I am not an economist or crypto specialist. I am the little girl who goes around poking things and asking "What does this button do?" a lot. My experience on Steemit is, in many ways, just that. Learning new things through creative experimentation.
Thanks to Steemit, I've learned a lot about the crypto world, and even though I truly suck at math (no, seriously, I do) I've been able to do some pretty cool things in the past few months.
One of them is the CUDDLE.
Wait, what?
With the ICO craze rocking the VC and startup world, I find myself thinking of alternative uses for the technology. Specifically, fun ones. Bitshares lets pretty much anyone create an account and mint their own token for whatever purpose they want. My purpose: to spread cuddles and hugs (without too much number crunching).
Steemit is an awesome community, and I've met so many people who deserve my hugs and cuddles. Alas, most of them are located miles away and up until now, I could only show my love through little emoji hearts. That's basic. So why not use the blockchain?
With the help of my awesome friends at the 
Meet the CUDDLE!
The CUDDLE token is just that - a token for cuddles, minted on the official National Hug Day. Want to send someone a virtual cuddle? Do it! Got a bunch of CUDDLES but kinda need cash? Try trading them on the market! No idea what that does yet, but go for it!
There's no other purpose for these tokens aside from spreading joy and smiles and potentially serve as an affectionate IOU.
OMG Can I have a cuddle?
Absolutely! Enter your Bitshares account name in the comments to get your free cuddles! 50 cuddles will be sent to each of the first 20 users to comment on this post.
Want even more CUDDLEs? Put together a token graphics for the CUDDLE, and if I like it you'll get another 250 CUDDLEs!!!
Can I make my own silly and useless token?
Sure! My next post to Steemit will be a tutorial for non-developers mortals on how to mint your very own token to have fun with by spending just a few SBD.
I have no idea what I am doing, but I am enjoying every minute.