Steemit is not the vehicle for mass adoption. The killer dApp may be blockchain-powered, even Steem powered, but the end user will have no idea the blockchain is there, or very minimal understanding. Steemit is a social experiment to show proof that Steem’s freemium infrastructure can work at scale.

Steem thrives due to high development velocity, and healthy ecosystem of applications (Steemit is only one app). Steemmonsters and Actifit use the same infrastructure as Steemit, for examples — there are several more. These apps are being used daily by hundreds of Steemians. For reference Steemit sees ~50,000 daily active users.

Steemit is not the future. Steem is the future. Steem (Blockchain) != Steemit (dApp). This is a common misunderstanding.