STEEM is monern money - Merry Christmas to you and happy bitrhday to me

Blessed be the whales who powered down this year. Your generosity did not go unnoticed. As long as whales continue to distribute their holdings, more fish will enter the sea, for this is the number 1 concern of those in search of a better store of value.

Regardless of its fiat price, STEEM is many things:

modern money (labor backed currency)
public utility (free transfer of value)
censorship resistant global community bulletin board
judge, jury, and executioner of financial contracts
community consensus mechanism

Eternal reflections are easy to see once you've seen them:

https://steemit.com/freedom/@craig-grant/i-know-what-happens-after-you

But if you haven't seen them yet, here is an ELI5 of a parable:

Greed (wanting more for you) and jealousy (wanting some else's) are twins. Do not be fooled by what motivates you!

Remember when DNA analysis freed all those so called "criminals"

Blockchain analysis can provide legal evidence that is so indisputable, that neither judge nor jury is required to even hear the case. Courts are bypassed completely, with law administered automatically in the form of a smart contract. Blockchain tech will change the legal landscape more than forensic science.

Blessed and followed are all who attempted to get to know me this year. You will be followed and rewarded. STEEM is not only a fun blockchain toy, but a powerful tool as well. What are you going to do with your new toy?