Seriously this is one of the greatest posts I read here on Steemit soo Far.
I love to see numbers, 500000+ holders of Steem is actually a big number and will double 10 times very soon hopefully.
Concerning public awareness, I believe there are thousnads of Steemians who are doing their best day by day to tell all the good stuff about Steem in too many social media platforms.
Finally, I wish I can see the marketcap of Steem at $25Billion before the end of this year.