The Steem News @ 27 January 2020

The all new Reviewhunt launches on 29 January.

There is also news and updates about Steem City, Splinterlands, Crypto Mass Adoption, NextColony, eSteem, ENGAGE, ClickTrackProfit, ecoTrain and SteemSQL.

And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, another Featured Contest and the new Community Watch section...

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1. New Reviewhunt launches on 29 January

@steemhunt has posted a reminder that the brand new version of Reviewhunt launches on 29 January...

• All New Reviewhunt is Launching in 2 Days | Sponsor Report - #93

The Steemhunt team has also given more details on the recent security attack on Reviewhunt.com...

• [Action required] Security attack on Reviewhunt.com

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2. Steem City Sim Game coming to Steem soon

A team including @gerber and @raymondspeaks are developing a new sim card game Steem City @steemcitysim. It is still at an early stage of development but you can already buy cards through their Discord...

• Move over Catsmakekittens -- make way for Steem City. The unofficial announcement

@summertooth has posted more...

• The little I know about steemCITY, a new game on steem

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3. Splinterlands Crowdfunder Physical Rewards update

@splinterlands has given an update on the physical rewards going to backers in their recent crowdfunding campaign...

• Kickstarter Physical Rewards Update

Splinterlands co-founder @aggroed is asking Steemians to vote for DEC on a TronTrade Twitter poll to raise awareness of Splinterlands and Steem...

• Help requested- Please vote and retweet

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4. Vote for Steem on the Crypto Mass Adoption app

@horpey has approached CMA, a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency portfolio tracker, about getting Steem added to their app. To show the level of support @horpey is calling on people to vote for Steem on the CMA site...

• Vote for Steem on CRYPTO MASS ADOPTION App

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5. NextColony adds Shipyard Compact

Space strategy game @nextcolony has released an update adding a new Shipyard Compact feature that allows ships to be built much faster...

• Shipyard compact

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6. eSteem Referrals

@esteemapp has posted more details about how its new Referrals system works...

• eSteem referrals

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7. ENGAGE update

@misterengagement has published an update on the ENGAGE token created by @abh12345 with help from witness @untersatz...

• ENGAGE Update

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8. CTP's Awesome update

ClickTrackProfit founded by @jongolson is supporting the @thisisawesome curation project led by @flaxz.

@clicktrackprofit has also added a new Walk Throughs section to the CTP members area...

• The CTP Update - @ThisIsAwesome ...Is Awesome!

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9. ecoTrain QOTW

@ecotrain has launched the new Question of the Week to tie in with the Non Violent Communication workshop that founder @eco-alex is running on Steem.

The question is "What are your most important needs and are they being fulfilled?" and it is open for anyone to join in...

• ecoTrain QOTW Launch Post : JOIN US! - What are your most important needs and are they being fulfilled?

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10. SteemSQL database update for SMTs

@arcange has updated the SteemSQL database to prepare it for the coming of SMTs...

• SteemSQL - Database updated and ready for SMTs

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Steem Proposal System update

The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2385 SBD.

There are now a record 7 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @anyx (API infrastructure), @thecryptodrive again (SBD Potato Top Up), @steemonboarding (Steem Onboarding), and @howo (SMT testing).

These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 796 SBD per day from the SPS...

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

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Now that their project has started receiving regular funding from the SPS @steemonboarding has posted an update...

• Steem Onboarding SPS Proposal quick Update and a Thank you note

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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 29 January.

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Community Watch

@cryptogee has submitted some suggestions for improving the Communities system including Collapsing Menus, Follow Function update and Hive Community renaming...

• Follow Function - Collapsible Communities Menu - Hive Renaming

@steemhelp-qa has posed the question "Can I create my own Hive community where only members will be allowed to post?". @gadrian has provided the answer in the comments...

• Can I create my own Hive community where only members will be allowed to post?

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You can keep an eye on new Hivemind Communities being launched in the Community Announce Community...

• https://beta.steemit.com/trending/hive-122359

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Contest of the Day

Deranged Photography Contest

Submit a photo, this week on the theme of animals. STEEM and CCC to be won. Organised by @derangedvisions...

• Deranged Photography Contest has returned!

• List of themes for Deranged Photography Contest

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Dates for your Diary...

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Tuesday 28 January - The Steeming Pile, Vimm.TV

@johnspalding's live streamed open broadcast 'The Steeming Pile' is back, with new co-host @pennsif...

• The Steeming Pile is Back (next Tuesday)

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Wednesday 29 January - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup

Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by @chrisrice and @steem-ph...

• The Community for the #Philippines

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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 with over 16,000 SP delegation in prizes...

• T - Minus 6D 21Hrs 20Min Until SPUD X - POWER UP, PRIZES & LAUNCH

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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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Friday 14 February - Finally Friday On The Blockchain

First episode of Finally Friday - On The Blockchain with @coruscate and @cryptofinally live on @threespeak...

• Finally Friday on Steem w/@Coruscate

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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. It has now been confirmed that the event will take place in Olcott, NY...

• Lookin' at the 'Books'💸 + Block Party News (The Castle is Secured!)

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Friday 26 June - Sunday 28 June - JAHMFest2020, Jamaica

Organised by @donald.porter and the @ReggaeSteem team...

• A Few Ambitious ReggaeSteem JAHMFEST Objectives

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

Steem price	US$ 0.164	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#77	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC
FCAS Score	733 / B	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.821	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC
No. of Whales	36	26 Jan '20
No. of Orcas	370	26 Jan '20
No. of Dolphins	2213	26 Jan '20
No. of Minnows	9283	26 Jan '20
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#14,492	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	240,421 / day	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	577,011 / day	27 Jan '20 10.36pm UTC

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

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This is #241 (27 Jan '20) of this daily news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif, @steemhunt, @splinterlands & @nextcolony ]