$2,525.71 in cash deposits later--Is Steemit a Scam?

Steemit is a scam.

We're seeing these posts regularly.  Could Steemit be a scam?

I don't know.

I'm really not that smart.

Steem is my first foray into the cryptocurrency world.  I knew what Bitcoin was before I joined.  I've never invested in it before.  I now have owned bitcoin for a few minutes in order to sell it to get cash.

According to Coinbase, it ain't a Scam

Checking my withdrawals on coinbase I have so far I have deposited in my checking account, in US dollars, $2,525.71.

$2,525.71

Cash.

• I paid for a new starter for my car with it.
• My daughter and I went to the movies.  We got the LARGE popcorn without a second thought. Thank you very much!
• That is nearly my take home pay for a month.

I have never put my own money into this

In order for something to be a scam or a ponzi scheme, I think I have to actually give the person scamming me money, or possibly my back account number.

I've given Steemit neither one of those things.

I still don't know how this completely works

I've been reading as much as I can about Steem and cryptocurrency.  I think I am catching myself up.

But I admit what I am really feeling is, "Can this really be happening?"

And I wonder if that is where the feeling of being scammed comes from.

The world is tough.  We have been treated poorly.  

This what we were told:

• our jobs would satisfy us financially and emotionally, 
• buying a house was a very smart move, because housing always goes up
• going to college and the debt with with it was a good investment.  

We all know how that went.

So Steemit HAS to be a scam.  It just has to be. That's how the world works.

With all that has gone wrong since 2008 we just aren't programmed to believe that things could not only actually go right.

But they could turn your life around.

I admit.  I am still there.  

I even wrote a post showing my first bank deposit from Steemit to prove to myself this was real.

I want to believe so bad.  

But I have been hurt.  

I am bruised.  

I am mistrusting.

But I think I am beginning to believe

When Steemit has given me $2,525.71 in cash.  

Then Please Hive account@dan and Hive account@ned SCAM Away

 

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