@oaldamster I'm a techie as well, yet a crypto enthusiast for just a month or so. (You can't be an innovator on everything at once, can you? I'm in the game now though! ;-) ).
Could you explain to me - in technical terms if possible - or point me towards an in-depth piece of content, HOW steemit is so much more able to process high transaction volumes as compared to BTC's current implementation? I really want to get into the nitty-gritty tech aspects of crypto to understand which assets are and which are not valuable from a technical perspective (hence anticipating on future values of individual crypto assets).