#exyle

Once the STEEM price starts to reverse its game over. What you have is what you have.

If BTC can keep up this amazing run then it won't be too long before it will start dragging the alts up.

When it comes to the alts, even though I own many different ones, I only have a real love for one: STEEM.

I'm emotionally heavily invested in STEEM.

Steem is one of the most beautiful things I have ever been part of and to have seen and been part of this blockchain development from its infancy to what it is now has been an incredible privilege.

But Steem is about to change. In a good way. It's growing up.

But sadly growing up sucks on some levels, I like to compare Steem as it was, to a summer camp. Every day was fun with your friends playing and now you all grown up and are economically worth more but the feeling has changed.

It's better to see in a picture I guess. This was Steem, back in the day. This group of people and that's only 2,5 years ago.

When people tell me today that Steem is dead, I laugh. What else can you do?

One look at this place today and it's obviously the opposite.

I have always said that earning STEEM will be harder and harder in the future.

I always thought that the reason for this would be more users competing over the reward pool.

I realize now, that's only partly true.

I'm a blogger and content creator. I'm not the best but I like what I do and I'm fully aware that whatever I make for my blogs has mostly to do with the STEEMPOWER I have bought.

I'm not really ashamed of that fact, I have shouted it from the rooftops that STEEMPOWER is pretty valuable. I also never powered any of it down.

But it's sure not the most effective way to earn STEEM.

In my 3-year blogging adventure, I earned around 78k STEEM.

@nextcolony a game developed on the blockchain earned a 100k STEEM in two weeks.

Yeah, that's a much better way!

And then add the fact they have now have a stake of 100K STEEM over the reward pool that they will use to reward their userbase and not a random blogger.

I think in the upcoming years blogging as I have done and many others will be compared to early BTC mining.

Can you imagine earning 50 BTC with your laptop in 2010!

Can you imagine earning 50 STEEM blogging about a steak you ate in 2016!

And just like those early BTC miners, some sold what they mined and others kept it.

It's not hard to see what the better decision was in hindsight.

And that's also how I see STEEM.

Currently, STEEM is a price where it's still affordable.

Once this starts to reverse it's game over.

What you have is what you have and that's it.

Pretty cool and exciting too.

But realize I'm just talking about STEEM.

With MIRA, Steem Engine tokens and SMT's and communities, it will start all over again with many different apps and communities.

Communities growing around an app or community earning their own token.

With RC pooling the users of the future might not even realize that the base token that's running everything is STEEM.

For me, it's so easy to see where this is going.

It will be great to see it unfold.

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Comments · 48

@madalchemist(50)· 2661d
What until you get stuck with a bunch of valueless shitcoins
@brothermic(69)· 2661d
hm, and it looks like the cryptotrain is leaving the station again, time to go upwards. :)
@bozz(83)· 2661d
I think BTC is much easier to part with when the price is up because it is less of a long term investment. Steem as I mentioned in my other comment is much the opposite of that because of the passive income you can earn. I am hoping I can at least get to dolphin status before things start to turn around. I will feel much better about my position if that is the case.
@newageinv(74)· 2661d
Investors will eventually look at projects and blockchains that are delivering on their roadmap and while it has taking a while, Steem will be one given the amount of development and potential of the community.

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@themonetaryfew(58)· 2662d
The word "emotionally" and "invested" certainly do not belong in the same sentence.

Look, I get it that you like the platform. But being emotionally invested is a very bad idea. You're not married to your coins, never forget.

There's also no pride to take in the fact that you never have powdered down. Quite the opposite really.

Both @ned and @dan have powered down all of their coins. @dan has certainly sold and made that clear after being kicked out by @ned. And @ned likely has done the same, whatever he says the reasons are to have been powering down.

@aggroed and his team are doing wonderful things here, and I really do hope they succeed. I'm cheering for them!

But really, when we hit 10 dollars - and we likely will - please start powering down before we do and get out a million euros and buy a nice place for you and your girlfriend.

You'll be happy you did, the rest of the coins left are the "casino's house money".
@pundito(70)· 2662d
So true. Even in the short time I'm here now, there was so much development like HF20, many dapps (more or less successful), no SMT yet but steem-engine doing an impressive job. Call me crazy, but I bought steem for 4.50 USD but also for 0.22 USD (and inbetween) because I love the idea and believe in it. Over two weeks there will be salary, vacation-money plus bonus pay-day ... hopefully, steem did not moon before that day :) :)
@arcange(79)· 2662d
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@alokkumar121(82)· 2662d
Currently we are in Initial phas of STEEM but within a period 3 years it has grown tremendously. I feel earning steem will not be easy in future as it is now like last year during HF20 RC was introduced and more such things may happen in future. People who become part of it now will have advantage of early joining and will witness superb growth. Dear @exyle you talked about very nice topic today through this post. Thanks much.

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@tggr(63)· 2662d
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Steem. Having just found it would be sad to lose it. There’s so many amazing people on here who will not let it die down, not yet, not so fast. You for instance won’t let that happen, there will always be people who fight for the survival, there will always be new blood pouring in. Keeping them will be the key to success. The more people we get involved the more success we can hope for the platform.

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@gungho(59)· 2662d
Great post. You mentioned, "What you have is what you have." But that is unless you make BTC and buy more Steem. I sold about 50,000 Steem and bought Bitcoin about 1 month ago. I didn't want to at the time, cuz i don't like to part with my Steem. But, now bitcoin went from $5,500 to $7,200. Great decision. Now I can buy more Steem now that it is down so low. Woohoo~

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@moeknows(67)· 2662d
I share the same love you have for Steem. One of the things which are often overlooked is how relatable Steem is to the general population. I've always felt that it will gain a lot of attention during the first few waves of mainstream adopters due to the fact that it doesn't require an account on any exchange in order to do business. Eventually, we will start to see a lot more businesses accepting Steem. Who knows, we may never have a need to take our stake off of the Steem blockchain.

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@svemirac(72)· 2662d
STEEM is not, and shouldn't be considered as alt :)
@cflclosers(72)· 2662d
I like your positive outlook and really always have. I've enjoyed the low steem price because I'm a big believer. Unfortunately I have not had any extra fiat to invest so I'll be said to see the price go up because as you said, what you have is what you have, and I don't have enough. But I have fun everyday and like you, it has been a love of mine for the past 2 years.
@aperterikk(68)· 2662d
Things are still at the early stages. I'm super happy BTC is starting to go back up and cant wait to see the effects it has on Steem. As the price goes up I think we will see more people come and with the rise of dapps and other apps that are still to come. I've been here for a little over a year vlogging and posting my photography and have only gotten a little over 1k. But no matter what im going to keep at it until I can be earning enough Steem and SBD to make a true living from it.

Well see where things go but I see things going up,up, up!
@simplymike(69)· 2662d
I completely agree that the days of earning Steem by blogging are close. Being a blogger, I don't really like that idea. I keep hoping someone will develop a blogging app. Like Dtube, where you can watch Dtube videos only, but for written content. DWrite or something, or DBlog, lol...

But aside from my personal opinion, it is great to see the Steem blockchain grow in so many different directions at the same time...
@melinda010100(80)· 2662d
I agree with you completely! I'm working hard to gather as much Steem as I can before the price goes up!
@gridbox(48)· 2662d
I agree with your sentiment, and I also believe that STEEM has a bright future in front of it. I fear that we are in a rose-colored-glasses situation but hopefully that is not fully the case, and the way I see it if we don't take the chance than we will miss out. Plus I really like being a part of the Steemit community, so regardless of STEEM performance, it is never wasted time.
@j85063(70)· 2662d
I see steem as the Bitcoin of all the SMT's/tokens that are and will be created on this Blockchain.

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@chireerocks(75)· 2662d
@exyle, When we know intuitively it's the opportunity, then that's the opportunity. We can get different opportunities but not the same one which we will miss. So we have to understand the value of Steem and we should try to look deeply and see the picture of ahead.

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@flaxz(75)· 2663d
Great perspective @exyle, things will for sure start to move upwards pretty soon, the pieces are coming together and it's just beautiful how it all works in the end because now we will have both SMT and SCOT, no other blockchain has that to my knowledge, have an awesome weekend.
@hungryharish(67)· 2663d
You never let anybody look down on steem with your posts@exyle. Thanks for inspiring.

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@mihirbarot(58)· 2663d
It is absolutely correct. Once the BTC will be stable on it's level all ALTs will be boom and we will see a great magic in Price . The things is need to just chooses a wise investment on GREAT projects .

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@maestroq(59)· 2663d
In my 3-year blogging adventure, I earned around 78k STEEM

Holy cow, congrats!
@katteasis(64)· 2663d
It's good to have faith but for how long and at what cost? It seems like steem is dying because of the arrogance and ignorance of steemit inc and cos.
@preparedwombat(79)· 2663d

With RC pooling the users of the future might not even realize that the base token that's running everything is STEEM.

Which will make STEEM even more valuable. Sweet.
@blazing(71)· 2663d
the spring effect will come the alts are heavily down right now just a matter of time from here onwards alts will boom
@akdx(70)· 2663d
@exyle! You invested heavily on Steem when the price of Steem was just about $0.23. I think, Your investment gave a new life to Steem platform which was otherwise going down. Now, steem price is declining again but I hope it will not go down below the price on which you bought Steem.
@skramatters(67)· 2663d
A mug holding guy, swipe left

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@crypticat(74)· 2663d
Love the enthusiasm here but let's face it, steem will never do what bitcoin did. There is too much out there, inflation is high and there are competing blockchains. Bitcoin had first movers advantage, it is very difficult to mine compared to Steem and there is much less supply available. That being said, I love Steem l, am heavily invested myself and think it's a great platform. Don't kid yourself though, even now if you don't invest cash or cryptos here, it's very difficult to build up an account. You have to compete with curation bots, bidbots, and spend thousands of hours reading and writing. This is more of a hobby than anything else. But yeah if it pays for your steak, that's awesome.

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@taskmaster4450(86)· 2663d
I agree 1000% with what you say. The Steem ecosystem is really evolving in a way that is going to surprise people. The "old" model is being replaced by a new one that is going to create more wealth across the board. Those who are active are going to see the value of their accounts grow (albeit not only in STEEM) while having fun.

This place will look a lot different in another year or two.
@edmundocentenor(67)· 2663d
I just read your post and I liked it a lot, so look for your blog and I read several more, I completely agree with you, investing you earn more and faster, but even though in the long term, without investment you also grow inside the platform , uploading blogs and publishing quality content, Steemit is a great opportunity, and we must take advantage of it, regards @exyle!
@partiko(66)· 2663d
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@yogajill(67)· 2663d
It's great to see BTC spiking! I finally got Netcoins funded but have not had time to get the Steem into my wallet yet from Freedomex! The learning curve takes time and a certain mindset. 🤔 I am hoping to get it done tomorrow hopefully Steem does not spike today! 🙏 Love your blogs and don't seem to catch them often anymore. Keep up the great work @exyle 🌳🌲🌹🌲🌳
@cryptopie(78)· 2663d
BTC earthquake is not yet over and after that the Tsunami Alts will appear, it's game on @exyle:P
@diogosantos(62)· 2663d
The main point is "emotionally invested", I think this sums my portfolio... I like a lot of projects and invested in them, but STEEM is a different monster.
@stackin(78)· 2663d
You know what? STEEM FOR LIFE! 💪🏼🙌🏼😎

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@stokjockey(71)· 2663d
Mark @exyle We are in the Right Place at the Right Time in History. I have Never Powered Down Either.............
@niallon11(77)· 2663d
The good thing now is that you can still earn a nice amount of STEEM through blogging and activity. It's slow but steady growth. In two years time i would guess that it will be impossible to do what we are doing now and earn nice amounts. I joined in 2017 and can only wonder how the first users did so well and grew so fast. I think that will be us to the next generation who will be striving to get to 500SP.
@cloudspyder(60)· 2663d
What happened with ethereum price, I had some of it but I am thinking to buy steem out of it... Perhaps, I need to research on my own about it.
@karinxxl(76)· 2663d
Exactly this is also sometimes the reason why I get confused from time to time.. Keeping up with all the developments and seeing options everywhere is almost not doable next to an external job. Sometimes I have the feeling that I missing some key moments in there dude, and that might be my own demise in that!
@dragonblades(63)· 2663d
Agree 100% with you. the only problem with blockchain was that it need a lot of computer power and electricity but MIRA addition will solve that at a point
@joetunex(77)· 2663d
I look at STEEM as long term, the long wait. Now I can be very patient like a vulture.

It only breaks my heart STEEM have been on sale for very long and due to my job issue I don't have spare fiat to buy STEEM. I hope the price of STEEM stays low for longer and I hope to get a better paying job soon so I can go shopping for STEEM.

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@honeysara(62)· 2663d
Totally agree း)
@chekohler(76)· 2663d
Lets hope I can reach dolphin before it reverses. Statuses like Dolphin and Orca may be unsustainable to acheive naturally one day so better get while the getting is good!
@bluengel(71)· 2663d
#steem ♨ On !

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@markkujantunen(77)· 2663d
I fully agree. Just today, I read a silly article by a 2016'er on how Facebook might "kill Steem" with it's upcoming stable coin by robbing Steem's unique use case. :) That particular 2016'er has at least kept most of his earned coins. Is he looking to accumulate more and wants to keep the price down by spreading silly FUD?

What the article proposes is downright foolish. As if Facebook was going to start dishing out meaningful rewards to all of its two billion users. That same user has implied in his writings on Steem that it's user case is and will remain blogging quality content and being rewarded for it. Nothing could be further from the truth as you have pointed out. Apps of different descriptions will continue to rack up their own SP and reward their own users.
@foxkoit(76)· 2663d
We see soon what go happen, something is soon coming some how I feel it, but I like this that steemit and also steemit apps bring out lot new updates, what can help lot in long run. 👌🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟📝📑
@joshman(74)· 2663d
Orca dreams, shattered... :-(