I keep being reminded that it's important to tell everyone "out there" about how great Steem is instead of just preaching to the converted so to speak. But when your Twittering, FBooking around, getting your Insta on, Quoraing or getting reddit - how do you tell them without writing a dissertation on each platform? To make my life easier I'm making this one post I can share around the platforms and just say - Steem is great, go over there to read more and join up.

![c0ff33a.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbhMspYLrW7ueyKZxtVvfSMvpPYebph7F72p74wtEwnDK/c0ff33a.jpg)

This has to be top of the list, just imagine all the fun you can have ridiculing my posts in the comments, you can be Donald from Happy Gilmore shouting "Jackass" to make me slip up. Like a stumpy, hairy British Stretch Armstrong you can bend and stretch me to your will - and when you are bored just look at all the other cool things you can do as well.

## Getting Started with the Steem Blockchain ##

Steem is a Blockchain, and you can access it through a variety of different front ends, server based tools like Steem Python and even web based tools like SteemJS to look at the past data stored. To interact with the Blockchain you need to register an account - there are a variety of ways of doing this including https://signup.steemit.com/ and https://account.buildteam.io/apps/steem-account in fact I will set up accounts if anyone needs them just contact me through discord @c0ff33a / Deranged [Witness]#7845 

Unlike other cryptocurrencies, your Steem account name is human readable - so my account is @c0ff33a, if someone wished to send me an amount of Steem they just type in my account name - simple and the transactions are lightening fast. Compare that to sending Bitcoin 3FpSgz9hani8sai89Ngh7QCsykzteCSUmY , Etherium 0x8fa0ea51373cbD8030b2f107F3BcC971ae1B0e4e or LTC MFCqNzj5fXXBjwEsdSfdFFFjSp6XMTFvmK (they all work if anyone wants to test them out) long complicated names and super slow transactions.

Once you account is set up, your interaction with Steem based apps is limited by Resource Credits - to increase your Resource Credits you need to Stake Steem - that is invest it into Steem Power which will give you more resource credits and also greater influence. The simplest way to obtain Steem and then power it up is through https://www.blocktrades.us/trade 

## Frontends ##

https://steemit.com is an example front end to access the blogging aspects of the Steem Blockchain

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But you can actually access and post to the Steem Blockchain from many different sites like https://steempeak.com/@c0ff33a/feed

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Each front end will display information differently, so you can find one that suits you or even use a combination. Some like https://www.steeve.app use your interaction history of comments and upvotes to intelligently display new posts you might like

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Others like https://staging.busy.org just give a simple alternative

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There are also mobile and desktop based apps like https://esteem.app

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Or even https://appics.com/#

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And to share video content https://d.tube/#!

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Or https://3speak.online

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That's a massive range of ways to access the Steem blockchain, and it is only a tiny selection of what it currently available.

## Gaming ##

When you want to relax after a hard days blogging, what better to then to wind down with a game or two. Top of the list is https://steemmonsters.com?p=battle&id=52cf66b2ab34253375113528cbc3eca8800ce795&ref=c0ff33a 

![Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 23.31.29.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNm6i1RhthtshPvxNDRwffL6TNhu2hH9tznZdRUDbvngE/Screenshot%202019-12-27%20at%2023.31.29.png)

Everything in the game is logged and stored to your Steem Blockchain account - from buying cards, playing matches to trading cards and selling on the open market. It's a super fun game, you can buy card packs with Steem or other Cryptocurrencies and even credit card via PayPal.

![Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 23.47.15.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWj6EKxxjUnqNrvQnA81s7KbXauoNLJHrF3qp3ZbKx2BD/Screenshot%202019-12-27%20at%2023.47.15.png)

If you are interested in space exploration, then https://nextcolony.io/overview might be for you

![Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 23.51.26.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUNKcXMPyKpT1Y4SHdh51o5x5iGypNv1bZFGQuuqTFuzG/Screenshot%202019-12-27%20at%2023.51.26.png)

It's a game of patience and thought, where you spend your gained resources hopefully wisely to grown them even more.

A different alternative is https://drugwars.io/ where you invest your earnings on growing production - but leave it exposed and other gamers will fight to take your spoils. It becomes a race - gain more defence units to protect your income, while still trying to build more production to keep growing.

![Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 23.57.52.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQquiUHjWtz9d3ef1phTsoRHa5xEDGMoZp3AUdmCSWTrS/Screenshot%202019-12-27%20at%2023.57.52.png)

I was a sceptic at first because of the title, but once you get into it very addictive. These are just three examples of built on Steem Blockchain games which utilise your account to store your game progress, many more are available or in progress.

## And there is more ##

I have not mentioned Communities because they are still in Beta, but they do offer additional opportunities compared to the standard static blog. Being able to pin specific posts to a hobby or special interest group will make it much easier to find and share information.

![Screenshot 2019-12-28 at 00.18.20.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTpG9sPE1FHTF9nbjXAjwy33rpsud8ZVtB94e7sSfsq76/Screenshot%202019-12-28%20at%2000.18.20.png)

https://steem-engine.com/?p=balances&a=c0ff33a adds a vast range of Tokens to the mix, and with many of them corresponding tribe sites where you can stake the Tokens and earn them in rewards like https://www.creativecoin.xyz/@c0ff33a/feed

![Screenshot 2019-12-28 at 00.20.13.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVBz7E9KpLG9wvbBYyVQ1qXXH6ZNwVqeDaFRG17uoWjqq/Screenshot%202019-12-28%20at%2000.20.13.png)

And the Steem Blockchain will be launching SMT (Smart Media Tokens) to further expand rewards on external sites.

## To Conclude ##

The Steem Blockchain offers so much from one simple account sign up, whether you already have a blog or are thinking of signing up for one - Steem offers an easy way to create posts, embed images direct from the page builder and enhance your text with Markdown. With a variety of Steem backed games and DApps to access, that one account gives you access to many other opportunities - and of course you can also Earn Steem, send it quickly to other account members and Power it up to gain greater influence.

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