Users accused of fraud Steemit

A number of community representatives accused the leadership Steemit that the project is a pyramid. The main argument in favor of this, according to users, is a possible re-enactment of the breaking of the social network in mid-July.
We will remind, in the night from 14 to 15 July, a decentralized social network Steemit was attacked by: hacked about 260 accounts and stolen a little less than $85 000 in tokens Steem and Steem Dollars.
This event has generated a lot of speculation about who was behind the attack. Some users even accused of this very administration of the network. One of the most authoritative representatives of this group is the staff of the publication bravenewcoin.com the Tone Weiss.
So, in the "cryptocurrencycollectorsclub" in the social network Facebook he left a message in which he said that he believes Steemit "Ponzi scheme" and is boycotting it.
One of the users of the network, hiding under the name keirhsmih, replied to this accusation detailed post, which gave 10 arguments in favor of the fact that Steemit cannot be considered fraudulent scheme.

1. In Steemit the money earned through the placement of content.
2. "Ponzi Scheme" includes investment funds, which then will be returned with profit, and here in the form of investment can only be considered the content posted by users.
3. It's open source. "Ponzi scheme" can not use the blockchain, where all in the mind.
4. "Ponzi Scheme" does not offer services in exchange for investment.
5. In Steemit voting system is purely voluntary and based on consensus of the users and not by developers.
6. Economic platform Steemit based on the fact that people want to vote for that point of view, which I think is right.
7. I can communicate directly with the people who vote for the content that I posted, priced in bitcoins. This enables you to attract more people to the world of cryptocurrency.
8. "Ponzi Scheme" uses marketing to attract new customers. In Steemit attracting new people doing the users themselves who want to see new authors.
9. I don't trust tweets, alleging that the article is part of a Scam.
10. and Steem Seem Dollars has a price that people are willing to pay regardless of, boycotting someone or not.
    The beta version of the platform Steemit was released in may of this year. Users of this social network can get rewarded in bitcoin for their publication.
    When you start Steemit its founders Daniel Larimer and Ned Scott explained that the network will be managed with blockchain and use your own cryptocurrency, which will be transferred to users as a reward for posts, comments, etc. the Fee to users is in a transitional currency Steem and Steem Power Dollar, which can be exchanged for US dollars.
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