So Steemfest 4 which was held in Bangkok from the 6th - 10th Nov is just over and here are just a few key takeaways from updates from the conference.
SMART MEDIA TOKEN - SMT
So this was one of the biggest update which everyone has been anticipating. During the conference we got to see the 1st version of Token Creation wizard which makes it really simple to create your own token without coding anything.
The interface and the parameters seems easy enough to use and I would guess by next year we may see a lot of SMT tokens being created. The SMT is now on testnet so that developers would be able to test it out.
It would be interesting to see how SMT is used to start empowering various online publications and also forums as almost anyone is able to implement SMT on their site. Keeping our fingers crossed for the next SMT Hardfork !
HIVEMIND - Steem Communities
One of the anticipated updates from Steem Inc was Hivemind. This feature enables communities where you can now consolidate articles within individual communities.
This means that if you want to build a community that loves Food and only members who are registered Food lovers would be able to post, you can now do that. The individual community would be curated by the mods and what would be interesting is that the owner of that community would be able to receive beneficiaries to support the community better.
We all got a sneak peak from 
STEEMIT - Medium Style Editor
When talking to
The update includes an editor where you do not need to use complicated codes just to bold your words, or use codes to set it as a title, its a widely improved editor making it easier for almost anyone who does not know markdown html to use.
COINGECKO - Use STEEM as part of their Marketing Strategy.
Coingecko shared with us their journey on the Steem Blockchain , where they are now no. 52 on Steem witness. They have mentioned how effective it was to reach out to people all over the world just by using the Steem blockchain.
They have also published an article called the Steem Report 2018. Here is the link to the report.
https://assets.coingecko.com/steem-reports/Steem-Report-2018-by-CoinGecko.pdf
SPLINTERLANDS - Crowdfunding Campaign Success
There would be a lot of updates from 
Summary
To sum it all up, Steemfest 4 had a lot of great and amazing speakers and you have to see the videos to actually catch up with all the updates. There were a few new apps which would be launching soon and also updates from existing projects like Steemplus, Steempeaks, 1Ramp, and also WhereIn.
With all these updates, I believe that next year 2020 ... Steemfest 5 would be packed with more content then ever before.
Do catch the entire conference talks at Steemfest YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwuUSatqAsi5XXy_GngMjjQ/videos
Till my next post, have a brilliant day ahead !
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