The pursuit of knowledge is never-ending. The day you stop seeking knowledge, is the day you stop growing. - Brandon Travis Ciaccio

After spending a couple of hours on Steem, you may notice that knowledge is of incomparable value here.

Steem is different from any other network you've been participating in before, and that is even on purpose.

The Social Blockchain Steem aims to be different and better than other networks in many ways. If you're disposed to find out what its uniqueness is about, then this may be profitable for you in the long run - both from a financial and a social perspective.

After a recent hardfork (update of the blockchain) the rules of the game have changed slightly, which is why I decided to explain a couple of these innovations in a video.

Get your coffee ready for these 4 minutes of video tutorial! *

@surfermarly trying to explain the new rules for regular people

It's on you.

Before watching my today's video there is one more thing you may want to bear in mind.

This is a decentralized network, were both opportunities and duties are shared among its participants.

Yes, this is a network where you can get financially rewarded for your social interaction. However, the re in re-wards has a meaning.

Money always flows in the direction of value.

So being rewarded on Steem requires a certain value contribution to the network.

The common belief that Steem users have right to earn a certain amount of Steem tokens, is definitely wrong.

Steem works on a give-and-take basis.

One of the great benefits of this ecosystem is that the sweat equity principle applies, which means that all forms of capital are equally valuable.

Those who contribute their scarce time and attention toward producing and curating content for others are just as valuable as those who contribute their scarce cash. - Steem Whitepaper

Still: there's an invest required.

So whenever you are in doubt whether you're fairly rewarded for your doings on Steem or not, think about how much you've effectively invested first.

Here's my today's tutorial video for you: 'Resource Credits' explained for regular people

You have any further questions on Steem or Steemit?

Then let me know in the comments below or reach out on discordapp.com (my username: surfermarly#8679).

Also you may want to follow the official account from Steemit, Inc - the company that built this blockchain and that owns the application steemit.com: @steemitblog.

See you on the block!

Much love,
Marly -

PS: As mentioned in the video, you can go check your own resources left at any time, considering services such as steemd.com (steemd.com/@yourusername) for instance. Here's btw how my current score looks like:

Remember: these numbers are not set in stone, and you have several options to increase your own resource at any time.

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This blog was created in July 2016, aiming to provide thought-provoking content for open-minded people who go on adventure, step out of comfort zones and embrace the new.
Thanks for being part of the journey!

PS: All my blog posts are created and submitted via eSteem Surfer 1.1.12 - my favorite Steem desktop client that was developed by @good-karma's @esteemapp team. Check out their account for more information.

Original content. * This piece of content doesn't aim to be complete, it only touches a small part of the changes that have been implemented with Hardfork 20. So you're all kindly invited to add more information to it, correct me if I said anything wrong or even share the post with your friends if you feel that it could add some value.