Recall that in the night of 14 July 15, decentralized social network was attacked Steemit: hacked about 260 accounts and stolen a little less than $ 85,000 in tokens and Steem Steem Dollars.
This event gave rise to a lot of assumptions about who was behind the attack. A number of users even accused the administration of the network of this. One of the most authoritative representatives of this group is an employee of the publication bravenewcoin.com Ton Weiss.
So, in the group "cryptocurrencycollectorsclub" in the social network Facebook, he left a message in which he stated that he considered Steemit "a Ponzi scheme" and boycotted it.
One of the users on the network, hiding under the name keirhsmih, responded to this accusation deployed by fasting, which resulted in 10 arguments in favor of that Steemit can not be considered a fraudulent scheme.
- In Steemit money is earned through the placement of content.
- The "Ponzi scheme" provides for the investment of funds, which will then be returned at a profit, and here only the content placed by users can be considered as investment.
- This is an open resource. "The Ponzi scheme" can not use the block system, where everything is in sight.
- The Ponzi scheme does not offer services in exchange for investments.
- In Steemit, the voting system is purely voluntary and is based on the consensus of users, and not determined by the developers.
- Steemit's economic platform is based on the fact that people want to vote for the point of view that is considered correct.
- Here I can directly communicate with people who vote for the content I posted, which is estimated in bitcoins. This allows you to attract more people into the world of crypto currency.
- The Ponzi Scheme uses marketing to attract new customers. In Steemit, the attraction of new people is done by users who want to see new authors.
- I do not trust tweets in which it is argued that articles are part of a fraudulent scheme.
- Steem and Seem Dollars have their own price, which people are willing to pay, regardless of whether someone is boycotting them or not.
The beta version of the Steemit platform was released in May this year. Users of this social network can receive a reward in the crypto currency for their publications.
When Steemit its startup founders Daniel Larimer and Ned Scott explained that the network will be managed through blokcheyna and use their own cryptocurrency, which will be transferred to users as remuneration for posts, comments, etc. Users are paid in the transition currency Steem Power and Steem Dollar, which can be exchanged for US dollars.