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I was rushing, apologies. Utopian.io’s interface allows more flexible expression of json metadata than Steemit ß (you can see this blockchain-tethered information when you go to Steemd and view an account; there’s a box with all of that information, including your profile picture URL). That’s what I’m assuming, at least. I was wondering aloud re: what exactly makes this little thing/task—one which seems so simple (posting an animated gif as your avatar on this particular website on the steem blockchain)—actually so hard, if it is possible. I figure the answer is somewhere in the layers between the interfaces and the blockchain itself.

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