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Yesterday, a respected developer  in the Bitcoin community, Andrew Desantis, <a href="https://twitter.com/desantis/status/755975850562949120">tweeted</a> that he will be auditing Steemit and plans to post his results shortly. According to his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtdesantis">LinkedIn</a> profile, Andrew is a former Software Engineer at <a href="https://21.co/">21, Inc.</a>, one of Bitcoin's most well <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/21e6#/entity">capitalized</a> companies, and a former Technology Editor at Bitcoin publications such as Bitcoin Magazine and yBitcoin. 

Personally, I am holder of Steem Power and have invested a lot of time and energy in the platform. I believe this is important because I am neither a Software Engineer, Economist, or Game Theorist, therefore, I need to leverage subject matter experts in the space to determine if this project is viable or not. Which will help me decide if I will continue to invest my time in the project. I encourage more experts to analyze Steemit's technology and publish their results.  I will be looking out for Andrew's post and will upvote to help everyone else know.

I'm a huge fan of Steemit, however, in order to maintain my integrity, I have to remind myself to do my diligence before recommending it to others. For the sake of Steemit and all those investing their time, reputation, *and money* in Steemit, I encourage you to resist getting caught up in the hype and ask the hard questions. **That's the only way to help Steemit improve and become the platform we all want it to be.**