I am going to show you in this post how to profit by contributing to Open Source projects and earn Steem Power.

The post I am writing right now is a contribution for an Open Source project that you know quite well... **Steemit**. Steemit is **Open Source**, that means its codebase is public, **accessible by everyone**, **editable by everyone**. As a proof here is the code behind Steemit: https://github.com/steemit/condenser.

I am writing this contribution using <a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a>. <a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> **is the only platform rewarding Open Source contributions with Steem Power**. The contribution I am writing right now is falling under the **"Visibility"** Category in <a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a>, since I am trying to push the Steemit Open Source project by bringing more contributors to it. 
<a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> will reward me for creating this contribution with the votes of the community members plus the vote of the **Utopian Bot** that is powered by **530K** Steem Power.

**You can also profit from contributing to Steemit using Utopian and I am going to show you how. Keep reading.**

![utopian-network.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1508795745/qhnknkuaedwziwmnb5zh.jpg)

## My Visibility Effort for Steemit includes: 
- **200 SBD** to promote this post.
- Promotion on my Steemit profile with almost 1k active followers.
- Promotion in the Utopian discord channel: https://discord.gg/Pc8HG9x where there are already people actively contributing to Open Source projects

![Screen Shot 2017-10-24 at 00.26.25.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1508797623/n4dedbfdidm7tuy1yyay.png)

Contributions under the Visibility category in Utopian must provide proof of the visibility effort, this is why I am giving you all these details.

The more details I give, the better is my contribution, the most chances I have to get voted by the **Utopian Bot** that is powered by **530K** Steem Power. <a href="https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@elear/let-me-introduce-utopian-bot-the-first-and-only-meritocratic-bot">Read about the Utopian Bot</a>.

## You Can Also Contribute To Steemit and Be SUPER-voted by the Utopian Bot

- Visit https://utopian.io
- Login. Utopian uses SteemConnect V2. A tool created by the amazing guys of Busy.org and maintained by Steemit itself. Your credentials are safe there.
- Click on **+ Contribution**, top right and choose the category that better fits your contribution.
- Read and accept the rules for the category you have chosen
- Write steemit/condenser inside the **Github repository field** and press enter. Click on the first result that will show up in the window.

![Screen Shot 2017-10-24 at 00.01.23.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1508796095/szb2en04nlpf6juginge.png)

- Give it a nice title
- Write about your contribution in details.

## Kind of Contributions You Can Post on Utopian.io 

### Ideas/Feature requests Category
Contributions submitted under this category are the most important ones, therefore they must provide as much details as possible. Ideas and feature requests must be well explained and in great details. They must include images or videos and include any necessary information for the idea/feature to be built in actual code.

### Code Development Category
Contributions under this category must include links to pull requests, branches, forks etc. where the code has been submitted.

### Bug Hunting Category
Contributions under this category must include all the possible information for reproducing the bug. Devices, Internet connection speed, Browser version and similar info are necessary to reproduce the submitted bugs.

### Translation Category
Translations can be either submitted directly on the Utopian post or there must be a link to the translated files, in order to verify the work done.

### Graphics Category
Graphics can be either submitted directly on the Utopian post or there must be a link to the layouts, logos and creativity in general, in order to verify the work done.

### Documentation Category
Documentation can be either submitted directly on the Utopian post or there must be a link to the newly created or updated documentation, in order to verify the work done.

### Analysis Category
Analyses realised for an Open Source project have to written directly on the Utopian post or there must be links, charts, etc. to very what has been done. The contribution must also explain in great details why the analyses have been conducted and how.

### Visibility Category
These contributions serve as a way to bring more visibility to an Open Source project. They must include links to social network posts, adv and similar, plus the results of the visibility effort.

## What is Github?

Github is the platform where most of the Open Source projects are hosted. <a href="https://utopian.io">Utopian.io</a> links your contributions with the related project on Github.

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# Can I Contribute to Open Source Projects Other Than Steemit?

Of course you can and you should. Here a list of the most famous Open Source projects that came to my mind but **there are millions to choose**.

## Busy.org
If you want to contribute to this Open Source project just write https://github.com/busyorg/busy in the Github field on Utopian.io and press Enter. Click on the first result. Your contribution will be linked to this project.

## WordPress
If you want to contribute to this Open Source project just write https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress in the Github field on Utopian.io and press Enter. Click on the first result. Your contribution will be linked to this project.

## Drupal
If you want to contribute to this Open Source project just write https://github.com/drupal/drupal in the Github field on Utopian.io and press Enter. Click on the first result. Your contribution will be linked to this project.

## Google Chrome
If you want to contribute to this Open Source project just write https://github.com/chromium/chromium in the Github field on Utopian.io and press Enter. Click on the first result. Your contribution will be linked to this project.

......and many others.

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### Are you going to the STEEMFEST?
I'll be there. Lets meet and chat: https://steemit.com/steemfest/@elear/i-am-going-to-the-steemfest-guess-why

### Who am I?

11 years Senior Software Architect - Javascript Full Stack Developer, focused on ES6, React.js, Redux, TypeScript, Node.js, and DevOps.

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