Steemit is the killer app that all other cryptocurrencies have been looking for (even bitcoin). It immediately gives value to STEEM in a way the normal person can understand.
Plus they don't have to go through the sometimes ridiculous barriers that an ordinary person would encounter trying to get hold of Bitcoin or even worse another altcoin.
They can make an account on Steemit in minutes. It works just like so many other platforms they already know.
They make their first post, curate or comment and then BAM - they get payed and they have their first cryptocurrency.
They don't even need to know what a blockchain is or how cryptocurrencies work.
They just need to be able to blog, comment, vote or use a social network - all skills 99.9% of the population has.
If they later get curious about how it all works then they can delve deeper.
That is the genius of what 
Hell if I'm honest I think it could be bigger than Facebook, Youtube, Medium, Reddit and Twitter combined because here you get payed for your content instead of having your information mined and your money taken away by a third party.
This is the future and I'm glad I'm here early. We might one day be telling our grandchildren - "I remember the early days of Steemit before they were one of the biggest companies in the world."
Good to have you here mate and so nice to see you get it:)
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