There has been a little more information today about the Tron / Steemit Inc partnership from another interview with Head of Communications 
Also in this edition there is news and updates about Steem-Engine becoming registered as a Money Transmitter, Splinterlands heading to NFT.NYC, OpenSeed, and IBT Survival Island.
And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, and another Featured Contest.
1. The Tron / Steem Partnership
The Steemit Inc team are still in discussions with 
During the discussions on the show Andrew added a few further points of information...
- TRON has around 500 employees
- The Steemit Inc team are working together with Justin Sun and his team to develop a roadmap for the partnership between the two companies. Justin has said the process will be a collaborative effort and no hard decisions have yet been made.
- What some people imagine Justin Sun is saying isn't really possible - because of the technical differences between the two chains it would not be possible to absorb Steem into the Tron blockchain.
- By connecting Steem and Tron through cross-chain atomic swaps we would get the best of both worlds...
Andrew also confirmed that the free account creations on Steem are now happening in often as little as 10 minutes, but commonly around 2 hours.
In the second half of the show
The number of community posts about the Tron / Steem partnership is beginning to subside a little now, but there were still some of interest including...
Steem - Tron Partnership Removes at least 3 Anchors from STEEM's Price
Steempress pledge to support Steem's vision, development and minnow support
And there were a few more articles in the crypto press...
TokenPost - Blockchain social media platform Steemit to migrate to TRON network
Cult.Today - New version of Steemit this week. No sudden token swap: Justin Sun
Bitcoin.com - Steemit for Sale: Popular Crypto Blogging Platform Sold to Tron, Community Reacts
And in other news...
2. Steem-Engine now registered as a Money Transmitter
In the legal code of the United States, a money transmitter or money transfer service is a business entity that provides money transfer services or payment instruments. Money Transmitters in the US are part of a larger group of entities called money service businesses or MSBs.
This means that...
Steem-Engine can accept USD for payment for crypto and NFTs. This allows us a number of options. We can facilitate you buying off the market with USD. We can have our own dollar backed stable coin that trades on steem-engine similar in purpose to tether. We can offer trading pairs that are between the stable currency that's redeemable in dollars and any listed token or pegged token that lives on the exchange. We can legally launch convertible virtual currencies....
3. Splinterlands heading to NFT.NYC
4. OpenSeed Development Update
Developer 
4. IBT Survival Island - Test Demo2 complete
Test Demo2 of the 
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2597 SBD.
There are now 8 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - 
These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 797 SBD per day from the SPS...
One of the organisers of this summer's BLOCK Party 
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Alliance Community Foundation 
Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 19 February 2020.
The Steem Foundation is holding a Marketing Forum to discuss its new website...
Community Watch
Steempeak has made a post introducing the 'Community Cross Posting' feature for the new beta communities version that is now available for use...
Contest of the Day
Portrait Contest
Take a portrait photograph. 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...
Wednesday 19 February - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup
Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by 
Sunday 23 February - Steem Foundation Marketing Forum
Hosted by
Tuesday 25 February - The Steeming Pile, Vimm.TV
The recording of the last edition of 'The Steeming Pile' is now available...
Thursday 27 February - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup
Organised by 
Friday 6 March - SoCal Steem Meetup
For Steemians in Southern California. 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 & 
]
| Steem price | US$ 0.237 | 19 Feb '20 6.11am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #75 | 19 Feb '20 6.11am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 754 / A | 19 Feb '20 6.11am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.912 | 19 Feb '20 6.11am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 37 | 17 Feb '20 |
| No. of Orcas | 366 | 17 Feb '20 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2228 | 17 Feb '20 |
| No. of Minnows | 9300 | 17 Feb '20 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #14,580 | 19 Feb '20 3.52am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 222,276 / day | 19 Feb '20 3.52am UTC |
| Page views (steemit.com) | 511,235 / day | 19 Feb '20 3.52am UTC |
This is #262 (18 Feb '20) of this daily news service.