Hardfork 21 is with us.
With the Hardfork comes the Steem Proposal System, and free downvotes.
The Steem Times they are a-changing. #NewSteem est arrivé.
As well as the Hardfork there is also news from DTube, ATAIX, Steem Powered Investments, Steem Explorer, SteemWorld, Reddit, 
1. Hardfork 21 is live
Hardfork 21 took place at 3pm UTC.
There was a small initial bug that appeared after a short time of running, but Steemit Inc together with a group of witnesses and community developers quickly identified and patched the issue.
By just before 7pm UTC the blockchain was again running smoothly with witness 
Witness 
2. And the SteemDAO begins
The Steem Proposal System or SteemDAO developed for Steemit Inc by 
This is an automated facility to provide funding for community led developments to improve Steem. It is funded by taking 10% of the inflation pool.
Some proposals have already been submitted including these from 
You can see all the proposals submitted via either of these interfaces...
Developer 
3. Lost Key Replacement for DTube Accounts
4. Vote for STEEM on ATAIX
5. Steem Powered Investments - how it invests
Steem Powered Investments 
6. New Broadcast facility added to Steem Explorer
Developer 
This can be used to broadcast all type of transactions to the steem blockchain for example multisignatures, expiration times, steem proposals and steem-engine operations...
7. SteemWorld update to allow token staking
An update to Steemworld to allow direct staking of Steem-Engine tokens has been implemented by developer 
8. Onboarding via Reddit
9. Profit sharing with Steem DApps
10. @theycallmedan Noonies Giveaway
Following on from the introducition of free downvotes in Hardfork 21, Dan is also offering upvotes for examples of spam and bid bot abuse...
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & 
@arcange ]
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)
| Steem price | US$ 0.178 | 27 Aug '19 11.30pm UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.824 | 27 Aug '19 11.30pm UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #79 (-1) | 27 Aug '19 11.30pm UTC |
| FCAS Score | 809 (+3) / A / #16 | 27 Aug '19 11.30pm UTC |
| No. of Whales | 36 (n/c ) | 26 Aug '19 |
| No. of Orcas | 338 (n/c) | 26 Aug '19 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2104 (+1) | 26 Aug '19 |
| No. of Minnows | 9315 (+2) | 26 Aug '19 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #5,847 (-87) | 27 Aug '19 11.30pm UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 229,057 / day | 27 Aug '19 11.30pm UTC |
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Visit the Steem Meetups & Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...
This is #162 (27 Aug '19) of this daily news service.
Please note - before the break in publishing the last edition of The Steem News was #153 which was published on 6 May 2019.
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