Hey Steemians, meet the new neighbour, the Pillarians. The open-source Pillar token sale ended today netting ~$20mln which was $10mln shy of the project's funding goal. What is interesting is that the average buy order was ~10 eth with no whales buying in. The funding shortage should be of no surprise given the absence of VC funding throughout the 20+ years founder David Siegel pushed the idea of data "PULL" interfaces rather than the App orientated push technology of today. The project is to be a people's token, open-source, with a strong reliance on grassroots community involvement. I plan on supporting this community along side Steem as we share common goals.