right for the 1UP project. I am building a team that is making this dream a reality. You should be able to program with Javascript and ideally with SteemJ. At some point we will also look into SMTs and integrate them into the platform but we will build a Steem version first.
Please check out this 1UP post as well for more information: https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@flauwy/the-future-of-1up-opening-to-communities
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