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Exactly. There is no need to sell a "crypto" to the public with this. They know how social networks work and that draws them in. They don't even need to know that a cryptocurrency is involved to start using it.

100 % Agreed. There is almost no learning curve around using it. I do think that there is still a little more work to be done around making the holy steem trinity (STEEM/SBD/SP) easily understandable to new users, but the beauty is that you don't have to understand any of the crypto aspects to begin using the social media platform.

Yeah and if there is something the people aren't real sure about the amount of money people are making will compel them to take the leap and then figure out how it works once payments are going into their wallet.

The major point is that you don't need anything to start earning STEEM (in the form of SteemDollar and/or SteemPower). No hardware, no tech knowledge, not crypto yoda, .. just a simple account!!

and I'm also fascinated about all these new services growing around STEEM, this is only possible because the ledger is open and not hidden behind one company. See for instance http://www.beststeemitsites.com/

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