The Steem News @ 23 October 2019

Steem ecoVillage takes root in Portugal.

Power Up with SPUD#7 and win prizes, help get STEEM on Binance US, and Blogging on the Block launches.

And there is news and discussion about the One Life Celebration in Germany, SteemPeak and the SPS, the APPICS bounty program, DLease, Ureka.org, Steem South Africa and Steem Philippines...

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1. Steem ecoVillage takes root in Portugal

Hive account@eco-alex's plan for a Steem ecoVillage has taken a major step forward.

The project has been donated 7 acres of land in Portugal by Hive account@orlev.

A ecoVillage coin, the ECO, has also been launched on Steem-Engine.com...

• Steem ecoVillage Update : Land Acquired in Portugal, Website Launch, ecoVillage Token is Live!

Hive account@orlev tells more about the project...

• Big news..

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2. Power Up with SPUD#7 and win prizes

Organiser Hive account@streetstyle has posted full details of the impressive list of prizes on offer for those taking part in the next Steem Power Up Day on 1 November.

SPUD#7 has been generously supported by Hive account@xpilar, Hive account@sultan-aceh, Hive account@davedickeyyall, Hive account@pennsif, Hive account@reflektor, Hive account@hingsten, Hive account@streetstyle, Hive account@tattoodjay, Hive account@improv, Hive account@steemit-nz, Hive account@bippe and Hive account@traciyork to amass a prize pool of over 11,000 SP...

• Reaching the Heights of Another SPUD Pinnacle - PRIZES & RULES for 11-01-19

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3. Help get STEEM on Binance US

Hive account@kingscrown is appealing to steemians to join him on Twitter in responding to @cz_binance's question asking which cryptocurrencies should be added to Binance US next - STEEM of course...

• Shill STEEM to CZ of Binance Legally and get it for US users to trade

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4. Blogging on the Block

Long time Steemian Hive account@paulag has launched a new website - Blogging on the Block.

The site is focused on helping bloggers and content creators bring their blog to the Steem blockchain...

• Blogging on the Block - Introduction post

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5. One Life Celebration - 11 January 2020

Steem music producer and MSP show host Hive account@d-vine has announced 'One Life Celebration' to celebrate her 45th birthday in January 2020.

This event taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany is a gathering of Steem musicians from around the world including Hive account@d-vine, Hive account@jeffleinwand, Hive account@onemedia, Hive account@edpriva, Hive account@elainefaye, Hive account@hilladigahackles, Hive account@dookiebrownflow, Hive account@fatherearth and Hive account@asonintrigue...

• Underground/ Indie/ Steemit Artist Gathering in "Die Stadtmitte", Karlsruhe, Germany!! „One Life Celebration“ - Inspired by „Blockchain Musicians“- D-VINE’s 45th & Martin’s 40th Birthday!

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6. New SteemPeak proposal to SPS

Popular Steem frontend Hive account@steempeak has submitted another proposal to the Steem Proposal System to fund ongoing development including a frontend for Communities, support for SMTs, guest accounts and a mobile application.

Their proposal is seeking 395 SBD per day for two years...

• The Always Up to Date Proposal to Support SteemPeak

Witness Hive account@emrebeyler has carried out an analysis of the voting on the SPS.

Of the current 33,000 currently active daily users, only around 1100 are voting on the SPS proposals at present...

• Analyzing proposals

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7. APPICS Bounty Program

APPICS founder Hive account@mrs.steemit has posted details of how APPICS tokens can be earnt in the new platform's bounty program...

• How To Earn Cryptocurrency Without Investing Money | APPICS Bounty Program

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8. DLease SteemPower leasing service

Hive account@dlease has posted a reminder of the SteemPower delegation leasing service it offers, currently with an average APR of at least 13%...

• It's time to lease some STEEM POWER!

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9. Ureka.org updates

Witness developer Hive account@ura-soul has announced a number of updates to his Ureka social network.

Ureka.org is a Steem powered hybrid social network focused on healing, balancing and evolving...

• Ureka.org - Steem Powered Hybrid Social Network Has a New Look! :)

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10. Steem South Africa takes off

Newly appointed Regional Leader for South Africa, Hive account@jaynie, has got off to a flying start with the setting up of a Hive account@steemsouthafrica account and Discord server...

• Proudly introducing STEEM SOUTH AFRICA!

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Hive account@chrisrice, another of the new Regional Leaders, reports on the 9th weekly meetup in Davao City in the Philippines...

• Steem Philippines | 9th Official Meetup in Davao City

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & Hive account@arcange ]

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

Steem price	US$ 0.126	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.614	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#83 (-2)	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
FCAS Score	807 (+2) / A / #19	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
No. of Whales	39 (+1)	21 Oct '19
No. of Orcas	358 (-2)	21 Oct '19
No. of Dolphins	2185 (+2)	21 Oct '19
No. of Minnows	9248 (+1)	21 Oct '19
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#10,757 (-153)	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	116,904 / day	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	303,951 / day	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
Alexa rank (steempeak.com)	#56,200 (-71)	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
Unique visitors (steempeak.com)	16,967 / day	24 Oct '19 2.35am UTC
Page views (steempeak.com)	95,016 / day	24 Oct '19 2.35am 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 @ 18 October 2019

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This is #211 (23 Oct '19) of this daily news service.

Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921.

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