I believe that Steem is a unique beast in the market and it’s already solving a real life problem, the manipulation of user data on social media, all while integrating a permission less built in monetization system for content.
In 2011 nobody would have ever thought about 10k$ BTC, all in all though, I learned that curious people always win.
Nobody outside the ecosystem really knows what’s going on on Steem, most people still think it’s just a reward mechanism when in reality, that feature is just the tip of the iceberg.
MIRA, NFTs, SMTs, Hivemind, tribes, Openseed...nobody knows...yet.