Yesterday was @eqko's birthday.
He invited us to his house for some nice drinks and a barbeque.
(And before you ask) Yes, Project Steemfat is in full effect but not when there is a party. It just doesn't work.
Steem took up 95% of the conversation.
It's funny because about a year ago I could have mentioned STEEM on the same birthday and nobody would have batted an eye.
How things have changed.
The reason is pretty simple I guess. It has become way more clear what the Steem blockchain is and what can be done with it.
It's more than blogging. It's becoming a social economic platform.
@eqko, for instance, is a designer. He makes designs for other Steemians and they pay him in SBD or STEEM.
For him, this is a better way of earning crypto than with blogging. But he's earning crypto none the less!
This is one of his latest desgin, pretty awesome right.
But even if you think it's not, the monetization of the Steem blockchain is.
@eqko for offering his services is facilitating a use case for SBD.
You simply can't pay him with euros or US dollars on here. It has to be SBD.
And you can transfer this without giving up a whole bunch of personal information (like going through a bank). It's also fast. 3 seconds! And it's open, so everyone can see the transaction occurred.
More and more use cases for the SBD are being found and explored. It's a wonderful thing to see and for me, it's the driving force for the further success of the STEEM blockchain.
Talking all night about the Steem blockchain
Earning Steem through blogging is becoming harder and harder. This is not a bad thing, it basically means the Steem blockchain is becoming more and more successful.
But the monetization of the chain through business, services or development is where the next success will come from for the users that want to grab that opportunity.
Sitting together with the 4 of us we realized that we could actually make a good team.
We have a designer ( @eqko ), a programmer ( @bennierex ), the idea machine ( @s3rg3 ), and me (lol).
We have started to work on a little something.
Always exploring and always strive to be better.
I don't know if this will work or what will happen but if you don't try you will never know.
Stay tuned.
Burgers!
S3rg3 and me!
Eqko was very happy with his present. A beer surprise package.
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Thanks for a nice post, combining the social with knowledge: That's what Steemit is about, isn't it:)?
Unfortunately, as a person that came into the crypto-universe because of my fondness of stocks and things with real income, I totally agree with you notion that monetising on the network is a key. No doubt, blockchain technologies will revolutionise everything: To how we use our money, music, social media, media and how we construct the world we live in (no more ideologies perhaps?).
Happy Belated Birthday @eqko. It seems like you had a great birthday and maybe a definitely well-needed rest after designing the Steemporium and Steemstreams logo.
I think it is a good idea to postpone steemfat while you are at a friends house for their birthday. Better off to enjoy it and have a fun time rather than worry about what and how much you are eating.
It is amazing how can happen in such a short time. It is great that you were able to get many of the people around you on the steemit for them to experience blockchain and... the future.
Steemit was definitely a stepping stone into crypto. At one time I was going to invest money into Ethereum when it was $5 but I had no idea how I could attain the coin as I didn't know how to use exchanged and I suspended my efforts into buying the coin, which I, of course, regret but I'm happy that down the road I could find steemit.
It is great to see how there are many different ways to attain steem and steem dollar and as the platform grows and there is more confidence we are also getting many more services and uses for SBD. I can't wait to see what other things the future has in store. I think this really gives the platform more value compared to its competitors.
I guess sooner or later it is going to get harder and harder to accumulate steem especially with the numbers of users going up as well as the value of steem. I will hopefully use the time I have wisely so I can assert a good position for myself in the future by putting in loads of work now with my blogs and other things.
There is nothing better than having some burgers from a barbeque and they look absolutely delicious. I don't know what you can do with your group but the potential is there to create a great project @exyle! :)
I agree with you completly. I also think you are an asset to the platform. You will get where you want to be with all your hard work I'm sure. Thank you!
Thanks man, Appreciated. I did need some R&R after the back-to-back logo designs.
The more groups we get on here collectively, the more the network effect plays out and people migrate from things like facebook, etc. to the platform.
I'm there with you, man! I've rallied as many of my friends as I possibly can here and there's more work to be done.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks man! Same goes to you!
Happy birthday wishes to your friend and graphic design is excellent. I am also introduced to steem in last year now I am addicted to it. Hope your friends also like steemit more in future.
We're here and we're invested. We love steemit now. And thanks for the birthdaywishes :)
It's great to know that Steem is now being used by all your friends. There are plenty of uses for the Steem blockchain in general. Besides for providing businesses and services, I also believe it can used as a cheaper form of a remittance service as it costs nothing to send Steem and it takes just 3 seconds for transaction to be completed.
Very true, It's more than blogging. It has already become social economic platform, as many of us now exploring opportunities to earn a living on Steem blockchain.....It builds very solid positive energy when we have friends who become Steemians, great achievement @exyle !
I had the best of times with you guys. It was a great birthday party / BBQ / brainstorm session. I look like I've lost some marbles in the picture of me 🙈
We had a good time!
Happy birthday to @eqko. Nice to see you guys having a great time. Steemit is an amazing platform :)
Thank you very much ! and it sure is !
Wow! Drink, Friends,steemit and barbeque what a combination. Enjoy friends as you all are superb, please friend have a look to me too, I want to go with you, I know very well that without your support I am nothing, so please friend it's my request. Wish you good luck good health and happiness.
Yeah, such an enviable life! Such a wonderful team!
Friends, steemit and barbeque, so great!
Looks like it's been a great party. Cheers! Me and my husband also talking a lot about Steemit recently. And both of us posting and posting all the time. It's so good that we are like addicts. :D
Join the club! I'm also very fond of it.
Check my intro if you have time. Maybe you will like the story of my homeland: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@river-island/and-let-my-journey-in-steemit-begin
Steemit keeps getting more and more applications being made lately. Curious to see what you guys come up with ;)
As far as we're concerned, it's going to be great 😊
Hello, you are here, congratulations on your birthday!
Thanks. I had a great time.
Congratulations on a good party @Exyle, burgers, I think were on top. As for your optimism at the expense Steem, I completely agree with you, Steem grows stronger and even becomes difficult to become more and more popular :)
Man i wish i was there for the party i would have enjoyed the bbq beer and blockchain talk..thanks for the post!
Lucky! I can't get a single friend to join Steemit & I sit there confused watching them create more value for FB, every day while they get nothing.
Love your friends logo skills, that turned out badass.
Thanks. I'm really proud of it. Now I am going to need to apply those skills to design logo's and artwork for our new endeavours !
The need for beer at a social gathering is a cultural habit. I see it as being neither bad nor good. However when you are attempting to become healthy or lose weight, a cold glass of water or vegetable juice serves the need to have a drink in your hand. The goal is what?
Thanks for everything. Sharing is good.
The goal is to find balance :). Thank you man!
It's great that you have a load of your real life friends here! And what could be better than friends, a few cheeseburgers, a couple of beers and Steem chat?!
Happy Birthday to @eqko !
Nothing better really than those things (well, maybe steem @ $10)
Thanks for the well wishes.
The blockchain concept is Awesome i do research to understand how it works!
its amazing .. my lastpost is about blockchain and i created a space in Scrypto named Blockchain
Please bring us a good project Sir. I want to be a part of that project Sir. Nice weekend experience Sire. Therefore, I wish to ReSteem your post.@exyle - 'We have a designer ( @eqko ), a programmer ( @bennierex ), the idea machine ( @s3rg3 ), and me (lol).'
+W+ [UpVoted & ReSteemed]
I guess you have a rocking party night! Cheers and have fun always 😊
true nerds
It's been the same for me lately, as the subject is still pretty fresh, hope you had a very fun day and best of luck on whatever your future endeavours are!
Congratulations to your friend on his birthday))) When I meet with friends, we also talk only about Steemit))))
it's nice to see you having a party with your fellow steemians and that's a great both for steemit and for the enjoyment and also a very nice way to reduce the stress, my personal opinion is that we must have to arrange a party with friends once a month because get together and parties with friends really makes a person to feel fresh and energetic and @eqko is doing great work, what a awesome logo he made i think these little developments surely gave steemit a new heights, i also really enjoy the party by watching and reading your post, thanks for sharing
That's cool how you are united guys :) Steemit forever :) Burgers look delicious by the way ;)
That's a cool present to get! I am on the way to converting the folk I know. And giving a bit of encouragement to stick with it in some cases.
The more the marrier! I'm happy they are finally seeing the light :)
Full on conversion mode!!
Looks like you all had a great time and talking all about blockchains and cryptocurrencies is something that is taking up a lot more of my chatter too.
wow i am so happy to see you guys having a fun and moreover you also talk about the improvement in steemit and that's very good, i really enjoy the post and especially the @eqko photograph look at the happiness on his face after grabing his surprise package awesome.
Almost all of my friends are also steemians but they are still beginner with no earnings. Only two of them have taken the money from SBD. Around 85 percent of US are working hard for it. How lucky you are with
A very Happy Belated Birthday to dear @eqko's , and yeah steemfat can wait one day lol ;) days like these are all about having good time with friends good to know how steemit has played a big role in the lifes of all :D and it will be more awesome in upcoming days and at last looks like it was a great present :D he definitely loved it !!
Man we're just about to start something amazing! Super excited!
Btw...@eqko is great!
He is isn't he haha :p thanks brother.
Looks like a great time... people get so caught up in the money aspect of blockchain, they forget about something much more important: PEOPLE!
that's nice.. and your friend really making SBD.. he's so talented.
Thank you
Yeah most of my friends are now STEEMIANS too! Great work you are doing and that's what we call as real friendship!@exyle,
Sorry for the plate wishes! Actually I didn't know it! "Happy Birthday friend!"@eqko,
Thank you very much for sharing your great experiences with us! Really appreciate your effort!
Cheers~
Thanks, you're not late, my birthday is actually tomorrow ;)
Wish you a happy birth day my dear friend!@eqko,
Cheers~
Seems like you guys had a hell of a time!
Good job indeed you are doing great and keeping it real here ..happy birthday to @eqko and more success to you guys
Thanks. We're real as can be I suppose :)
Great, I agree. Hope you guys will come for a cold Bavarian Beer and Bradwurst
Hop you enjoyed your friend b'day party.... i don't have any techie friends who understands bitcoins and steemit :(
Beer and burgers! A great way to spend a birthday! Your friend's designs are amazing. Business does seem to be the way for the future...
beer + talks = team
Well done to meet face to face.
waw nice to hear! and yes he is a very good designer! If me and my friend meet 90% of the time our conversations are about steemit aswell haha!
thx for sharing
oh awesome that u had a good time
great job
Belated Happy Birthday @eqko
Its nice to see all steemitian together
Congratulations on your birthday.. I wish I was dear
You guys would be an asset to the community! :)
Damn I wish my friends would join steem so that we can do such get togethers!
nice party! now i want one too :D
Just found some articles that mention you in them.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@droucil/busted-observing-one-hell-of-a-steem-commentator-miner https://steemit.com/steemit-abuse/@droucil/busted-found-me-yet-another-fishy-guy-proof-included