With the upcoming HF 21 changes coming, I want to remind everyone why you're here. Steem has 3 of the main tenets that Blockchain investors are seeking. It's one of the fastest tokens to trade/transfer. The investor is never charged a transfer fee to move it. And most importantly, the Steem blockchain is scalable. I believe more businesses will see these three tenets as reasons to invest in Steem and build their applications on this blockchain. Only time will tell, of course. We gotta get rid of the bid bots though. They simply make us look bad. People want to be part of something special in this crazy world. Having to compete with bid bots is a massive turn off for most people. I've never used one and my account is completely organic. I've put in all my own cash and I do my own posts and curating. Unfortunately, this has been a losing effort. My dollar cost average is a little under $2. Sometimes that doesn't seem so bad and other times it's frustrating. I've made money on every other coin I've invested in except one 0x, I bought it too high. Maybe they will both bounce back above $2. They sure seem to have the fundamentals to do so. Not sure what's keeping it from happening.
Good luck to you and your blockchain investments. I wish us both fair profits...