Steemit Inc is making progress on several fronts.
The State of Steem Forums are drawing to a close.
Blocktrades are pressing ahead with the Steem Proposal System.
And another gambling app arrives on Steem.
Steemit Inc engineers continue to make progress
Steemit Inc have released an update on current projects including RocksDB/MIRA and the splitting of the wallet function from the main steemit.com condenser.
They have also reported on continued decreases in the EC2 hosting requirements which are resulting in significant reductions in their monthly AWS bills.
Ned Scott and Elizabeth Powell discussed all these changes in depth during an interview with 
Hive account@pennsif on MSP Waves on Thursday. The recording of that interview will be available shortly.
State of Steem Forum #7 - Steem Commerce
The State of Steem Forum #7 covering Steem Commerce took place on MSP Waves on Thursday.
Contributors to the forum included 
Hive account@aggroed, 
Hive account@danielvehe, 
Hive account@dearw, 
Hive account@disregardfiat, 
Hive account@imacryptorick, 
Hive account@markegiles, 
Hive account@papa-pepper, 
Hive account@sagescrub, 
Hive account@teamhumble, 
Hive account@thecryptodrive and 
Hive account@theycallmedan, as well as 
Hive account@traveller7761 and 
Hive account@globocop.
The recording of the forum is now available...
State of Steem #7 is the last of the scheduled topic forums. Plans are now being made for one or two wrap-up forums. Forum co-ordinator Hive account@pennsif is seeking input on what form the final 'wrap-up' forum(s) should take...
BlockTrades starts work on the Steem Proposal System
Steemit Inc have now agreed to fund @Blocktrades to develop a Steem Proposal System (SPS) that is similar to Bitshares’ Worker Proposal System.
Approximately $55K USD worth of STEEM will be paid from Steemit to Blocktrades for each month of work. The task is projected to require between 1 and 2 months of work and will include scheduling of a hardfork. Steemit considers this funding to be a part of a larger donation to the SPS and wishes that the Steem community will be actively involved in evaluating the development of this proposal.
Blocktrade's initial proposal suggested that ongoing proposal funding under the system should be taken from author rewards.
However there has been an alternative suggestion that the funding should only come from donations.
Blocktrades has therefore put out a post to discuss the two alternative approaches...
They have also posted a stake-weighted poll on the two options...
Taking a gamble
Hot on the heels of SteemBet another gambling app has arrived on Steem.
This time it is Janken who are opening with a 'Rock-Paper-Scissors' betting game...
Hive account@taskmaster4450 adds his commentary on the latest gambling arrivals...
While 
Hive account@tarazkp makes observations on the age restrictions on gambling and the minimum age to get a steem account...
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price |
US$ 0.275 |
2019-02-08 1.20am UTC |
| SBD price |
US$ 0.858 |
2019-02-08 1.20am UTC |
| Market Cap |
US$ 86,420,259 |
2019-02-08 1.20am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking |
#48 (+3) |
2019-02-08 1.20am UTC |
| No. of Whales |
36 (n/c) |
2019-02-06 |
| No. of Orcas |
325 (+2) |
2019-02-06 |
| No. of Dolphins |
1983 (+1) |
2019-02-06 |
| No. of Minnows |
9123 (-5) |
2019-02-06 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) |
#4365 (-13) |
2019-02-08 1.29am UTC |
Follow 
Hive account@penguinpablo & 
Hive account@steem-data for more statistics.
NEWS FROM STEEMIT INC
Hive account@steemitblog - Steemit Engineering Update: Cost Reductions, RocksDB/MIRA, Condenser Split
Hive account@andrarchy - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Steem?
Hive account@elipowell - Post #2: Thank You
NEWS FROM THE STEEM ALLIANCE
Hive account@steemalliance - Steem Alliance Weekly Update
Hive account@steemalliance - Newly Established Community Guidelines For The Steem Alliance Discord Server
Hive account@steemalliance / 
Hive account@alexvan - Steemalliance WG First Proposal - Integrate different languages
Hive account@steemalliance - New Working Group Announcement | Official Election Results
Hive account@steemalliance / 
Hive account@rivalzzz - Record of Steem Alliance Voting - WorkingGroup Nominations
Hive account@steemalliance / 
Hive account@tdre - Community Approval Rating — Steem Alliance Working Group
NEWS FROM THE WITNESSES
#2 
Hive account@blocktrades - BlockTrades beginning development of Steem Proposal System
#2 Hive account@blocktrades - Pros and cons of two versions of Steem Proposal System
#17 Hive account@aggroed - Well, back to campaigning!
#17 Hive account@aggroed - Consensus Witness Again! Phew!
#17 Hive account@aggroed - Introducing Steem-Engine.com (smart contracts and token creation on Steem)
#18 
Hive account@utopian-io / 
Hive account@elear - Which perks would you like to have the most on an upcoming crowdfunding campaign for Utopian?
#20 
Hive account@therealwolf - Strategy for Crypto Businesses
#20 Hive account@therealwolf - Steem Apps - Update #4 (More Data!)
#32 
Hive account@emrebeyler - Should dPoll offer tokens/points?
#36 
Hive account@blockbrothers / 
Hive account@exyle - How much STEEM does an absolute passive investor make in 78 days?
#38 
Hive account@steemhunt - Steemhunt Delegates 15SP for All New Users Signed-up to Enhance its Onboarding Experience
#42 
Hive account@jackmiller - A USER PROFILE PAGE! - What Steemit.com NEEDS
#69 
Hive account@justyy - Steem Is Centralized?!
#72 
Hive account@ura-soul - Community Spirit? Engagement on Social Networks is 'King'. For Steem, This Means 'Proof of Brain' - Which is Currently Broken
#85 
Hive account@krnel - KURE Development Update 3 - Permissions and Communities You Joined
To keep up to date with more posts from witnesses follow 
Hive account@witnesspage ...
NEWS FROM KEY PLAYERS & INFLUENCERS
Hive account@gadrian - STEEM didn't get picked by Bittrex!
Hive account@gniksivart - Root Cause Analysis, Bid Bots, and OCDB
Hive account@imacryptorick - 6npay Are Founding a Steem Community & They Asked Me To Manage It
Hive account@inertia - Comparing Steem Engine to dstors and dlive
Hive account@jaynie - The RIPPLE growth of STEEM!
Hive account@jongolson - A Fool Proof Formula For Building A Personal Brand On STEEM
Hive account@penguinpablo - Weekly report: How much STEEM is stored on the exchanges? - February 7, 2019
Hive account@tarazkp - Immature gambling, but growing up fast
Hive account@tarazkp - When it's easy, anybody can do it
Hive account@tarazkp - "Losing 20%" : Low cost for high gain?
Hive account@taskmaster4450 - The Solution To What Ails Steem
Hive account@taskmaster4450 - Introducing Another Gaming Platform On Steem: Janken
Hive account@whatsup - Creation of a Worker Proposal System - SPS
NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
@InformationWar / 
Hive account@gregorypatrick - New Shows, New Features & New Hosts! The Decentralized News Is Growing - Join us in welcoming @MakinStuff
STEEM Food Tours / 
Hive account@jeffjagoe - STEEM Food Tours #48 - Submit a Restaurant Review for a Chance to Win STEEM!
Hive account@welcomewagon - Wanna race? Wanna win?
NEWS FROM EVENTS & MEETUPS
24 FEBRUARY 2019 - MALAYSIA, PENANG
Hive account@bitrocker2020 - Steem Sharing Bootcamp / The Settlements Co-Working Space in Penang
30 MARCH 2019 - USA, MINNEAPOLIS
Hive account@ddrfr33k - Let's plan another Minneapolis Meetup!
6 APRIL 2019 - UK, LEICESTER
Hive account@steemcampuk - Get Your Tickets For SteemCampUK 2
Hive account@steemcampuk / 
Hive account@shanibeer - SteemCampUK 2 - Growing an Audience of Smart Investors
17 - 19 MAY 2019 - SPAIN, BARCELONA
Hive account@dtube.forum - THE DTube FORUM HAS IT'S FIRST SUPER SPONSOR!
20 - 23 JUNE 2019 - USA, COLORADO
Hive account@thealliance - The 'BLOCK' Party!
1 - 5 DECEMBER 2019 - LIMA, PERU
Hive account@steemfiesta - SteemFIESTA 2019 - The First Five Days of DECEMBER - Summer in the South!
You can also view a full list of Steem Meetups & Events Calendar here...
NEWS FROM DAPPS, APPS & DEVS
Hive account@dpoll / Hive account@emrebeyler - Should dPoll offer tokens/points?
Hive account@janken - Introducing Janken | the new steem-based gaming platform
KURE / Hive account@krnel - KURE Development Update 3 - Permissions and Communities You Joined
Hive account@magicdice - Magic Dice v1.5 - Dividends payouts have started
Hive account@steem-bet - 7 Days Left before SteemBet Launch!
SteemConnect / 
Hive account@fabien - Major incoming changes on SteemConnect
Hive account@steemcasting - started on the idea of a schedule for the scheduler for steemcasting.com
Steem Engine / Hive account@aggroed - Introducing Steem-Engine.com (smart contracts and token creation on Steem)
Hive account@steemhunt - Steemhunt Delegates 15SP for All New Users Signed-up to Enhance its Onboarding Experience
Hive account@steempeak - SPAM FIGHTING OPTION: Following the Author Recommended IGNORE settings. (You choose)
SteemRewarding / 
Hive account@holger80 - Current state of steemrewarding.com
Hive account@vimm - Vimm University - An Introduction to Branding
If you want to check on progress of development on Steem, check out the GitHub here...
If you want to check on the current list of full API Nodes witness Hive account@holger80 provides this via 
Hive account@fullnodeupdate...
MEDIA COVERAGE OF STEEM & STEEMIT INC
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EXTERNAL STEEM DATA
This is #67 (7 Feb '19) of this daily news service.
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