Steemfest 2 is Almost Upon Us / 期待已久的Steemfest 2 终于来了!

I’ve spent the last couple of days making last minute preparations of everything I need to get the most of Steemfest. The excitement I feel is very real and for me to say I’m “looking forward to it” is an understatement. Judging from the phenomenal success of the last event, there is not one doubt in my mind that this one is going to blow the entire roof off!

With the fantastic @roelandp at the helm, we are all in the best and most capable hands possible. And I can’t wait to create many more incredible memories over the next week or so. But one of the main reasons for this post is to share some of my enthusiasm with those of us that are new to Steemit and maybe missed out on hearing how awesome the last event was. Because as I mentioned before, the last one exceeded everyone’s expectations by miles.

You must remember that when I joined up back in July 2016, the community was tiny compared to what it is today. To the extent where all the new content produced would be created by names everyone was already familiar with. Though we also knew that this was something that could become huge some day and these beginning stages weren’t to last long. So given the window of opportunity, @ned and @roelandp came up with an event that not only gave Steemit a major boost in recognition in the world of crypto but also allowed us users to meet each other in person face-to-face!

As I’ve mentioned many times in the past, surreal just doesn’t cut it. We all wore nametags to identity who was who and made instant connections with each other as most us were already “fans” of one another’s blogs! Except this was happening in real life! And in addition to that, the organisation of the event was so classy and well-structured that everyone agreed this was the best promotional gathering any of us had ever been to. Great times and great memories. The people’s dynamic back then was of everybody there embarking on a brand new journey of which we were all at the very start of. To summarise, we were in essence all singing from the same hymn sheet. And that sense of discovery and intrigue was what ultimately made the event so special.

Fast forward to this year and I feel changed may have changed somewhat. In that, I mean we will have two distinct generations of steemians who will interact and converse with each other. That should make things very interesting indeed. Individuals new to Steemit will feel similar to how we did last year but now we as “more mature” steemians will be able to share our personal stories as well as discuss our thoughts on how our journey has been up until this point. It should be another surreal, yet highly enjoyable time ahead for us all in attendance.

This eco-system is continuing to grow so fast and can’t wait to see how things continue to evolve as the years roll on and more events and meet-up’s like this take place. Not too long now as the anticipation is kicking in, the butterflies are going crazy and I’m super excited to see you all.

I wish everyone has a safe trip to the Steemfest and I look forward to catching you all out there in a few, short hours! Bon voyage!

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过去几天我都有在收拾准备要去Steemfest的行装，内心无法抑制的兴奋感是如此的真实。由于亲身经历过了上一届完美的Steemfest，我觉得这次也一定会举办得非常成功，所以充满了期待，呵呵！

Steemfest由平台里大名鼎鼎的@roelandp亲手策划和组织。我迫不及待地等候下周Steemfest的来临，期待着与Steemit平台上的成员互相交流并创造出更多美好的回忆。其实我写这篇文章的主要原因是与平台上的新人或是错过了上届聚会的成员们分享一下我的兴奋之情。正如我之前所说的，上一届的Steemfest确实超出了所有人的预料。

你们也许记得，我是去年7月份加入Steemit平台的。当时的 社团可比现在小多了，而我们基本上对常发帖子的作者名字都是挺熟悉的。由于大家对这个平台充满了信心，@ned 和 @roelandp 举办了第一届Steemit盛会，创造机会让成员们互相见面交流，也是由于这次聚会让Steem在数字货币世界里的得到了认可！

回想起上届Steemfest，有如梦幻般。大家胸前挂着自己的Steemit用户名去识别其他用户，很多人马上就交流上了因为对彼此的文章都有关注，又或者早已是对方的粉丝，呵呵！此外，活动策划与组织等都做得相当到位，每个参与的成员都认为这是自己去过最好的活动之一。除了美好的时光与难忘的回忆，我当时还真切感受到大家就像是共同站在一个旅程的起点位置， 又或者是一起唱着同一首歌，让我感觉Steemfest很特别很有意义！

当然今年的聚会也有不一样的地方，因为在某种意义上我们有着两个不同“时代”，又互相交织的平台成员！ 我想对于新加入的成员将会有类似于我去年参加聚会的感觉，而我们这些“老”成员将能与他们一起分享自己在Steemit上一路走来的历程，共同讨论大家对平台的看法，这应该是挺有趣的吧！我已经可以想象这将会是怎样愉快的时光了。

Steemitd的生态系统正在持续快速地发展，我迫不及待地想知道随着时间的推移，它会发展成什么样子。但可以肯定的是将会有更多的像这样的成员们线下聚会。离Steemfest还有几天的时间， 我心情好激动哦，期待尽快见到大家！

最后祝大家路途愉快，我们下周里斯本见咯！