The Steem News @ 21 January 2020 - including Diary Dates, Community Watch & Contest of the Day
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Splinterlands has a new release coming and OpenSeed are on a mission.
There is also news and updates about Steemleo and LeoDex, Tavern Games, SPUD X, and a Non Violent Communication course on Steem.
And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, another Featured Contest and the new Community Watch section...
1. Splinterlands changes coming on 28 January
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@splinterlands have announced a forthcoming new release with a number of changes particularly around Tournaments and Potions.
The game will go offline on Tuesday 28 January, 3pm UTC, for a short period during the release...
Following the shut down of TronWatch Market, Splinterlands have now got DEC tokens listed on another Tron-based exchange. Trading of DEC against TRX will begin on TronTrade.io on 22 January...
2. OpenSeed aims to build a Socially Aware Internet
Founders @andrarchy, @bflanagin and @brklyn8900 have posted an update on their plans for the @openseed project.
They are on a mission "to build a more socially aware internet".
Instead of starting from the point of posting everything publicly and working backwards in an attempt to add features Steem is not built to deliver, OpenSeed starts from the basis of one simple concept; the private message, and then builds every other feature on top of that....
@midlet has put forward the idea of a Digital Marketplace on Steem. He suggests that this might be a suitable application for OpenSeed to add their tool box...
3. Steemleo launches LeoDex v3
@steemleo has now launched version 3 of the LeoDex exchange with a number of new features including a new Tokens page, Market page changes with Candlestick Charts, a new Services page and a new Leoswap page...
Steemleo founder @khaleelkazi gives more details...
4. Tavern Games lays out its plans for 2020
New gaming platform @taverngames has posted its plans for the coming year including an alliance with @project.hope, and a new game The Blind Rune...
5. SPUD X coming up on 1 February
Founder @streetstyle and sponsor @xpilar have posted updates on the forthcoming Steem Power Up Day, SPUD X, on 1 February.
There will be over 16,500 in Steem Power delegation prizes from a number of sponsors including @davedickeyyall, @sultan-aceh, @reflektor, @hingsten, @mcoinz79, @bippe, @improv as well as @streetstyle and @xpilar ...
6. Non Violent Communication course on Steem
@eco-alex has posted the first workshop of his Non Violent Communication (NVC) course on Steem...
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their last meeting attended by @shadowspub, @phage93,@alexvan, @guiltyparties, @snook and @inthenow...
Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 22 January.
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2329 SBD.
There are now six proposals receiving funding from @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @howo (SMT testing), @thecryptodrive again (SBD Potato Top Up) and @anyx (API infrastructure).
These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 696 SBD per day.
The SteemOnboarding proposal from @anomadsoul and @coruscate briefly moved into the funding zone but has subsequently dropped out.
@thealliance / @dreemsteem / @guiltyparties / @enginewitty have submitted a proposal to the SPS for assistance with funding for the BLOCK Party they are organising in the USA in June...
@dalz has carried out some analysis of the performance of the Steem.DAO / SPS so far...
Community Watch
@gadrian has set up the Steem Help Community - A community where to ask and offer help related to Steem (Q&A, guides, tutorials, etc)...
As part of that community @steemhelp-qa has posted this...
You can keep an eye on new Hivemind Communities being launched in the Community Announce Community...
Contest of the Day
Art Explosion Mythology Contest
Create some art on the theme of Mythology. STEEM, PAL and CCC tokens to be won. Organised by @juliakponsford...
Dates for your Diary...
Wednesday 22 January - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup
Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by @chrisrice and @steem-ph...
Friday 24 January - Steem Workshop, Stuttgart
@detlev is running a workshop about Steem for the Blockchain Institute in Stuttgart. The session will include the live creation of 20 new Steemians...
Thursday 30 January - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup
Organised by @mattclarke, 6pm local time at The Jade Monkey, Flinders Street, Central Business District, Adelaide.
Saturday 1 February - SPUD#10
The tenth monthly Steem Power Up Day organised by @streetstyle is coming up...
Friday 7 February - Steem Meetup Aachen #8
Organised by @detlev...
Saturday 25 April - SteemCampUK #3
Organised by @shanibeer and @lloyddavis in Leicester...
Tuesday 23 June - Sunday 28 June - The BLOCK Party, USA
The second annual BLOCK Party being organised by @enginewitty, @bluefinstudios and @dreemsteem...
Friday 26 June - Sunday 28 June - JAHMFest2020, Jamaica
Organised by @donald.porter and the @ReggaeSteem team...
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]
Steem price | US$ 0.168 | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
CoinMarketCap Ranking | #75 | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
FCAS Score | 729 / B | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
SBD price | US$ 0.751 | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
No. of Whales | 36 | 20 Jan '20 |
No. of Orcas | 373 | 20 Jan '20 |
No. of Dolphins | 2206 | 20 Jan '20 |
No. of Minnows | 9297 | 20 Jan '20 |
Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #14,182 | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 235,885 / day | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
Page views (steemit.com) | 566,124 / day | 21 Jan '20 7.52pm UTC |
Follow @penguinpablo & @steem-data for more statistics.
This is #237 (21 Jan '20) of this daily news service.
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Hi @pennsif
Thanks for posting news, it is easier to find the news when they are collected on your blog
Glad you find it useful.
That was a lot of news to digest. Exciting days my friend!
Lots more going on than I anticipated. I thought there might only be enough news for a weekly edition...
Thanks for the mention @pennsif! And thanks for doing again the Steem News!
You are welcome. Hope the Steem Help Community goes well.