O.M.Gods. I just bought something with the steem I earned through steemit. And it feels good.
You know the story. You've seen it before. Local kid comes good and bought a car though his crypto profits...
Well, I didn't buy a car (and I wouldn't anyway - our family prius MoonRover rocks), and I didn't buy gold or a house. Nothing so spectacular.
But I did buy some thing real. Something outside the steemit system - and OMGods it feels awesome.
Steemit really works!
I remember reading when I was brand new (was it really only a couple of months ago??) someone saying that for your first really big rewards you should sell and buy something real, to make it real.
Well, I didn't. I powered up - which is still the best option at least until you reach an appropriate goal. Well, I recently reached a huge goal of mine on steemit (see: https://steemit.com/steemit/@drwom/my-2-cents-of-awesome-giving-back-to-steemit).
And yesterday I decided, finally, to reward myself.
You see, the fantastic @bulleth has recently drawn my attention to @dan 's new blockchain project EOS (Epic Operating System). Don't panic, he isn't abandoning steem/it, he's making it better (see: https://steemit.com/steemit/@drwom/the-steem-2017-roadmap-check-it-out).
Check out bulleth's post here - I totally recommend it: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@bulleth/eos-is-a-bloody-bargain-right-now-conservative-price-targets
So, I did my research, and watched the vids, noted that, as bulleth says, what Dan does actually works, and took a punt. I withdrew 133 steem I had built up on steemit, I sold a few other cryptos I was dabbling in, and I bought 186 EOS.
Check it out - that's not insignificant. $243 USD is not insignificant.
This shit is real.
We can do it together.
We will succeed together.
We can do it!
Full steem ahead!
Steem logo mashed with photo courtesy of pixabay.com, EOS screenshot from my Exodus wallet.
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Awesome post! It's great to see all the things people can do with their Steemit rewards. As a beginner to Steemit, posts like these make me even hungrier to continue steemin' on. Thanks for sharing @drwom.
Thanks Dylan
We can all get there - keep posting great content!
Congratz @dewom! The is the best community ever! Cheers!
Hey there starttoday - it surely is :-)
Thanks for dropping by!
congrats @drwom .. I am planning to do something big with what I earned here too.. cant wait for the time to come :D
Ha yes - and this is just the beginning :-)
Good for you!! You deserve the reward. You've probably worked really hard for it. So awesome to see that. :) Thanks for sharing. It gives hope to all the minnows out there.
Thanks Boomshikha
Wicked! I like how your idea of buying something 'real' is buying a different type of "magic internet money" - that's about all I'm concerned with atm too!
Haha
I know, right?
And what's not to love about magic internet money?
Give a shot at buying something tangible with the funds next time, perhaps something you need and use daily, I purchased a mouse and keyboard, this makes me very happy. :)
Yep - my first real purchase is probably going to be to replace my iPad and iPhone :-)
Let's see how long that takes!
Nice job DrWom!
Thanks CN
Back at ya!
Nice. i did the same. First dabble in something other the main cryptos. Congrats.
Ha - cheers. Thanks Scooter
Big ballin'! I haven't bought anything yet with my Steem because I always power up, but this morning, I tried to withdraw and converted it to BTC. So far, no bids yet. (Maybe I set my price too high)
Anyhoo, congrats on your first reward. It's a great invested @drwom! :)
Yay us!
Well done pinaynomad 😊