When we were visiting my son in the hospital the other night, the staff scooted us out of the room to do the mysterious things that hospital staff do with curtains drawn. Went to sit in some chairs in the hall and our conversation wandered away from the health crisis to other matters. My wife mentioned that I was planning on going to Steemfest4.
Blank stares from my brother and niece.
So I launched into a 15-minute discussion of cryptocurrencies, decentralization, frictionless 3-second transactions, hard forks, Smart Media tokens, Witnesses, delegation, yadda yadda yadda.
I think I lost them after about two minutes. They concluded that for payments, it might be a slightly better version of PayPal.
Obviously, my Steem-explanation skills are sorely lacking. Do any of you have a good Steem elevator pitch to share?
Minor update about my son: yesterday’s surgery went well. He is scheduled to be transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit this afternoon. I have not been able to see him yet today because my car’s in the shop for a neglected oil change and brake job. But a friend who just got there texted to say that Nate’s significantly less groggy than yesterday and has even initiated some talking rather than only speaking when spoken to. Planning on driving to the hospital after my wife gets off work.
Steemfest4 attendance has gone from being an almost definite yes to being an unknown. No idea yet how much therapy and rehabilitation my son will need. Might he move in with us and need full-time care? So many unknowns at this time.
But I do know that my elevator pitch is awful. Your elevator pitch is almost certainly better than mine. Please share it in the comments below.