Hi Kevin, thank you so much for sharing:
For many here who still don't see the magic of where we are today in Feb2018, this is they key statement here
To put into perspective, SP is the quite the equivalent of acquiring more and more mining machines. More Steem Power, more virtual hash-power, more passive earnings. It's just perfect.
It's possible for a new Steemian to accumulate 1000 Steem within a few months with hardwork and talent, but it's alot easier to accumulate some while it's still early by putting some of our earned money from our everyday talent (aka job) into Steem.
To do this while Steem is still <$10 is like mining ETH at $20, very soon sometime in 2018, it will be too late to get Steem at this low price.
Honestly we are really about to go hockey stick, see yellow shaded area below
If this is a Steem chart, the yellow shaded rectangle area is likely where we are now
When critical mass hits (I suspect just over the 1 million account mark), there will be no stopping how fast and how quickly people will be adapting and adopting Steem for everyday use.
I hope this message hits home for many new readers here today.
be blessed,
dj123
for those of you who are not familiar with the hockey stick concept of critical mass acceleration, this is what the future of Steem looks like, this has already happened to BTC and ETH, and has not happened yet to Steem:
Just imagine the two yellow areas combined to become like a hockey stick (where 2nd area is >10x higher)
It's hard to say it WILL, because there are no guarantees. i'd rather see gradual growth, although i'm still scratching my head today wondering why steem isn't in top 10 :D
we are seeing gradual but accelerated growth, the only problem is that we're not seeing the market price recognition from, still our convoluted and complex ecosystem could be causeing some delay in 'market acceptance'
in market theory, the longer a dormant potential pents and build up, the higher the burst will be, this is true even in an absense of a significant market factor that cause a sudden acceleration like ICO to ETH, or like SMT will likely do to Steem
@dj123 my friends who are not on Steem keep asking me why invest in STeem and why not on a top 10 coin? I always say Steem will grow, just that it has not yet taken off. But I wonder if that is a sure thing that Steem will grow and see the price charts similar to what BTC and ETH saw? What do you think?
there are many risk, there is no sure thing in crypto, but Steem long term prospects are much stronger than most even those in top10
I believe in steem but everyone around me asks me where does the money come from...
they do not believe in something that is not generated by "sponsors or ads" hence the concept is hard to grasp and they are slow to adapt, and even for a lot of new crypto investors this is the case
sorry i thought you were responding to me (all this nested replies is confusing), it's a common point and reasoning for those who have not see the power of how blockchain is changing the tech field, i know some good respond, illustration, and even rebuttal, but i will let kevin have a chance to respond to you first since you directed it at him, don't give up on sharing @felander
I already fall in love with steem, and the steemit platform. I will do my very best to promote and educate those around me about the advantage of steem to other cryptos, when the time comes about the BOOM, we will be there to harvest, and contribute to the welfare of the majority.
that's a great attitude @guruvaj, it will take time for all of us to grow Steem, but don't doubt that you are making a big difference with everyone you tell, you have a big advantage being early before the 1st big big hockey stick, and here is a big secret there will be multiple hockey stick over the next decade.
I'm following you now kuya!
I love the graph! That tells pretty much everything :)
appreciate the compliment @gvincentjosephm, but it's @kevinwong's eth graph, I'm using it as a parallel illustration for what is likely going to start happening in the near future with Steem
go acquire some Steem, Power It Up and Go Beyond HODL (invest your best into the blockchain), your grandchildren will thank you
Holy sh*t I love your explanation about the whole concept about the future of Steemit dude can we be friends
Glad you enjoy my musings....here's another of my reply, hope it tickles your braincells @stevensteel, promoting SBD (by grassroots word of mouth marketing) to accelerate onboarding new Steemians in 2018:
Keeping SBD High To Increase Recruitment Of New Steem Account
Dude, I love the way you think man! I followed you - would love if we could connect on Steemit and support each other on this journey!
thanks for the encouragement, appreciate it, come join us at #funny that's where most of the Steemians I interact with hangout