Great questions, @meno! Let us take a stab at it:

1. Getting STEEM listed was as smooth as it can be, given the team’s overall transparency and great utility from the Steemit platform. Unfortunately, we cannot comment on how it was as compared to other projects, but just know that the Steemit team has a great thing going!
2. Think we will defer the question to STEEM’s team about the scalability and hardware requirements :)
3. No plans for launching a DEX at the moment. While we strongly believe in blockchain and cryptocurrencies paving the path for a new future of finance, we also work with local regulators to provide security and reliability for the users that trade on our platform.