Hi @cryptoctopus, you have said it very well. I am one of the people who never heard of crypto currencies before I was introduced to steemit. Now I have 11000 steem and I want to use it to buy stuff. In the same time, I have promoted steemit to a lot of people who now are also using steemit and who is also spreading the word. I think it is already snowballing and soon there will be many more people who will have steem to spend.
Nice post