I hadn't thought of the distribution angle, and thinking back it was simpler to get a steem account than a coinbase account. Mass adoption comes when the masses can do it simply.

i agree with you @cryptoctopus, i can already see in posts that SBD is already start to use in buying products online @exyle tell in his post that he buy his own logo shirt online by paying sbd from steemporium and already a designers of logo also start accepting SBD i think these little developments surely gives a nice idea that this coin has the ability to grow much higher and even with the induction of D-Tube and Esteem also strengthened the steemit blockchain even more, so all in all no doubt by buying steem @1.20 is a very wise decision.

> Once enough people have a token of value in their possession, it's only a matter of time before these token start being used in the real world. I believe this process will happen gradually and then very quickly.

I believe so too... for now  [I'm selling steam games for SBD](https://steemit.com/steemshop/@ahmadmanga/buy-steam-games-with-your-sbd-or-crypto-4-sep-2017) and I sold to 3 users already!! and there are actually people who do things like these, selling their service for STEEM.

But I send my earnings to an exchange to use them (I convert to Bitcoin mostly).. I'm ~~hoping~~ waiting for the time where I can use them directly!!

agree with you its worth spending every second on steemit great potential and have power to change life.

verry good

Good one! You have a lot of interesting content there :) i believe Steemit is going to overtake facebook ..  Thanks for the great suggestions you have given @cryptoctopus

i totally agree. it is a very good platform to invest in. no body kew or guess the bitcoins would hit sky high when it all started. speclations will always be there. that is how the stock worka. after reading your blog, i cashed in all to buy steem. thank you.

I disagree with you
It's not the best location
Coin mining is much better

Long live Steemit...

Congratulations @cryptoctopus!
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I think my favorite part about Steemit is exactly what you said--Steem is set up to self-promote and as we already know from your earlier series--it is all about the story. Every single post on Steemit puts a little bit more of the "story" out there as a bit of advertising.

Nicely done. I agree Steemit is the place to be and has a great future ahead. Better community and distribution all the way. Great investment indeed. Thank you for sharing.

I'm excited to see how the STEEM token begins to get used when people are paying for goods and services. It will make the value of STEEM skyrocket as it goes into general circulation.

you very nicely explained it about the steem it has huge potential and i have no doubt about it and the Coca-Cola reference was nicely added !! 
Thanks for sharing your valuable thought's on this :)

The two points I'd underline from this piece are:

 1) having more than tech people driving the popularity of the program is key to eventual broad-based appeal.  Almost anyone can understand the value of writing for monetary rewards whether or not they EVER use a cryptocurrency.

2) this temporary ban of cryptocurrencies by China will likely be seen as a major entry point for investors in the years ahead.  We'll likely see a short term sell-off even beyond what we already have.  But China will not sit on the sidelines forever.  Once they return to this market, the gains could be staggering.

Upvoted and followed you, @cyrptocurrencies.  Feel free to follow me back.

yes at a 1.20 hope its nice, i did some research today and i read alot about inflation, if so many steem is produced, does it even make a change to rise x times like other coins?

It is all about the distribution channels. I work at an online shop--we have really strong distribution channels and it makes all the difference. Other competitors have better prices sometimes, but it doesn't matter because they can't get the "eyeballs" on their products or website because they don't have the distribution.

Steem has value thanks to the Steemit community. I long the time when Steemit will be refered to as an article for references.

And after that we can see Steem price shoot up -though that is not the main target. but what the heck

Indeed, steem is created by the people, for the people were everyone has a chance to own it. Steem and sbd is a crypto for the masses, it also promote fairness and equality.

It really is exciting times here on Steemit isn't it.
I am grateful to be here and even more so to be soaking up advice.

Steemit is a great community one of the best social  networks that enable all those who are involved in it to obtain several privileges, which fight unemployment and offer competencies and specialties in all fields of technical, health and beauty,

I agree this is a great time to be buying STEEM if one can afford to put extra $ into it. I've been buying since it dropped below 0.0004 / BTC and plan to continue making regular buys as long as it's cheap like this.

It'll be interesting to see if the recent low point a couple of weeks ago holds or if it will drop more as people panic over the China ICO ban (not that it's the end of the world like the market reaction might indicate).

I am all in for crypto's and I am very excited for steem. Once it becomes a bit more slick and user friendly I think people will flood in.

Steemit is the best crypto and its not just because of how groundbreaking this technology is-- I am obsessed-- but how Steemians are going to use their rewards and what we are going to collectively be able to accomplish. I am so excited!! Thanks for your insight, I fully agree! Nice Steemit Octopus @Cryptoctopus! I'd like to see more cartoons like that!

**Genius article @cryptoctopus..**😎
And cool profile picture.. 😊🤗👍
I'm very glad if I could join to steemit about one year ago.. 😔 Unfortunately, I could join to it 2 months ago..

But it's true! If  STEEM use millions of people, it will be accepted by restaurants and shops. It will become an ordinary means of payment.

Invest now, collect at $10. Wait, I meant $100 🤑

Very true indeed. I rather look upon the idea and vision of something than the technology behind it (although that is a very important factor as well ofc). Steemit has become the father of this new idea were people can reward each other for their mind's value, and will most likely seem to grow. Probably gonna buy me a few more EOS and Bitshares soon"ish"! :) (I know, it's not Steem but still in the same area ;p)

Great explanation , especially about distribution. I never was thinking so deep about steemit , now all becomes logical. I regret that found out steemit so late and was not able to grow my account yet. 1.20 is such an opportunity for investment now.  Anyway  i am glad i am in steemit community now and can take a part in its development :)

Absolutely agree with you, when steemit becomes a mainstream social media platform it will also attract prominent social media stars who can do all types of contests easily with their fans on the steem platform and people will be able to send and recieve rewards easily. Also everybody needs to be paid for creating quality content without a central power which kills a persons freedom of speech by taking down content whenever they feel like it without justification.

I feel the same way about Steem.  It's just something intuitive about this platform and it's potential. 

It's a bonus that you convinced your friends, I'm telling everyone I know about it to!

BTC has been around for 8 years, Steem just over a year, it has quite a upside potential. Last time I checked, there are less than 300k registered accounts and many of those are abandoned already. There are 320 million people just in the USA.

Steemit will continuously gain 'steem' (pardon the pun) going forward as more people bail from FB and onto this platform.

I think TenX and their crypto payment app on the phone will be used by a lot of people to pay for things in public in a few years. Especially using the Steem generated from this site.

I agree 100%. I have very little knowledge about the technical side of crypto. What I do have is common sense. Regular people probably will not  "mine" crypto. They might be nervous to buy it. But will they try to earn crypto doing what they do anyway: posting pictures, poems, songs, art, essays, jokes, etc. on social media? Of course they will. My mom can do this.... and she has *nothing* to lose.