STEEM - Investment Financial analysis
Blockchain - Revolutionary technology that is decentralizing the world as you read this
DTube - YouTube
DLive - Facebook Live
DSound - Spotify
DMania - App for Memes
Steemit - Bloggers
Same followers across platforms
Decentralized on blockchain platform
Blockchain, next version of the internet…
1. Apple
2. Amazon
3. Microsoft
4. Facebook
5. Google
all internet-based… if blockchain is the next version of the internet, will these companies be surpassed?
https://www.theonlineinvestor.com/large_caps/
Internet crash, is blockchain ready for scale?
Transactions of Steem
Foreign Exchange rates create HUGE incentive for lower-exchange rate participants
Smart Media Tokens
ex. Beyonce creates her own Bey’Coin, she will now have her own economy… if you have this coin, as she grows in the community, so do you… and vice versa
https://smt.steem.io/
Launched 4th of July 2016… almost two years, almost 1M followers.. put its in the same timeline as Twitter, ahead of TUMBLR but not quite Facebook
STEEM is 1st Social Media on the Blockchain
2002 Launch Business-oriented social networking service LinkedIn launches.[18]
2003 Launch Myspace, one of the most popular social networking sites ever, launches.[20]
2003 Launch Skype, a very popular instant messaging and video/voice calling service (VoIP), launches.[21]
2004 Launch Facebook, the most popular social networking service to-date, launches. It now features a voice and video calling service, as well as a widely used instant messaging service.[22]
2005 Acquisition Myspace is acquired by News Corporation for $580 million.[26] - https://www.saving.org/inflation/inflation.php?amount=580 - $750M with inflation, STEEM currently worth $425M.. 76% ROI
20 million users… made social media popular, but Facebook mastered the business side by make it open-source… developers created their own apps
2005 Launch YouTube, a video sharing service, launches.[30]
2006 Launch Twitter, one of the most popular social networking sites worldwide, launches. This website was very popular in Brazil and India.[33]
2006 Acquisition YouTube is acquired by Google for $1.65 billion.[36]
2007 Launch Tumblr, a popular microblogging and social networking website, launches.[37]
2010 Launch Instagram, a photo/video sharing and social media service, launches.[45]
2011 Launch Snapchat, a photo/video sharing and social media service, launches.[47]
2011 Acquisition Microsoft acquires Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion.[48]
2011 Acquisition Myspace is sold to Specific Media by News Corp. for $35 million.[51]
2011 Launch LinkedIn files for an IPO and trades its first shares under the NYSE symbol "LNKD", at $45 per share… sold for $26B in 2016
2012 Milestone, Launch Facebook goes public, negotiating a share price of $38 apiece, valuing the company at $104 billion… today $587B
2012 Acquisition Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock.[58]
2013 Launch Twitter files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The share closed at US$44.90, giving the company a valuation of around US$31 billion.[61]
2017 Milestone Snapchat files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The share closed at 24.48, giving the company a valuation of around US$33 billion.[86]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media
Facebook is no longer cool and YouTube hardly pays….Creators are turning to Blockchain-Powered Rivals
Facebook and Google both have banned advertising for cryptocurrencies
Growth as crypto becomes more accepted…. Its up to politics and worldwide acceptance