Achievement 5 Task 2 by @culzee : Review Steemscan.com

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It's great to have come this far with my Achievement tasks.

I am very happy for this level of progress. I give God the glory.

Learning how to convert steem into other cryptocurrencies is an exciting experience for me.

I have studied Steemscan.com and I am be proud to share my knowledge.

Before answering the assignment questions, let me first and foremost define Steemscan.

What is Steemscan?
Steemscan is an exchange tool developed and built on the steem block-chain by @futureshock and @roadofrich for the purpose of converting steem into other cryptocurrencies such as USDT, BTC, TRX.

Now, the assignment questions.

Question 1

Please explain the current Steem price and volumes on date of submission of this review?

The above screenshot explains the current Steem Price today, 1st June 2021.
The current Steem price is $0.54 and the Steem Volume is as shown in the screenshot below.

Question 2

Please explain What all information is shown under latest transactions and latest blocks section?

Below the chats, you will see "Latest Transactions"

The Latest Transactions section: This is where you see the latest transactions happening on the steem block-chain. This transactions include Voting, comments, claim reward, transfer etc.

Latest Blocks section:

This is where you find information on the latest block transactions happening on the steem block-chain.
To access this feature, click on the latest blocks and it will bring out all the information you need on the latest block transactions

Question 3

Please explain What all information is shown under Witnesses section and steps to vote a Witness?

When you log on to www.Steemscan.com, the first page you see is the Home page.

Click on the menu, it will take you to another page that contains the features/tools that you will need to perform actions in Steemscan.com. These features include:
Witnesses// DApps//Dev Tools//Quick Convert//Search//Steem Engine

To access all information under Witnesses section, click on the Witnesses button.

It will take you to the page where you will see all information about witnesses. Below screenshot explains all information in the witnesses section.

Steps to vote a Witness

To vote a witness,

• click on witness feature button (as shown above), you will see long list of the different witnesses with their information.
  
• Look for the witness you wish to vote
• Then click on "Vote" button of the witness you want to vote
  
• Click on "continue"
  
• Type in your steem username and your private posting key
• Click on ''Get Started''
  
• Click on "Approve".
  

Question 4

Please explain What is DApps and mention 3 DApps which you have already used or may use in future as per your interest?

*** What is DApps?***
DApps are Decentralized applications.
According to https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/decentralized-applications-dapps.asp
Decentralized applications are digital applications or programs that exist and run on a blockchain or P2P network of computers instead of a single computer, and are outside the purview and control of a single authority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_application defines a decentralized application as a computer application that runs on a distributed computing system.

The DApps I have already used and the ones I would like to use in future.
I am using Steemit and I wish to use Dtube, Steemyy.

Question 5

Please explain How to use "Quick Convert" and what is the fee charged for different Steem amount for withdrawal?

To use Quick Convert feature, follow these steps:

• Click on menu as already shown on the screenshot above

• Click on "Quick Convert" on the features bar
  

• Type is the amount of steem you wish to convert.
  

• Choose a currency you wish to convert your crypto.
  Eg.USDT, BTC or TRX

If you are converting smaller amount of steem, it is advisable you choose TRX because its cheaper. USDT and BTC are better when you want to convert bigger amount of steem.

• Type your withdrawal address
• Click on create order.
  
• And enter your key

Before converting steem to USDT, BTC or TRX is advisable you first of all check their fees because their fee are not the same. Their fee charges as at the time of writing this post are as follows:

USDT : 1.10457816
BTC : 0.00050289
TRX : 1.33200423

Question 6

Please explain what information is provided by the "Search" feature?

The search feature is designed to help users find and locate information they need on the steem block-chain without stress.

To search for any information, you can simply type in the information you are looking for on the search field and click the "Search" button.

Conclusion

It's worthwhile spending quality time to learn and to write this post. I am grateful to the following people:
@yohan2on
@ngoenyi
@tarpan
@sapwood
may the almighty God bless you richly.