State of the Sndbox is a weekly newsletter authored by @luvabi - providing the latest in Sndbox activities, challenges, projects, and resources for creative empowerment of the Steemit community. To get up-to-date on all of our development throughout the week, be sure to follow our feed @sndbox.

This Week in the Sndbox

Welcome to the 64th State of the Sndbox newsletter. This past week our team was in Poland for an epic weeklong STEEMFEST³! We'll share more about our presentation at SF later today and some takeaways / looking forward teasers for @sndbox + @creativecrypto. We had a blast connecting with new and familiar faces in Kraków and ready for rubber to meet the road in 2019.

While we were in Poland, there was a lot kicking off back home in NYC. Our magazine was a media partner for Brooklyn Tech Week! We also closed out second week of our #cryptodots challenge, and got to know more about the Props blockchain team and the team behind it for a feature in the Creative Crypto magazine. Last but not the least, gave you another dose of our weekly collaborations from within the Sndbox incubator.

More on our STEEMFEST trip coming later this week. In the mean time, here are some links to our presentations, below:

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Click below to watch our presentation!

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Panel with @steempress + @cryptoctopus

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Brooklyn Tech Week Spotlight

This past week, @sndbox and The Creative Crypto partnered with Brooklyn Tech Week in a 4 day conference covering topics about the crypto industry, and the innovative real world applications of blockchain technology. Boasting an impressive lineup, the event creators share with us the motivating factors behind the Brooklyn Tech week and the crucial role the tech industry plays in the emergence of blockchain technology in driving social mobility and in engaging diverse communities.

Event details and keynote speakers include leaders and innovators of the crypto industry. For more information, check out the full post here.

The People of Props

We talked to the Founder and CEO of the Props Project, Adi Sideman and the Props team, namely Connor Wade, Kevin Lee, Julia Johns, and Jake Branzburg. Having interacted with their work and DApps Portfolio, we now put a spotlight on the amazing people working behind the scenes to pave the path to a decentralized future. Read this interview from @creativecrypto to get to know the Props team and the Props Project that is changing the blockchain industry and the business model of today's social media platforms.

Read more about this amazing project and team here.

Discover + Curate + Explore

article-topic	author
cryptocollab	By @michaelcj. Read more, click here.
	Shaku Shaku, Nigeria's top trending dance style, takes to steemit with a mix of music, dance and performance. This collaboration between of @djlethalskillz's beats with @michaelcj's voice recording gives us music fit for the sensational style of Shaku Shaku.
community	By @danieldoughty. Read more, click here.
	@bitrocker2020 and @danieldoughty began forming the community goals, collective mission and the resouce building initiatives of the SteemXP community with amazing progress. Read the post for their community updates and initiatives.
art	By @kiwifi. Read more, click here.
	Mr. Sunshine, the historical South Korean drama making waves on Netflix, becomes a blockchain collaboration through a fan art poster by @kiwifi and @cheongpyeongyull.
animals	By @jamieinthedark. Read more, click here.
	Feline lovers need to read this collaboration about the care and respect given to cats that desperately need a home. Steemit earnings fund the care of these cats and help teach kids how to treat these animals that need our love and respect.
cryptocollab	By @dedicatedguy. Read more, click here.
	Now on its second chapter, this SciFi story is a mix of mystery, AI, and a futuristic setting where robots are a staple of every household. Will the mystery be solved in the next chapters? Click to see how the story unfolds.
art	By @adelepazani. Read more, click here.
	This collaboration is a colorful, family-friendly marketing campaign for artists to immerse themselves in this unique online community called Steemit.

Recent Reminders + Announcements

Crypto Connect the Dots Challenge - Week 2 & 3

We start our week with a question designed to challenge and explore new ways of engaging the Steem blockchain.

Last week, we had another exciting round of the #cryptodots challenge. We asked you to draw your favorite cryptocurrency logo by following a dot grid pattern to form your artwork. Let's see who got creative with their crypto. Are you up for putting your dot connecting skills to the test?

Check out the full post to see the 2nd week's challenge creations from @thillustrator, @kiwifi, @mvielma26, @aaronhong, @kingyus, @designkoi, @crittercrats, @slientstorm, and @heroldius, here.

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