Never before had anything come together like this:

7 weeks in planning
from idea to flawless execution
31 countries represented by 185 users
65% male, 35% female
young and old alike,
the experienced alongside the brand new

@everlove and I traveled 42 hours and 4911 miles
to get to Amsterdam
by plane, train, tram, car, boat, bicycle, and on foot
to be part of something special, historic, amazing, and powerful.
Y’all know what I’m talking about;
everybody felt the magic! 

Brilliant minds from the crypto and tech worlds,
talented artists,
marketing geniuses,
and beautiful babes with big brains
gathered in one place
for one reason.

Drawn together from separate corners of the globe
ignited and inspired by
the word on everyone's tongue,
the thought in everyone's mind,
the call in everyone's heart:
STEEMFEST

PANCAKES! 

@roelandp did an amazing job of bringing us all together to eat pancakes on a glorious Sunday in Amsterdam, 

We marched through the streets to the beat of our chant: Pancakes!

@cryptos, @onceuponatime, @opheliafu, @burnin, @roadscape, @me, @xeroc, @blocktrades, @timsaid, @originate

We scoured the blocks and found our Dutch pancakes

prepared in a courtyard by @roelandp’s father and brother from a family recipe for pancakes.

So we celebrated pancakes

@xeroc

and we rejoiced in pancakes

and we came together for pancakes

@robrigo and @roadscape

Just a bunch of crazy dreamers and visionaries hungry for change crepes ( @firepower ate 3! ),

@onceuponatime

we all left a little richer than when we came.

 

Some people even stayed to talk about Steemit.

Here are the talks live streamed (live steemed?) from Steemfest Saturday:

• Welcome / Opening by roelandp
• Keynote Steemit by ned
• Travel Adventures by heiditravels
• Alarm Clock Dawn the beginning by ericvancewalton
• Steemit Film Premiere by mrs.steemit
• We are listening by sneak
• Project Curie by kevingwong, andrarchy
• Witness Panel by svk, pharesim, riverhead, anyx, picokernel - moderated by spectral
• Developer Panel by sneak, roelandp, good-karma, xeroc, furion
• Rucksack Orchestra by utz
•  The Grand Vision of a Crypto-Tech Economy by wmougayar
• Bloggersclub at SteemFest by bloggersclub
• Pevo.science by chainreaction, adrichel, pharesim
• SteemTools presents: 'Appy Hour! by cardiff, picokernel, good-karma, xeroc, pmartynov
• Golden Steem Awards by burnin
• SteemFest Saturday - Studio Room with presentations by @xeroc, @rocket.chat, @wadepaterson, @chris4210, @allasyummyfood, @firepower, @anyx, @steemrollin, @chhaylin, and @menta