We have one of the best blockchains out there and one of the best communities but...can we handle real mass adoption? Are people ready to enter the crypto world?

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It's been a while since the last time I saw a post sitting on the trending page without the use of bid bots. Well this happened today. And that's because @niallon11's gem describes with simplicity and precision what steem blockchain is all about.

There are so many advantages, possibilities and probabilities when it comes to steem. There are no limits actually,not even the sky as they say...but we already know that, right? Right.

The ones that don't know it, are the millions of people out there who are ignorant. And I ain't talking about big funds and investors or companies the size of GM. I am talking about the average person...the ordinary social media user who is wasting their time on crappy social media platforms...for nothing.

I know what you're gonna say..."we've all been there" and yes, this is true. So the question is how are we going to bring those millions of users to steem right? Before we get there let me ask you one simple question.

You really think that the average user is willing to get involved in the crypto sphere?

@niallon11 pointed this out really well:

For the majority of people when they hear crypto they hear the word bitcoin or to a lesser extent ethereum if they have looked a little closer. If I asked a thousand people in my city what they though of the STEEM blockchain I would be shocked if anybody knew what I was talking about. To be fair, if I asked 100,000 people in my city it would be interesting if anybody knew about what it is.
That is the stage that STEEM is at right now. People know about bitcoin because it has been on the news, it was the first mover in a new industry and therefore it is a household name.

I can tell you from personal experience that most people out there are either "afraid" of this new world, or they simply don't care and prefer to live their ordinary lives the way an ordinary person would do. Let's see some facts shall we?

According to numbers we are what? 40K daily active users? 30K? Let's say we are 10K. I am sure each and every one of us has mentioned steem to at least 5 people that are close to him (I've mentioned it to like 50) yet, how many people have you managed to persuade to join steem? To buy a few tokens maybe? To create an account and be active?

Don't get me wrong here. I want steem to become what it is destined to be. "The people's blockchain!" In fact I myself, have built my dreams upon steem.

Which raises another question. Hypothetically speaking, if for some reason 5 million new users were about to be registered tomorrow...how long would they have to wait if they were to be registered with the old fashioned way? Even the biggest apps which are creating new accounts on daily basis, how many new users can they onboard if we sum up all the new accounts that are waiting to be used since the HF 20?

Are we ready for real mass adoption?

I just feel that it will take longer than someone would expect...

Of course all these are completely irrelevant with the price of steem. I mean the whole steem market cap is valued at 151 million $ as we speak. This is nothing...A guy who lives a few miles from me has more money than the value of steem as a whole. And I am pretty sure there are thousands if not millions like him all over the world. What I mean is...all it takes is a huge whale or a big company to be willing to invest in steem and price will go up in no time.

As for the real mass adoption...we just have to be patient.

*All the above are my personal thoughts and nothing more. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.