Steam users paid US $ 1.3 million

A decentralized social network on blokcheyne made the first payment for the benefit of content creators and curators. The amount paid is equivalent to 10% of market capitalization Steem.

The long-awaited day has arrived. The  first users Steemit, rapidly growing social media platform, based on  the block chain technology for the first time received the award for his  contribution to the community. The payment of $ 1.3 million was dedicated to the Independence Day in the United States, celebrated on July 4th.

"It was an opportunity for us to thank our growing community and to  reward them for the construction of a sustainable ecosystem that is  something far greater than just the sum of its parts", - quotes the  executive director Steemit Ned Scott in a press release.

The payment was made in equal parts to Steem dollars cryptocurrency  own platform, the value of which is approximately equal to one US  dollar, and the Power Steem, increasing the weight of the user voice in  voting on the platform.

According  to the Steemit management, the number of online registered users has  doubled in June, after the unprecedented growth of 1600% a month  earlier. platfoma  Developers plan to soon launch a number of new features, such as the  button to insert the code from the site to third-party resources, which  allows to distribute content online. During the year Steemit should also be run sidechain-ins that will  create a decentralized application store "similar to those that have  Facebook or Google, but based on a decentralized, provably fair  technologies and new business models."

Steem - a social network blokcheyne, reward for publication, as stated in the manifesto, published in March 2016. It  pays special attention to freedom of expression, the elimination of  advertising on social networks, and reward users who create quality  content, or act as curators. The beta version Steemit.com was launched in May 2016, and the platform's official launch will be held in July. He will be accompanied by active promotion of platform services, bonuses for registration and start of the referral program.