I would say, the question on my mind for the last month as been mainly:

"How will the LONG AWAITED introduction of the new EOS blockchain this month, affect cryptocurrency prices, markets, exchanges and the future?"

Social Media on the Blockchain:

Certainly for me, the only real competitor to new innovation that I have seen in the cryptocurrency space BEFORE this year was Steem and Steemit. (BTC, ETH, smart contracts and privacy aside?)

Steem has really blown my MIND!
Excited my IMAGINATION!
Allowed me to think in NEW TERMS completely!

BUT - IS THAT ALL?!

NO! - it's allowed me to see the future.
It's allowed me to see light at the end of many tunnels.
I can predict outcomes now..

Among a few likely outcomes, I can be sure:

THEY ALL WILL MAKE US RICH

Scalable Enterprise Applications with Smart Contracts:

Don't even get me started! This is going to take a while, and there will be billions pumped into EOS now.

Tens of Billions this year alone.

The upshot of this?
An entirely NEW CRYPTO MARKET happens NOW.

DPOS vs POW:

DPOS allows for fee-less blockchain transactions!
I realized soon after people called me out on Bitcoin this would be the ultimate revolution...

"But, what about all the power being used by POW and Bitcoin?"

I told them: "I believe this will lead to a new era of low power computing."

• Which it did, but ONLY SERVED TO CENTRALIZE ASIC designers grip on POW.. NOT what we are looking for!!!!!! (sheesh)

DPOS - No Question!
Ordering Lambo now.

DPOS and Centralization - I won't go into it to a great extent, except to say Dan has spoken on centralization issues many times, including the recent first action of the arbitration mechanisms in EOS.

I have been quoting him in fact, from a recent published work:

https://medium.com/@bytemaster/decentralized-blockchain-governance-743f0273bf5a

"This free market competition in community governance introduces market forces to the governance equation. A blockchain that is operated by a corrupt dispute resolution system will see its currency sold in the market as people leave in droves seeking safe haven in new communities that better protect their rights. Only the most universally competent dispute resolution systems and blockchains will survive. Communities that enact unpredictable monetary policies contrary to their constitution will see their tokens fall in value rapidly in favor of more responsible communities.

Blockchains create a far more efficient market because there is no captive population forced to use the currency at gunpoint. Furthermore, there is no geographical constraints that force a person to use the same currency as their neighbors."

I interpret the above quote (by Dan) the following way: "BE ready for a lasting major reshuffle of the crypto markets, in the next 6mo to 1 year."

I do expect EOS to kill much of the current alt-coin market!

• there will be MUCH natching of teeth and upset people, who speculated on crap blockchains that charge fees, require mining, have poor governance, won't scale, and are basically going NOWHERE in the face of a much better generic solution we can all agree is a lasting better way to go!

I love the following quote from this article, it really expresses my views:
http://steemit.com/@taskmaster4450/steem-3-years-to-change-the-path-of-humanity

"If I told you that in 36 months, STEEM would have hundreds of millions of people participating in the onset of an abundance age, would you be willing to wait for it?"

Multi-dimensional Blockchain:

Is SMT creating a multidimensional blockchain?
Is EOS a multidimensional blockchain?

The answer looks to me, yes.

Something like Ethereum, where any number of erc-20 standard blockchains can be created using a smart contract, EOS and SMT will support same in many ways.

CAVEAT!
"Dan has spoken"

I am a biased ARTIST, and a complete GEEK, so 'take it all with a grain'.

Cheers, SY-

PS - PLEASE SUPPORT WAFRICA AND STEEMCAMP!

Let's ROCK THIS BLOCKCHAIN in AFRICA!