State of the Sndbox - Week 30 [Brainstorming SMTs, Blockchain Business Models and Creative Curatorial Collaborations]

State of the Sndbox is a weekly newsletter that provides the latest in Sndbox activities, projects, and provides the best resources in creative empowerment for the Steemit community. To get up-to-date on all of our development throughout the week, be sure to follow us Hive account@sndbox.

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This Week in the Sndbox

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Welcome to the 30th State of the Sndbox newsletter! This past week, we’re all about the DTube videos! We’ve got a couple greats ones for Steemit discussion including one looking at the potential impact of Steemit SMTs on the ICO landscape and a Behind the Scenes look at the Steem Park documentary. We also shared a new article expanding on SMT business models and even a guest video from the super creative Hive account@sndbox-alpha team.

For a more thorough breakdown of what our members have been up to, be sure to go through our weekly Sndbox Selections of the Week post that we publish each Monday.

New Business Models on the Steem Blockchain

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Curious about how new companies are making use of the Steem blockchain? Have a look at our latest article outline two major adopters of the technology, making use of key functionalities not offered on other blockchains in order to create a unique decentralized service for the public. Both VICE and Bob’s repair will be out in the market soon so take this opportunity to learn about their great development!

The article expands on the upcoming functionalities of Smart Media Tokens that will eventually allow everyone to tokenize their services and specialized content. We, like most of the Steemit community, are eagerly awaiting this new precedent in empowering creative work.

Read the full article here.

ICOs vs. IPOs

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Speaking of the new token landscape, we broadcasted a recent conversation on Hive account@dtube of all the ways we think Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) will change the way businesses create and distribute equity in the modern world. We may see an age where founders no longer have to sacrifice ownership and direction for investment percentages, all while empowering their user base and community with the capacity to contribute to their token ecosystem.

Watch the full video and join the conversation here -

Steem Park Commentary

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For our last video, we revisit and reflect on the whole process to make Steem Park and the documentary made around it. We follow the film and throw in our experiences and background information not shown in the film.

Watch the commentary here -

And the full documentary for reference -

And for our Guest Performance....

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Hive account@sndbox-alpha is a themed curation account operated by the 1st cohort of the Hive account@sndbox incubator. Each month, a new curation team operates the account to vote on great new content by the broader Steemit community. The group got extra groovy this month and even managed to create a collaborative song and music video incorporating each of the team members’ talents.

Click on the image to watch the full performance on Hive account@dtube!

New to Steem? Explore our resource and tutorial posts, below:

Blockchain	Basics	Markdown	Basics-2	Wallet

Payouts	Witnesses	NoNo's	Curation	Reputation

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