The Steem News @ 3 June 2024 : Newcomers' Certification...

A new Newcomers' Certification system is being launched.

Steem Debates has now moved on to Burnsteem25.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about the Steemit Engagement Challenge, Summer SteemFest Korea, Meetup Bolivar 2024, the STEEM Token Protocol, a Telegram SteemBot, Knack4Buzz Community, and Contests on Steem...

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1. Newcomers' Certification

With the growing number of fake accounts the Newcomers Achievements program has been coming under ever increasing strain over the past few months.

Therefore @the-gorilla has been working with the Newcomers Greeters team to develop a whole new system for helping new people get started on the platform.

Instead of having to complete the various Achievement tasks, newcomers will now be offered the option to work towards their 1st and 2nd Progress Reports to help them get established and prove their authenticity...

• Newcomers' Certification

To help Newcomers learn about Steem, @the-gorilla has also prepared a very useful list of resources...

• New to Steemit? Start Here!

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2. Steem Debates #2 : Burnsteem25

Top 20 witness @pennsif has launched a series of discussion posts looking at all the areas where Steemit Inc supports the community.

The topics to be considered include the Club System, Burnsteem25, Engagement Challenges, Newcomers Achievements, Community Curators, Steem Reps, Booming...

• Steem Debates : Do We Want Change?

The Debates have now moved on to the topic of Burnsteem25 - join in the debate and give your views in the comments...

• Steem Debates 2 : Burnsteem25

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Pennsif the Witness

After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level.

I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... @pennsif.witness

If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.

You can read my full witness announcement here...

• pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post

@pennsif.witness is now at #18. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.

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3. Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 18 - Week 3

The Week 3 Challenges for Season 18 of the Engagement Challenge have now been posted...

• Steemit Update [ June 3rd, 2024 ] : Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 18 - Week 3

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4. Summer SteemFest Korea

Following on from the successful Spring SteemFest last week, the Steem community in South Korea are now planning a two day summer event in October.

The Summer SteemFest Korea will take place over the weekend of 5 & 6 October.

The theme of the event will be 'Family and Travel'...

• Summer STEEMFEST Korea - 10/5(Sat.)

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5. Meetup Bolivar 2024

Current Steem Rep @karianaporras and former Steem Rep @nahela are continuing with preparations for Meetup Bolivar 2024 for Steemians in Venezuela.

The event takes place on 15 June in Ciudad Bolívar...

• The Diary Game (05/18/24) Preparations Meet Up Bolívar 2024...

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[ Editor : It is good to see more meetups happening around the world. Does anyone know of any other Steem events taking place in the coming months? ]

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6. Developer Updates

Witness developer @etainclub has been drafting a protocol to create and manage custom tokens on the STEEM blockchain.

The STEEM Token Protocol (STP-1) will use the json_metadata of a user's account...

• STEEM Token Protocol (STP-1)

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@hardphotographer has continued with development of his Telegram SteemBot.

It is now integrated with the World of Xpilar community...

• Update V Beta version 2.11 | Steemit application in Telegram | Fast! Comfortable!

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7. Knack4Buzz Community

A new Knack4Buzz Community has been set up...

Here entertainment individuals and writers come together to showcase their talents in various contests and challenges organized by the team.

The Admins of the community are @sahar78 and @khursheedanwar, with @chasad75, @wakeupkitty and @yancar as Moderators...

• Introducing a Brand New Community for the Talented Steemians and Entertainment Lover - Meet and Greet the Knack4Buzz Community

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The community has kicked off with a 'Be a Director' contest...

• Contest alert || Be a director || 15 SP prize pool

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8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem.

There are 101 contests in the latest list with over 650 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 03rd June 2024

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.27	03 Jun '24 0.38am
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#419	03 Jun '24 0.38am
SBD price	US$ 3.47	03 Jun '24 0.38am
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	164,794 / day	03 Jun '24 0.38am
Page views (steemit.com)	263,088 / day	03 Jun '24 0.38am

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This is #534 (03 Jun '24) of this news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif ]