Steemit is blowing people's minds

Its blowing people's minds when I show them my Steem Dollar balance, then spend 20 seconds sending it via #blocktrades to my Coinbase wallet to withdraw from an ATM (took about 35 minutes)

An in all honesty, I use the ATM withdrawal to prove a point to my friends, but I plan to hodl most of my STEEM.

My girlfriend says, "You mean I can get paid for being a lurker?"

Yes! By effectively voting on your favorite content, you receive VESTING awards, which increase your STEEMPOWER!

This is only the beginning my friends. Its great to see so many new faces around. The quality here is really showing with all you professional curators.

You're in on the ground floor. Keep earning that Steem and feel free to continue blowing my mind as well. I want to break the ATM haha.

We are InfoFarming.

We are together, searching and grinding the rippling sinews of the digital world and stretching the limits of our thoughts to discover new talent and articulate the cutting edge of our own ideas.

And best of all, I am seeing more and more ORIGINAL CONTENT! (Again) A++ curators! We obviously have great taste in quality.

We are beginning to share with purpose and meaning. I see it.

I wonder how many other situations have the collective is gifted such a tool with such generous incentive to contribute to the value of a community.

Armed with the power of our imagination, the #blockchain has enabled a reality where the immutable information we share is literally putting food on the table and paying the bills. I am now able to invest more time into doing what I love most, expressing myself.

And there's no advertisements.

I am utterly amazed. Thank you all.

#rantandrave #steem #blogging #steemlove

Sincerest thanks to @dan @ned and the team

Keep on Steemin!