Amidst the turmoil on the markets, it's gone rather quiet on the Steem / Tron front.
The top 20 witnesses remain locked in a 50/50 standoff, and there are no public meetings in the diary.
But there's still plenty going on around Steem and today's Steem News has updates about Steem-Engine Explorer, SteemCity, RORGAME, DLike, Sonic Groove Live, SteemKnights, DBLOG, 
1. Steem & Tron - the latest
There has been little movement in the Steem / Tron debate today.
On the witness front although have been a few 'big vote' changes the stalemate in the Top 20 continues.
With the loss of the 
It's now a straight 50/50 split in the top 20. The 'original' Steem witnesses now hold #1 - #9 through respectively 
The other 10 places in the top 20 are being held by the Tron backed witnesses.
Neither side has the required super-majority of 17 to push through a hard fork...
The moderator of yesterday's 4 way meeting proposed by the Korean community, 
It is understood various discussions are ongoing between various parties, but it seems no further public meetings are scheduled at present.
Steem News has been informed that Justin Sun is not planning at present to do another Town Hall meeting this Friday evening.
2. Steem-Engine Explorer
Developer 
SE Explorer is an opensource Steem-Engine sidechain explorer that runs on your browser on top of Steem-Engine API...
3. SteemCity updates
Developer 
SPinvest has announced that it is joining SteemCity...
4. RORGAME gains 5,000 subscribers
They are also planning to provide RORGAME listing services for Steem-Engine-based tokens...
5. DLike's DLIKE Giveaway
They are also running a 100,000 DLIKE Giveaway at present for anyone sharing posts on DLike...
6. Sonic Groove Live back up and running
After a brief interlude the weekly music contest 
7. SteemKnights Developments
8. Second Airdrop for DBLOG
9. launches new witness
Developer
10. The Greens seeks volunteers
The Cameroon environmental organisation 
They can offer health insurance and a monthly stipend...
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2754 SBD.
There are now 10 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - 
These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 1335 SBD per day from the SPS...
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Foundation has put forward a proposed roadmap to help move Steem forward...
The Foundation would like to provide space and a forum for a committee comprised of consensus witnesses, larger stakeholders and representatives of the non-English language communities who often feel unheard.
This committee would be encouraged to discuss and reach understanding on how issues on the blockchain impact them and the challenges faced in implementing suggested solutions. It’s through mutual communication and willingness to listen that we will build a strong and sustainable Steem we all love....
The Steem Alliance Community Foundation 
Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 18 March 2020.
Community Watch
There are still communities being set up. Here is a new one that caught my eye today...
- Steem Kids managed by
And the Build-It Community is now getting well established with over 50 subscribers already...
- Build-It managed by
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Contest of the Day
Star Wars Stopmotion Contest
Create an original 1 minute stop-motion movie about Star Wars. 42 STEEM to be won. Organised by 
For a list of all the current contests on Steem check out this new list from 
If you know of any current contests missing from the list leave a comment for
Dates for your Diary...
For a full list of Steem Meetups and Events...
If you are organising a Steem event or meetup check out the new funding support program from Fundition...
Wednesday 18 March - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup
Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by 
Thursday 26 March - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup
Organised by 
Saturday 25 April - SteemCampUK #3
Organised by 
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 May - DTube Forum 2020
Organised by 
Saturday 20 June - Steem Canna Fest 2
Organised by 
Tuesday 23 June - Sunday 28 June - The BLOCK Party, USA
The second annual BLOCK Party being organised by 
Friday 26 June - Sunday 28 June - JAHMFest2020, Jamaica
Organised by 
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & 
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| Steem price | US$ 0.107 | 13 Mar '20 1.52am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #67 | 13 Mar '20 1.52am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 762 / A | 13 Mar '20 1.52am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.580 | 13 Mar '20 1.52am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 45 | 11 Mar '20 |
| No. of Orcas | 368 | 11 Mar '20 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2221 | 11 Mar '20 |
| No. of Minnows | 9341 | 11 Mar '20 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #15,626 | 12 Mar '20 9.45pm UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 199,595 / day | 12 Mar '20 9.45pm UTC |
| Page views (steemit.com) | 479,028 / day | 12 Mar '20 9.45pm UTC |
This is #283 (12 Mar '20) of this daily news service.