7 months ago STEEM was 10 cents.
It was around the time of the experiment (where two whales decided to countervote other whale votes) resulting in more power to the minnows.
The sentiment was very low and Steemit was going to hell. I remember it very well.
I wrote this in a blog post I made around that time:
Call me crazy if you want but I just powered up 10000+ STEEM. I thought about it for a while but with Steempower being so much more valuable right now it's absolutely worth it source.
I dropped another 1000 dollar into STEEM.
That STEEM is worth $10000 today. And who knows, maybe even more in the future.
Today we face a problem that the Steemit.com website is not 100% functioning.
We don't know the reason. But some upvotes don't go through and posts disappear.
Something isn't right that is clear.
I just want to make clear that this has nothing to do with the STEEM blockchain which is functioning fine. It has to do with the frontend which is Steemit.com.
Busy.org proves that the blockchain works fine because it's smooth and responsive and all the data is there!
A non-functioning blockchain is the only reason for concern for me and that is not the case. So I am not worried.
This will be fixed and then it's just another episode in the history of this platform.
For me, as a Steemian this platform requires a certain flexibility. The technology is new and it's beta after all.
Another fun quote from that posts 7 months ago is this:
I have been manually curating and upvoting comments a lot more than in the past. My voting power has increased 8 times since the experiment began! From a 1-cent vote to an 8-cent vote. It’s incredible. 8x TIMES!
I had around 45K steempower at the time! (you could vote 40x times a day @ 100%). And I was over the moon with 8 cents!
How times have changed.
I'm more bullish on Steem and the Steem blockchain today than back then because it's becoming more and more clear to me where this Blockchain is going.
It's going far beyond steemit.com.
Years from now, steemit.com, will just be another frontend to enter the Steem blockchain amongst many. Or maybe it will not even be used anymore because someone created a much better website. Who knows?
With SMT's the value of the Blockchain will reach new heights. I think it will add tremendous value to the chain.
Every day I think about the future the Steem blockchain. And it's a lot of fun for me.
I have tremendous respect for the people that come up with all these new ideas and build them.
7 months ago STEEM was 10 cents. Today it's $1.00. Where will it be in 7 months :)
Good night Steemit.
