Steemit
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Steemit
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Type of site
Social news community
Available in Mainly English. Content is available in several languages.
Website www.steemit.com
Registration Free. Mandatory for editing.
Users >170,000 (as of May, 2017)[1]
Launched March, 2016
Current status Active
Steemit is a social news service[2] which runs a blogging and social networking website on top of a blockchain database, known as Steem.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Concept
3 Steem blockchain
4 Monetary system
4.1 STEEM
4.1.1 STEEM Power
4.2 Steem Dollars
4.3 Wallet
5 Rewards
6 Usage and media coverage
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
The project was founded in 2016 by Ned Scott and Dan Larimer, creator of BitShares.[3][4] The two are founders of the Steemit Inc. company which runs the Steemit website and funds ongoing development of the platform. On March 15, 2017 Dan Larimer announced his resignation from the company.[5]
