Hey steemians,

as I made my first steps in this community I also found this category and I did not want to miss the chance to introduce myself to you: I am Marcus, a software engineer from Germany. For some obvious reasons my working-place has to stay a secret, but I managed to smuggle a picture to share with you:

At the beginning of this year, right when ethereum started being more and more recognised in public, I stumbled over an article on "How to mine your own ethereum", which at that time was even profitable at your desktop pc. I immediately got hooked on the whole cryptocurrency / blockchain thing. Until now, I read every article I can find and the more I learn about them, the more I find fantastic new projects, which I not only like to invest (small amounts) in, but also like to be a part of, to get a better understanding of what the project tries to achieve.

One of these projects is steemit and here I am!

I have to admit I just love the idea of it, because from an investors point of view, I like, that the success of the steem token is directly bounded to the success of the community, where as a normal person I believe that people who share content on this platform may try to be more accurate, more thoughtful and may spend more time before posting to improve the content they put in public, which has a direct impact on the overall quality of all content which is published here.

So what can you expect of me?

As you might have noticed I am quite enthusiastic when it comes to cryptocurrencies / blockchains, because I strongly believe in near future this whole thing will have quite an impact on our daily lives. So I'll mostly try to contribute to this community with articles concerning these topics, especially when it comes to helpful guidelines. A little taste of what you may can expect on my blog can be found here, since as enthusiastic as I am about this platform, I immediately started blogging 😎. Please don't hold back with any criticism, improvements or any questions you may have. I am here to learn!

I'm also planning a small desktop application related to cryptocurrencies and thinking about sharing my progress with you here, depending on your interest. So when you are interested in active influencing the outcome of the project and are willing to participate in design decisions and feature ideas, give me a follow! Details will follow by the end of this year.

What else there is to say about me?

Next to my cryptocurrency / blockchain ambitions I love doing sports, like jogging and fitness or playing basketball. Moreover I love watching soccer (Hannover 96!! 👊), and nearly every professional sport event on a high level. Another passion of mine is to travel, meet new people, learn about new places and just to discover the world. Unfortunately I haven't done that as much as I wish I already had, but hopefully in the near future I can spend more time following that passion.

So that's it from me dear steemians. Get ready for take off and lets do everything in our power to make this platform a great success (this is not only the investor in me speaking here! 😏). Lets do this, go steemians!!!