The Steem News @ 17 January 2020

Steemit Inc reports good progress on SMTs.

There are also updates on Scotbot, @sbdpotato, Non-Violent Communication (NVC) workshops and Steemit Condenser improvements.

And there are additions to the new Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System...

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1. SMTs update

Steemit Inc has given an update on current progress. Testing of SMTs is going well, improvements have been made to the SMT Wizard and DSteem now supports SMTs...

• SMT Progress: Testing, Wizard, DSteem Libraries

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2. Scotbot developments

Developer @eonwarped has announced some further updates to Scotbot including new Posting Fee functionality and Individual Post Muting...

• Scotbot Updates Jan 2020

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3. @sbdpotato changes

@stoodkev has made some changes to @sbdpotato and its posting regime to avoid the issue of unwanted dominance on the trending page....

• Let's fix SBD without breaking the Trending page

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4. NVC coming to Steem

EcoTrain and @eco-alex are running a workshop on Non-Violent Communication (NVC)...

• NVC Primer: Observation, Feeling, Need, Request & Natural Giving

• NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP WITH ECOTRAIN- Join us & heal your relationships and your life

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5. Steemit Condenser improvements

Witness developer @quochuy has continued to submit a number of useful fixes and improvements for the Steemit Condenser...

• Steemit Condenser & Wallet Contributions: small bug fixes

• Steemit Condenser Contributions: Creating and loading template from the post editor

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Would you like your contest featured here? Discord @Pennsif#9921

Quote of the Month Contest

Give an original quote - contest run by @senorcoconut - 15 SBi shares for the winners...

• Contest: 15 SBi Shares for the Winners + 1 Month Exposure!

Would you like your contest featured here? Discord @Pennsif#9921

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Steem Foundation update

The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their last meeting attended by @shadowspub, @phage93,@alexvan, @guiltyparties, @snook and @inthenow...

• Meeting Minutes: 15 January 2020

Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 22 January.

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Steem Proposal System update

The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2287 SBD.

There has been a lot of action on the SPS in the last couple of days with a record six proposals now receiving funding including a brand new proposal from @netuoso for the Vessel Desktop Wallet moving straight into the hot zone.

The other proposals receiving funding currently are from @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @howo (SMT testing), @anyx (API infrastructure) and @thecryptodriveare again (SBD Potato Top Up).

The successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 696 SBD per day...

• https://joticajulian.github.io/steemexplorer/#/proposals

@gadrian has produced a useful guide on how to vote for proposals on the SPS...

• Beginner's Step-by-Step Tutorial to Vote for Steem Proposals

@jrcornel has put forward the idea of an SPS proposal for Steem Exchange listings...

• Steem - SPS Proposal for Steem Exchange Listings

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Dates for your Diary...

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Thursday 30 January - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup

Organised by @mattclarke, 6pm local time at The Jade Monkey, Flinders Street, Central Business District, Adelaide.

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Saturday 1 February - SPUD#10

The tenth monthly Steem Power Up Day organised by @streetstyle is coming up...

• STEEM POWER UP DAY 10 (SPUD X) - Time to Level Up - Feb. 1, 2020

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Friday 7 February - Steem Meetup Aachen #8

Organised by @detlev...

• The SteemMeetupAachen number 8 at the 7.th of February 2020

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Saturday 25 April - SteemCampUK #3

Organised by @shanibeer and @lloyddavis in Leicester...

• SteemCampUK - Saturday 25 April 2020...

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Tuesday 23 June - Sunday 28 June - The BLOCK Party, USA

The second annual BLOCK Party being organised by @enginewitty, @bluefinstudios and @dreemsteem...

• Lookin' at the 'Books' + Block Party News (Meeting Time!)

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

Steem price	US$ 0.143	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#80	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC
FCAS Score	726 / B	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.639	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC
No. of Whales	36	16 Jan '20
No. of Orcas	374	16 Jan '20
No. of Dolphins	2205	16 Jan '20
No. of Minnows	9288	16 Jan '20
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#14,021	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	235,885 / day	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	566,124 / day	17 Jan '20 2.00pm UTC

Follow @penguinpablo & @steem-data for more statistics.

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This is #234 (17 Jan '20) of this daily news service.

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