There's a whole new year ahead.
Which way will the Steem blow in 2019...
For the hardcore steemian I guess our gaze will be on RocksDB, SMT-lites, the DApps, the Apps... and of course the price of STEEM.
For now it's heads down, shoulders to the wheel, noses to the grindstone and push...
Powering up, powering up, powering up
That's what we want to hear.
And that's what 
These numbers meant that from mid-May to the end of November there were :
- 255 more dolphins in the 5k - 50k range,
- 11 new orcas in the 50-100k range, and
- 25 more in the 100k+ range.
And in December similar figures...
- 52 more dolphins in the 5k - 50k range, - 11 new orcas in the 50-100k range, and - 7 more in the 100k+ range.
Upcycling STEEM : 70 delegations of 70 SP for 7 weeks
I have started a little personal blog series, Upcycling STEEM, to explore practical ways I can help grow Steem.
To kick-off, and as a bit of milestoning for reaching 70 rep yesterday, I am offering 70 delegations of 70 SP for 7 weeks to newcomers to the platform to help them overcome the initial Resource Credit limitations.
If you know any new steemians who might find 70 Steem Power useful let me know.
The Generosity of Steem - A Dollar A Day donates US$5000
As one of my other activities on Steem I run a charitable giving project called A Dollar A Day.
This provides a facility for steemians to donate small amounts of SBD or STEEM on a regular basis.
These multiple small donations are then pooled together to make single larger donations each day to carefully selected projects and organisations around the world.
The A Dollar A Day project started in May 2018, and it just yesterday reached its goal of donating US$ 5000 before the end of the year. Thank you everyone who donated.
Read. Absorb. Digest. Discuss. Act. Together.
Become part of the Steem (R)Evolution.
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & 
]
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price | US$ 0.274 | 2019-01-02 03:11 UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.726 | 2019-01-02 03:11 UTC |
| Market Cap | US$ 84,198,957 | 2019-01-02 03:11 UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #52 (n/c) | 2019-01-02 03:11 UTC |
| No. of Whales | 35 (n/c) | 2018-12-31 |
| No. of Orcas | 314 (+1) | 2018-12-31 |
| No. of Dolphins | 1952 (+2) | 2018-12-31 |
| No. of Minnows | 9084 (-10) | 2018-12-31 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #4092 (-1) | 2019-01-01 19:17 UTC |
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NEWS FROM STEEMIT INC
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If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...
- https://github.com/steemit/steem/branches
If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness 
- https://steemit.com/full-nodes/@fullnodeupdate/full-api-node-update---112019
MEDIA COVERAGE OF STEEM & STEEMIT INC
Sustainability - Sustainable Growth and Token Economy Design : The Case of Steemit
Yahoo Finance - Steem Added to State of the DApps Listings
This is #30 (01 Jan '19) of this daily news service.
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