The Steem News @ 24 August 2019

Top witnesses Hive account@aggroed and Hive account@yabapmatt challenge bidbot owners to clean up their act after HF21.

OCD co-witness Hive account@acidyo calls on the community to vote STEEM on to the ATAIX exchange.

SPUD5 is coming up on 1 September.

There is also news from OneLoveIPFS, Dporn, SteemPower Investments, the Comment Coin Project, InformationWar, new witness Hive account@untersatz and PhotoStreem.

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1. Bidbots must change after Hardfork 21

Top 20 witness, Steem-Engine co-founder and co-owner of steembottracker Hive account@aggroed has put out a call to bidbot owners to tighten up their standards for what they will vote on.

While some bidbots already have standards and guidelines in place for what posts they will accept, others do not. Those 'bad actors' must stop bidbotting poor quality 'shitposts' as this is damaging the blockchain.

The era of supporting literally anything and everything stops on Tuesday.

If it doesn't stop I plan to run an aggressive campaign against your business, against your delegators, and will try to get Steem delegated to your project moved to a more responsible one.

• Dear Bidbots: Thoughts after the hardfork

Fellow top witness and co-owner of steembottracker Hive account@yabapmatt has joined the call for bidbots to clean up their act...

after HF21, Hive account@aggroed and I will be expecting all of the vote selling services listed on the Steem Bot Tracker website to use both their upvote and downvote power responsibly and in a way that furthers the goals of the hard fork changes and the #newsteem movement.

• Steem Bot Tracker - Doing Our Part for #newsteem

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2. Vote to get STEEM on the ATAIX exchange

OCD co-witness Hive account@acidyo has spotted a vote taking place on the ATAIX trading platform and exchange to select a new alt-coin to list on their exchange.

Hop over to ATAIX and vote for STEEM...

• Ya'll ready for another Steem voting victory?

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3. SPUD5 takes places on 1 September - over 9000 SP in prizes

The fifth Steem Power Up Day, organised by Hive account@streetstyle, takes place on 1 September.

There is over 9000 SP available as prizes to encourage powering up...

• SPUD5 PRIZES UPDATE - 20 PRIZES Now Up For Grabs - [steem] [community]

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4. OneLoveIPFS introduces referral system

IPFS Uploader and BackUp Service Hive account@onelovedtube has introduced a referral system for directing new users to their IPFS hosting service...

• Introducing OneLoveIPFS referral system

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5. Dporn continues to expand onboarding operations

Hive account@dporn is continuing to expand its onboarding program.

They are also now working with Hive account@showtime-x to develop more contests and outreach outside Steem...

• Verification List Growing + Onboarding

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6. SteemPower Investment Club announced

SteemPower Investments Hive account@spinvest has released details of the SteemPower Investment Club and its Official Partnership Agreement...

• SteemPower Investments Official Partnership Agreement and the formation of the SteemPower Investment Club

The Partnership agreement confirmation template is here...

• SteemPower Investment Club - Partnership agreement confirmation template

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7. The Comment Coin Project has launched

Project manager Hive account@alucian has posted details about the new Comment Coin Project set up to encourage more commenting...

• The Comment Coin Project. For more Comments on the Steem. (ENG,GER,SPA,RU,FR)

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8. InformationWar needs more video creators

Hive account@truthforce is calling for more video creators to join him and Hive account@chieppa1 to help produce more videos for the DecentralizedTruth Hive account@informationwar project...

• We need more video creators! Become part of the InformationWar team!

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9. New witness Hive account@untersatz gets its first block

The new Hive account@untersatz witness run by Hive account@organduo and Hive account@contrabourdon has now received its first producer reward.

The witness supports the community with regular contests such as the Easy SBI Contest, the Pinky and Spiky Drawing Contest and the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest. It also donates STEEM for Hive account@deemarshall's creative contests.

• Our @untersatz witness received the first producer reward!

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10. PhotoStreem tribe announces curators

The new PhotoStreem tribe has announced its curators - Hive account@axeman, Hive account@derangedvisions, Hive account@cafeconleche, Hive account@lightcapture, Hive account@jznsamuel, @Brumest, @Jasonrussell and Hive account@nelyp...

• The PhotoStreem tribe officially introduces its curators

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & Hive account@arcange ]

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

Steem price	US$ 0.190	25 Aug '19 0.23am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.848	25 Aug '19 0.23am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#78 (+3)	25 Aug '19 0.23am UTC
FCAS Score	810 (-1) / A / #18	25 Aug '19 0.23am UTC
No. of Whales	36 (n/c )	23 Aug '19
No. of Orcas	336 (+3)	23 Aug '19
No. of Dolphins	2098 (+7)	23 Aug '19
No. of Minnows	9323 (-21)	23 Aug '19
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#5,661 (-50)	25 Aug '19 0.23am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	237,541 / day	25 Aug '19 0.23am 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 @ 22 August 2019

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This is #159 (24 Aug '19) of this daily news service.

Please note - before the break in publishing the last edition of The Steem News was #153 which was published on 6 May 2019.

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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