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Tron and Steemit Join Forces

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Hello Steemians, as many of you know, last Friday TRON Foundation announced that it had completed a strategic partnership with Steemit Inc. We are super excited about the partnership and we would like to respond to some of the concerns of the community.

Since the announcement of the partnership, these two teams have been working hard to connect with one another and sync up about our respective roadmaps.

Developing a Joint Roadmap

The TRON and Steemit Teams are planning to work together to develop an engineering roadmap that ultimately enables the TRON and Steem ecosystems to form a mutually beneficial connection. There are many ways of accomplishing this which deliver incredible value to both the TRON and Steem stakeholders, and we look forward to exploring these possibilities with TRON’s engineering team.

The Steemit Team is Safe

As some of you may know, it wasn’t that long ago (just over a year) that Steemit Inc. faced an existential threat. Since that time we have been able to tighten our belts while shipping products like MIRA and Hivemind, however, we are still a long way off from using ad revenue to fund operations. Now that TRON has partnered with Steemit Inc., our future is more secure than ever.

Delivering on Our Promises

@justinsunsteemit and his team have made it clear that the most important thing to them is that we deliver on our previous promises. Shipping communities, improving the user experience on steemit.com, and streamlining the sign up process are our top priorities as we work with the TRON Team to develop a longer term roadmap. Once the two teams are able to come to a consensus on the roadmap, that information will be shared with the community.

Win-Win

We believe that this partnership represents a massive opportunity for the Steem community and we are committed to working with the TRON Team to maximize that opportunity. If we can combine TRON’s resources, engineering talent, and industry-leading platform, with our amazing community, 3rd party applications, and unrivaled technology, we are confident that we can dramatically accelerate the adoption of decentralized systems.

We look forward to continuing our work with you, the Steem community, to accomplish our mission of onboarding the masses to the blockchain.

The Steemit Team

Comments · 64

@animica(50)· 2379d
Can anyone please explain me. Will steemit be using Tron for payments etc or both or it will keep using steem?
@mmoriarty(41)· 2379d
Greate news! Hope it will be one of the good move to make steemit more stronger!
@coininstant(69)· 2379d
Justin Sun please fire these witnesses, they are abusing accounts like me!
@muscara(70)· 2380d
I made a German translation for an easier information for the German speaking users.
@arcange(79)· 2380d
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@malekazis(47)· 2381d
And what about the community coming to a consensus regarding those potential changes?" unlocker portable
@condra(68)· 2381d
Interesting times ahead.
@alexvanaken(68)· 2381d
Thanks for selling out to the biggest clown in the crypto space
@valued-customer(75)· 2381d
I believe this is a great opportunity to both teams, and communities, as well as for all people of the world. Society has taken to social media, and crypto combined with social media adds to the benefits society gains from using social media.

"Shipping communities, improving the user experience on steemit.com, and streamlining the sign up process are our top priorities as we work with the TRON Team to develop a longer term roadmap."

These are all great to get done, but the most important IMHO is improving user experience, because retention has been poor to date on Steem. Let's focus on getting retention up to industry standard, or better, so that we can enable more people to gain the advantages Steem social media offers society.

Thanks!
@udabeu(72)· 2381d
Hey YOU, please keep as transparent as you can. Let us feel you are honest. And please please leak every shit to happen early. Will you ?
@will94(25)· 2381d
Awesome! This is fantastic news. It is so good to see these prominent projects (two of my person favourites by the way) coming together in order to achieve the greater good, especially when it is companies with the significance of these two firms. It never ceases to amaze me that that in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies those involved are dedicated to working together to make great projects as opposed to always trying to better one another. I think it is definitely something unique about this industry and it is part of the reason I am such a passionate believer in the future of crypto-assets and the technology that surrounds it as it seems that together the community are so focused on making it works. I would love to see more projects like this in the future. I wonder if anyone else reading this could like to share with me some projects they would like to see work together? I mean, of course, there many already but who else would do you think would make a great team? Let me know :D
@dragosroua(75)· 2381d
Thanks for the update, it was about time.

I will make a short recap of your post (reflecting, obviously, what I understood from it):
1. Development resources are safe (paid by Tron from now on)
2. Communities are priority (we already see they're rolled out)
3. The partnership gives hope.
Not very reassuring, but at least not catastrophic.

Since I don't see any mentions of SMT, I take it that this is not a priority anymore. Probably a new path, involving TRON tokens, will be approached.

I also don't see, as @netuoso stated, nothing about a specific governance commitment, apart from written promises. These might be useful, to a certain extent - I don't dismiss them entirely, on the contrary, thank you for them - but, as both the Steemit Inc. team and the STEEM community know, blocks can't be signed with written promises. It takes a lot more than that, from cryptographic signatures embedded in a specific software, deployed on machines linked in a network, all this supported with time, money and skills. You can also read the last part simply by saying out loud "witnesses".

Without witnesses, there wouldn't have been any strategic partnership. Without content contributors and curators, there wouldn't have been any strategic partnership.

I'm not feeling taken out from the game, but I certainly, as witness, don't feel like I'm a part of it anymore. On the contrary, seems like the entire concept of STEEM witnesses is quite weakened by this "strategic move".

Would appreciate any answer you have to these concerns.

(upvoted for visibility)
@sergiomendes(77)· 2381d
Let's see where it will head. We only can try and be positive rn
@maxsieg(57)· 2381d
"Win win" cooperation. interesting choice of words. Chinese foreign ministers love using it for cooperation like putting countries into debt traps to make countries pay back in natural resources and land being used for military bases. Its a double win for China, like "Win Win". I changed my steemconnect node and my steem interface to reduce my exposure from this change. Currently checking which witnesses are decent. Information of other steem nodes are posted there: @fullnodeupdate

also andrarchy reffered to it as an "Acquisition" rather than a partnership...
@arcange(79)· 2381d

Wow, it took you nearly one week to write a 4 paragraphs post full of trivia and non-information (already known to everyone). This demonstrates how Steemit inc. still needs to make progress in communication.

Sorry to say, but the only reason for not downvoting this post is because 50% of the payout goes to steem-dao.
@linksman(53)· 2381d
Currently, steem and steem dollars are worth more than the Tron token in the crypto market. So, when you talk about a win-win situation, I ask a win-win for who????? You guys better wake up and smell the stench in the air!!!!!

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@themanualbot(72)· 2381d

Once the two teams are able to come to a consensus on the roadmap, that information will be shared with the community.

Two teams on a consensus matter, but how about steem witnesses? Do their voice matters too?
@stuffbyspencer(62)· 2381d
While I appreciate the post, and I'm definitely hoping for more open communication, I'd also like to hear specifics.

Here's hoping that this roadmap will finally put some clear answers into place as to what the fuck is happening :^)
@atyh(79)· 2381d
don't want Steem bought by a China guy
@geekpowered(70)· 2381d
Well, I have to say the Steemit main page is much improved. But you should do some tweaks to the posting page. Some improvements to the editor to be more in line with other sites, plus a widget to insert some open source images would be killer. Everyone on Steemit is posting them, so it shouldn't be that difficult to scrape the common sites and automatically credit the image authors.
@demo.com(47)· 2381d
Thanks for update, will check what Tron is up to...
@drutter(73)· 2381d
So now you're being properly paid, you're back to work?
@madalchemist(50)· 2381d
@conradt(68)· 2381d
@felixxx(73)· 2381d
Blink twice, if you are being held captive.
@mysearchisover(70)· 2381d
Is Steem going to be phased out?
@harsh2308(10)· 2381d
steemit is a best site any query related to steemit pls contact me

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@lordbutterfly(80)· 2381d

ultimately enables the TRON and Steem ecosystems to form a mutually beneficial connection.

I personally see absolutely nothing beneficial TRON may offer me except money to fund you guys..

I find TRON to be a centralized piece of shit blockchain that is almost completely controlled by Justin and Binance. (Kinda kills the point of a blockchain, doesnt it.)

If you get funded to continue working on STEEM, im happy with that. My biggest fears of Justin attempting a powerplay to become a "De facto" owner of the chain still remains and i think that should be addressed before anything else. We need to put in safeguards in place. We need to keep Steem decentralized and this purchase by Justin clearly shows how vulnerable we really are.
@pegarissimo(67)· 2381d
Thank you! It's clear now and I think it's great news.
@mcoinz79(73)· 2381d
@coinchaos(63)· 2381d
@geekgirl(80)· 2381d
What about SMTs? Are they still happening?
@stackin(78)· 2381d
People are mad as hell 🤷🏼‍♂️😂😅

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@supergiant(67)· 2381d
whats going on. I want to see my following user's post.
@liondani(70)· 2381d
I guess I can't find a reply from Justin because Bernie was lurking here before me
@whatsup(76)· 2381d
Good to hear that the SteemIt, Inc. Team is still safe and I am looking forward to hearing the plans when they are more defined.
@epic-fail(70)· 2381d
I am still stuck on Suns choice of imagery on Twitter. When you play Jenga, the tower eventually falls down and scatters all the blocks. It may be nothing or it may be a warning to us that he has the power to knock down all the blocks if he doesn't get his way. Or maybe it's his way of showing dominance that he's already toppled us?

Also, many people have "promised" many things and have gone back on their words. So how can we even "trust" anything you write or say? And, what has been written or said so far about the acquisition is generic and clear as mud at best. You are simply placating Steemians to buy more time.

I think you should create a smart contract that pays all STEEM holders every time you lie, go back on a promise or misrepresent timelines. This way we don't have to trust you. So each time we get screwed we at least get paid!

I feel sorry for the Steemit Inc employees that were fired due to Ned's incompetence and ego. His ego made him deaf to all suggestions from the STEEM community. Hopefully this time around you will listen to the Witnesses, Developers and STEEM community at large. We have so much talent on this Blockchain but egos need to be put in check. Had he listened, maybe Steemit Inc would have been in a position to make Tron obsolete. But instead, you must Bend the Knee.
@freebornangel(72)· 2381d
Sic semper tyrannus,...
@phgnomo(65)· 2381d

The Steemit Team is Safe

That's cool, and good for these guys that held on with the community.

But when will the main question be answered:

Is the steem blockchain safe?

Is there a swap or not? Will everything move to Tron and the support on the blockchain will cease?

Please, enlighten the community.
@sepracore(64)· 2381d
I only use my phone to interact with steem. It looks like there is not a feed button on my phone for communities. I have to manually go to my /feed domain to get there. It would be helpful to have a feed button to get there. Just a thought. 😁 I might have missed it.
@mattclarke(71)· 2381d
Haven't heard from the @elipowell account in a while. Is she still with us?
@animica(50)· 2381d
Sooo Will steemit keep it's name and will it keep using steem coin or switch to tron?
@abitcoinskeptic(75)· 2381d

Once the two teams are able to come to a consensus on the roadmap, that information will be shared with the community.

I like seeing the word consensus. Seems good place to start in theory, but concerned about how it plays out in practice.
@anthonyadavisii(73)· 2381d
Yeah, I'm just gonna leave this here. I just hope that he won't be using his stake on Steem like he does with TRX. Call me Elmer FUD but this doesn't exaclty install with confidence.

https://steempeak.com/tron/@anthonyadavisii/that-s-not-a-good-look-justin-word-2-my-naysayer-s
@eirik(69)· 2381d
Pretty entertaining!
@freddio(60)· 2381d
i really like the updates in Steemit.com.

Really nice :)
@raycoms(71)· 2381d
Might be nice if Steemit Inc would tweet this one here to, so that Justin Sun can retweet it.
@bryan-imhoff(69)· 2381d
A bit off topic, but some immediate feedback necessary on the beta features rolling over into the live site....

I can’t seem to find a link to my “feed” anywhere. I can manually append /feed into my browser address bar and see it, at which point “my friends” appears in selection menu with my communities, but it does not appear there natively from the front end in any other manner I can find. This is on iOS, Brave browser in case it’s specific.
@sumit1998(67)· 2381d
In new website how do I check the posts by person whom do I follow. I think there is no option for that pls explain.
@lallo(63)· 2381d
So beta.steemit is not more beta?
@droida(62)· 2381d
What will Steem Classic be worth if Steem is a Tron token? Steem should stay Steem cause Steem Tron will be used mainly for gambling and speculating. What to do? Let's vote https://dpoll.io/detail/@droida/should-we-fork-sun-out/
@drakos(70)· 2381d
Still doesn't say much about what's going to happen concretely.

Meanwhile:
@abdulmanan(67)· 2381d
What about the SmT's?
@lukestokes(77)· 2381d
Have there been any discussions with the Tron team about the will of the witnesses and the token holders they represent? There have been many concerning posts from the Tron marketing team (including Poloniex) describing a token swap of “old Steem” tokens to Tron based tokens. I hope it has been made very clear to the Tron team that the witnesses are ready to support the chain as it is now because that is the job we are elected to do. If the token holders want a change, we’ll listen, state our positions, and they will vote accordingly.

That said, I think the potential for new marketing, promotion, resources, and development could be fantastic for both communities. I hope they join together for mutual benefit while respecting the many years of work and commitment that got us here.

As a witness, I look forward to connecting with the Tron team and discussing the history of this community and what expectations we are facilitating.
@netuoso(72)· 2381d
SteemIt Inc has controlled a very large portion of the STEEM tokens since its inception. At one point over 50%. Now, SteemIt, Inc retains ownership of about 20% of the entire STEEM token economy.

SteemIt, Inc made various promises and verbal (typed) contracts to the community. SteemIt, Inc even created a hardfork that added the ability for a user to decline the ability to vote for posts or witnesses, or set a witness proxy.

My question is, what is going to happen with these arrangements. What is going to happen with the SteemIt, Inc stake and the millions of tokens that are hiding on various exchanges? Binance has showed that they will use their (purchased?) stake to vote for SRs on Tron.

Will SteemIt/Tron be participating in voting for witnesses via the consensus protocol of Steem? Will SteemIt/Tron be using the company stake to vote for posts? Will SteemIt/Tron use the millions of liquid STEEM tokens to participate in the internal market or the various exchange markets?

I raise these questions in particular due to the fact that @justinsunsteemit has used premined company stake on Tron recently to participate in the consensus protocol by voting for SRs. @justinsunsteemit also uses language like this when discussing his plans for Tron: https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1230224864725700608

As you can tell, @justinsunsteemit idea for how to manage Tron does not really fit with the community and ideals of Steem. Will SteemIt, Inc finally utilize the decline_voting_rights operation?

Thanks for your information and I eagerly await your response!
@edb(66)· 2381d

Shipping communities, improving the user experience on steemit.com, and streamlining the sign up process are our top priorities as we work with the TRON Team to develop a longer term roadmap.

Streamlining the sign-up process should be a top priority indeed. But does this mean that SMTs are cancelled? Are you planning to have Steem apps use TRON tokens?
@actifit-peter(72)· 2381d
Your statement sounds good and promising! I am looking forward to all the positive changes ahead of us! Thanks for the information.
@yonilkar(79)· 2381d
In Steem we trust
@bluengel(71)· 2381d
Steem ♨ On ! ♨♨♨

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@stealthtrader(69)· 2381d
Will there be any changes or benefits for Steem Power hodlers??
@namiks(77)· 2381d

Once the two teams are able to come to a consensus on the roadmap, that information will be shared with the community.

And what about the community coming to a consensus regarding those potential changes?
@build-it(68)· 2381d
Steem for all!
@coininstant(69)· 2381d
I thought there was some new app or website release this week? What is it? Or did i miss that announcement?
@ragnarokdel(60)· 2381d
I'm looking forward to learning about this roadmap because it's been kind of a clusterfuck until now.