Nice post matey, and some very well made points.

I am also of the view that altcoins, and Steemit in particular, will increase in value quite a lot in the new year as exchanges like Coinbase make altcoins easier to buy and the need to "go through" Bitcoin and Ether as a funding currency will start to be removed.

If if gets easier to do something, more people will do it... The human animal is a simple creature - especially where money's involved.