Steemit is poised for explosive growth. I think that the implementation of Hardfork 19 was a genius move that increases both the amount and quality of interaction on the platform. One of my biggest concerns before the implementation of HF-19 was how activity on the platform had somewhat strayed from the constructive ideals I know you had when you made this platform.

Voting had turned into an increasingly automated process and a competition of sorts where people and bots "competed." To me voting made little sense. But now, bot activity has reduced, and a vote is worth considerably more than before; excessive and pointless voting will lead to depletion of voting power. This effectively decreases the amount of invalid votes in the ecosystem manual voting which I think is beneficial. Congratulations on that! You've effectively fixed curation and adjusted the balance of power among the two fundamental activities that hold this platform together.

I was expecting you to address the friction currently associated with creating new accounts and I'm glad that you've just done that. HF-20 could not have come at a better time! Steemit is about to go viral. With organic word-of-mouth growth, and the wonderful and creative marketing campaigns being run by many Steemit users, one can only expect a mind-blowing influx of new users coming to the platform going forward.

Steem as a cryptocurrency is unique because it is linked to a social media platform, effectively making it a social cryptocurrency. I personally see this as a premise for rapid growth and adoption because whether or not people are interested in cryptocurrency, they will still use Steem if they want to use Steemit. And that will eventually lead to curiosity which leads to eventual adoption. Steem as a social currency is going to be big.

Steemit is penetrating homes, social circles, information markets and entertainment markets. It has the potential to be everywhere!

Keep up the good work! :)