The Steem News @ 29 September 2019

SPS receives a 25,000 SBD donation.

D.tube Forum announces the 2020 venue, eSteem improves their mining, and SteemSQL sees a subscription increase.

And there is news and discussion about a Downvote Explorer, ORGANDUO mining, SteemTribes.online, Steem Distribution Levels, Stock Options in Steem, and D.Tube Coins...

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1. SPS receives 25,000 SBD donation

As spotted by @inertia the Steem Proposal System (SPS) has received 25,000 SBD into the @steem.dao account via @blocktrades.

The memo on the payment says "partial payment for steemit's SPS donation" so it appears to part of the Steemit Inc funding suggested by @ned at the outset of the SPS (SteemDAO) development.

There is no indication of what fraction of the total payment this 'partial payment' represents...

This gives a significant boost to the SPS funding ability bringing the available daily budget to almost 800SBD...

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

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2. D.tube Forum 2020 venue announced

@dtube.forum have announced the venue for next year's D.tube Forum taking place in Hamburg, Germany from 15 - 17 May...

• Check out our awesome venue!

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3. ESTM mining improvements

eSteem have made some improvements to the ESTM mining algorithm to improve fairness and distribution and also avoid abusive behavior...

• ESTM mining improvements

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4. SteemSQL subscription fee increase

Due to increased resource requirements, and the lower value of SBDs, witness @arcange has had to make an increase to the subscription fee for the use of his SteemSQL service...

• SteemSQL - Subscription fee change

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5. New Downvote Explorer released

Witness and dPoll developer @emrebeyler has released a useful tool for exploring where most downvotes are going...

• Steem "Downvote" Explorer

The Downvote Explorer is at...

• https://flags.dpoll.xyz/

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6. ORGANDUO mining coming to an end

@organduo has posted a reminder that on 1 October all ORGANDUO token miners and mega miners (ORGANDUOM and ORGADUOMM) that are left unsold will be burned (sent to @null)...

• Only 2 days left! Mining ORGANDUO tokens with ORGANDUOM miners: Guaranteed ratio mining!

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7. SteemTribes.online

@SumatraNate has posted an introduction to the new SteemTribes website he is developing at SteemTribes.online...

• Steem Tribes Introduction

Monday's TRIBE.talk show on MSP will include an interview with @SumatraNate about the SteemTribes.online project...

• TRIBE.talk - with @reggaesteem, @taskmaster4450 & @sumatranate - Monday 30 September, 8pm UTC on MSP Waves

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8. Steem keeps on growing

@taskmaster4450 has released the latest edition of his Steem Distribution Levels analysis which shows that all levels of account are continuing to grow...

• Change In Steem Distribution Levels 8/18/19...We Keep On Growing

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9. Earning Stock Options in Steem

Steemleo investor @khaleelkazi presents some interesting thoughts on earning 'stock options' on Steem and on the Tribes and how that relates to the marketing of the platform...

• Multi-Layer Proof of Brain and Earning Stock Options In Steem

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10. DSound backs DTube

DSound developer and witness @prc lays out his reasons for buying DTC (D.Tube Coins) in the current D.Tube token sale...

• D.Tube Token Sale: why I decided to buy some DTC in this 1st sale round?

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]

(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)

Steem price	US$ 0.129	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
SBD price	US$ 0.615	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#79 (-1)	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
FCAS Score	817 (+2) / A / #16	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
No. of Whales	39 (n/c)	28 Sep '19
No. of Orcas	356 (+1)	28 Sep '19
No. of Dolphins	2155 (+2)	28 Sep '19
No. of Minnows	9251 (+2)	28 Sep '19
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#8,063 (-133)	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	158,474 / day	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	404,108 / day	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
Alexa rank (steempeak.com)	#69,157 (+793)	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
Unique visitors (steempeak.com)	14,252 / day	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC
Page views (steempeak.com)	64,136 / day	30 Sep '19 03:04am UTC

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

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Visit the Steem Meetups & Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...

• Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events @ 27 September 2019

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This is #188 (29 Sep '19) of this daily news service.

Please let me know of any important posts or key data that should be included. Comment below or message me on Discord Pennsif#9921.

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