The Steem News @ 20 November 2019

Splinterlands announces partnership with WAX/OPSkins.

Steem2020 Contest Winners revealed, Steem Canna Fest 2 date confirmed, and Road of Rich adds Cosmic Online.

And there is news and discussion about Powerup Statistics, SBD Potato Day, NextColony, Poll Proposals, Typeearn, and Steemhouse Publishing...

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1. Splinterlands Announces Partnership with WAX/OPSkins

Hive account@steemmonsters has announced a partnership with the WAX/OPSkins Digital Asset Platform.

WAX is a cutting-edge blockchain platform and cryptocurrency token which is highly focused on the field of digital assets and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
The WAX blockchain was created by the same people behind the OPSkins platform, which is one of the top sites in the world for buying and selling digital assets.
OPSkins has 3000+ daily active users and over 1M registered users...

• Splinterlands Announces Partnership with the WAX/OPSkins Digital Asset Platform

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2. Steem2020 Contest Winners

The winners have been announced in the Steem2020 contest that was sponsored by Hive account@theycallmedan, Hive account@starkerz, Hive account@yabapmatt and Hive account@good-karma with a prize pool of over 1500 STEEM.

First prize went to Hive account@intrepidsurfer, second to Hive account@rollie1212 and third to Hive account@knowhow92...

• Steem2020 contest - congratulations to the winners...

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3. Steem Canna Fest 2 - 20 June 2020

Hive account@canna-curate has posted details about Steem Canna Fest 2 that will be taking place in Portland, Oregon next June...

• Steem Canna Fest 2 - June 20th, 2020. 5:30pm

Cannabis farming game Hive account@hashkings has announced The Twenty One Thousand Club...

• The Twenty One Thousand Club

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4. Road of Rich adds Cosmic Online

Hive account@roadofrich has begun building out its gaming universe with the announcement that it is planning a remake of the SF simulation MMORPG game Cosmic Online...

• Road of Rich UNIVERSE Begins. Cosmic Online Remake Confirmation. Added New Blockchain Game!

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5. Powerup Statistics

Hive account@exyle has posted the latest of his regular compilations of the stats for powerups and powerdowns.

Over the past couple of weeks the amount of Steempower and SBD has remained the same, and liquid STEEM has increased by 1.3 million...

• Powerup Statistics #25 - Nov 6th - Nov 19th

Hive account@exyle has also posted an interesting examination of the economic incentives to hold Steem Power...

• What are the Economic incentives to buy and hold large amounts of Steem Power?

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6. SBD Potato Day keeps growing

Top 20 witness Hive account@thecryptodrive has published an update on the positive progress of his SBD Potato Day project to help restore the Steem Dollar Peg...

• SBD Potato Day 5: The harvest crop is growing!

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7. NextColony Base changes

Hive account@nextcolony has released an update which enhances the utility of the Base...

• Base now limits the number of missions on a planet level

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8. A Standard for Poll Proposals

Hive account@inertia has put forward a suggestion that a community standard should be adopted for 'Poll Proposals' submitted to the SPS...

• Poll Proposals

This follows on from Hive account@thecryptodrive's current proposal advocating the reduction of the powerdown period from 13 to 4 weeks...

• HF Proposal: Vote to Reduce Power Down Period to 4 Weeks

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9. Typeearn has more Fastest Fingers

Typing skills app Typeearn has posted about some upcoming updates and another Fastest Finger contest...

• Typeearn News: Upcoming updates, Fastest finger contest, Dose and Tips

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10. Steemhouse Publishing Directors Meeting

Hive account@steemhousepub has published a report of its recent Directors meeting that included discussion of their upcoming release of a second novel...

• Steemhouse Directors Meeting 11/17/19

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & Hive account@arcange ]

(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)

Steem price	US$ 0.137	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.668	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#86 (n/c)	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC
FCAS Score	797 (-3) / A / #23	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC
No. of Whales	39 (n/c)	19 Nov '19
No. of Orcas	357 (-1)	19 Nov '19
No. of Dolphins	2186 (n/c)	19 Nov '19
No. of Minnows	9291 (-2)	19 Nov '19
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#14,384 (-237)	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	240,421 / day	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	601,053 / day	20 Nov '19 10.48pm UTC

Follow Hive account@penguinpablo, Hive account@steem-data & Hive account@eforucom for more statistics.

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Visit the Steem Meetups & Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...

• Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 14 November 2019

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This is #230 (20 Nov '19) of this daily news service.

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[ graphics by Hive account@pennsif & Splinterlands ]