Steemit.com is now Open Source
We are happy to announce that steemit.com is now fully open source and available on github.
https://github.com/steemit/steemit.com
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Me trying to find the bugs and get that bounty...
nice funny upvote me
Another big step forward into world domination. :)
Nice... let the games begin!
thanks @steemitblog @dan, i think it needs community support to make steemit better than others, we all support it and delighted with this information
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nice!!!
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This is good news, I saw where all can help to support the full development of future steemit
definitely. steem is a revolutionary vision of the future of the web. get rewarded for your effort in the web in money!
This will drive the price of steem down in the future.
Bitcoin is open source and I believe has been from day 1. There are countless clones and the reason the clone coins haven't surpassed BTC is because they don't solve a problem that Bitcoin has. The ones that have thrived have done something else.
Same goes for Steem, someone just can't copy and paste the code and, viola, make a brand new Successful social coin. Early bird gets the worm. Having Steem as open source will only encourage people to check and modify the code to make it better.
Price of Steem will rise and fall based on the merits of its utility beyond its current speculation phase. Having it open source can only help.
Steem has been open source all the time. This announcment is about the Steemit website code. :-)
Ooopsie, well I'll take the money and run. :/
Sorry about that guys didn't mean to spread disinformation about Steem code. But on a side note, Steem would be nothing without Steemit.com. In fact correct me if I'm wrong the two could not exist without each other so open sourcing one without the other is in essence not open sourcing the entire project.
Anyway the above is great news.
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The crypto-economization of the social spheres, in my view is in it's earliest phaze of adoption/integration. Communities come in many flavors . Did that chinese steemit-like site (yoyow) ever launch?
Steemit was inspired by reddit, but instead of cultivating a non-monetary reputation based ecosystem (karma), Dan and Ned decided to go for the money. Which makes $ense. I like to think of 'crypto-economization' as a feature that can be interwoven throughout a community. The same is true with socialization itself. The opportunity to socialize is just another feature that has been encoded and made available for a cluster of nodes to engage with. There will be many 'steemit-like' portals (crypto-economized ecosystems.) Just like there are now many sixdegrees-like social spheres.
That said, steemit is going to be a massive success. Especially the more decentralized and distributed it becomes.
@coinz yes Each cryptocurrency here is to solve a specific problem and thus running eg golem, maidsafe coin, etc
In my view it will encourage further innovation that Steemit can use and benefit from. It will also inspire confidence in the website code/ security. Not to mention spark healthy competition. Very good move.
To be fair to the guy the codebase could be shit.
But it is a good move and does inspire confidence.
Wouldn't really matter much at this point given the amount of people on the platform already. 97% of the users wouldn't be able to say whether or not the codebase could be shit. Most are here to write.
why is that?
Same question. I don't see the reason
does the person commenting realize Red-hat is a billion dollar company that is opensource and Microsoft t is going opensource for much of there code oh and bitcoin is opensource so... his comment seems misguided IMHO.
No one can fork the Steem blockchain without persmission from Steemit Inc..
The Steem blockchain code retains no permission to fork without written permission from Steemit Inc..
They’ve entirely open sourced the Steemit.com source code, but apparently the Steem blockchain remains under the control of Steemit Inc..
nice
Why would it? Open source has never been a problem for other major players. Why do you think Android has been so successful?
it really because of open source
https://steemit.com/steemit-is-now-open-source-Good-or-Bad
Here's a thread for the discussion about future price of Steem. https://steemit.com/steem/@cryptocurrency1/price-of-steem-coin-will-plummet-because-of-open-source
lol yea, the same way that Bitcoin price will plummet because of open source.
Hmm yea maybe its true without Bitcoin open source there would not be steem, so people would not switch from Bitcoin to steem :)
But who knows what the future brings. The only thing I know is, that diversity is very very good. Every monoculture / single currency will always fail, so its good to have more currencies :)
NXT was closed source, then the source was opened... ... not saying it is the same case, but if that is what you are looking for...
You do realize Red-hat is a billion dollar company that is opensource and Microsoft t is going opensource for much of there code oh and bitcoin is opensource so...
how you mean.
Why do you make this argument ?
I completely disagree. This site is far more valuable to me thanks to open-sourcing. I believe I am not the only one who will be more dedicated thanks to a transparent community model.
(And honestly I'd build it differently anyway...)
:P
This is amazing.
Excellent. This will help STEEM scale to new heights!
The open source movement is slowly exposing many of the flawed arguments of the pro-IP crowd. For that alone I am grateful!
Nice! Developers can now use this to brainstorm new ideas and projects that build off the same platform. The development of steemit based Facebooks, Twitters, and etc. will surely accelerate. Great news!
If(steemit == "opensource"){
console.log("I am happy");
}
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