@actifit Added Their Account Sign Up: The Apps Are Stepping Up

One of the changes made in Hard Fork 20 was the shift to Resource Credits. The idea behind this was to allow the applications/businesses to determine exactly what each activity cost on the blockchain. This would, in theory, allow for better planning as to what the costs would be run one's application.

Signing people up long is a problem on Steem. Before the Hard Fork, the basic way to get an account was through Steemit.com. The challenge with that is it was a couple week wait. Since the recent layoffs, this matter is only magnified with Steemit approving under 100 accounts a day. This is not going to lead to a high growth rate.

Hard Fork 20 did help to decentralize the sign up process. One of the activities that is assigned Resource Credits is account creation. Applications now have the ability to create accounts. Actually, anyone with enough Resource Credits can do it.

Another feature added is the ability to get accounts at a discounted rate. By "claiming" accounts, applications (and individuals) are able to use less lock in accounts before they need them. Those apps with larger delegations are finding they can claim thousands of different accounts. This should help the process move along quicker.

Thus far, we saw a couple applications implement this. A few others, like @steemhunt, are beta testing a sign up process. Out of these experiments, we are going to see different ideas emerge.

@actifit now added a sign up process to their site. They are creating their own model which they hope will attract users to onboard through that application.

The process being implemented by this application is seeking to solve two problems. First, is the sign up process. The second issue they are addressing is the getting away from the dependence upon SP as a business model. As we saw, that creates problems when the price of STEEM drops like it did.

Actifit is charging $10 in Steem for an account. Those who sign up through this process get a lot more than an account:

• A Steem account which can be used for any application that is on the Steem blockchain.

• The equivalent of $10 in AFIT tokens (right now 158.70 AFIT)

• 10 SP delegated to the account for the first month.

• A daily upvote which earns both STEEM and AFIT based upon the activity levels reached.

• An instant 3% User Rank. Under the Actifit system, a higher User Rank increases the amount of upvote received, thus increase the STEEM and AFIT rewards paid on the post.

https://actifit.io/signup

There is also a way to get compensated for referring people to the Actifit program.

The referral link is as follows: https://actifit.io/signup?referrer=mcfarhat with your username in place of mcfarhat.

The referral system is another avenue to get more tokens into the hands of those who are supporting the system. It also enables those who want to grow their holdings yet do not have the financial resources to invest.

This is what we are going to see going forward. The applications are taking on a bigger role and greater importance on the Steem blockchain. Yesterday, I wrote about how the most important thing we can do in 2019 is to help people understand that Steemit is not Steem. @actifit is a prime example of how true that it. This application is not a part of Steemit yet it is of Steem.

If this sign up process is successful, look for other applications to implement it. That is what is wonderful about the world of blockchain. A great idea can be passed throughout the entire ecosystem.

2019 is going to be a great year on the Steem blockchain.

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