Amazon Gift Cards are going on sale on the Steemleo Shop.
Also in this edition there is news and updates about Splinterlands' Summoner's Spellbooks, STEEM's top 20 Weiss rating, JAHMFEST trending on CoinMarketCal.com, Steem-Roller.com, Worldbuilding, Rada Quest, DBLOG, NOBEL, Mission : Agua-Possible and $convert.
And there are more additions to the Diary Dates section as well as regular updates on the Steem Foundation and the Steem Proposal System, and another Featured Contest.
1. Amazon Gift Cards now on the Steemleo Shop
@steemgyft are offering Amazon Gift Cards for sale for STEEM, SBD and tokens through Steemleo's new LeoShop...
2. Starter Set becomes Summoner's Spellbook
To avoid confusion @splinterlands will shortly be renaming the 'Starter Sets' to 'Summoner's Spellbook'. Nothing other than the name will change.
The Summoner's Spellbook will unlock the secrets of the various types of Splinter magic in the game and the ability to harness the power of Dark Energy...
Would you like to be interviewed for The People of Steem...?
3. STEEM still in Weiss Top 20
@jrcornel reports that STEEM has held its top 20 ranking in the recent Weiss Crypto Ratings...
STEEM is currently at #19 with an overall grade of C+, three places above EOS...
4. JAHMFEST trending on CoinMarketCal.com
@reggaesteem's summer blockchain event JAHMFEST is now trending on the crypto calendar site CoinMarketCal.com...
You can still vote for JAHMFEST to help it gain more prominence...
@reggaesteem is now offering a bounty for anyone who spreads the word about ReggaeSteem and JAHMFEST outside of Steem...
@conradsuperb reports on a first Reggaesteem event in Venezuela. Venezuelan musician @joseacabrerav organised a successful Bob Marley tribute event in Caracas...
5. Worldbuilding Token updates
@worldbuilder has now enabled staking for the worldbuilding token (WBT)...
6. Rada Quest Rewards
@marcosdk reports on the distribution of rewards from the @radaquest fantasy trading card game.
The online version of the mini-game of Gems will be ready in a few days...
7. DBLOG distributions
@dblogger has posted that the first distribution of the value generated on dblog.io has now taken place...
8. NOBEL earnings
@achimmertens gives an earnings report for the NOBEL charity token...
9. Mission : Agua-Possible over half-way
@drutter who runs Mission : Agua-Possible has posted that the project is now over half-way towards its goal of raising money to buy a well pump to bring water to the family farm of @EdgarGonzalez in Venezuela...
10. $convert reports on SBD to STEEM conversion
@inertia has written a Discord Banjo bot command $convert to give an indication of how beneficial SBD to STEEM conversion is...
Steem Proposal System update
The Steem Proposal System (SPS) today has a daily funding budget available of approximately 2498 SBD.
There are now 8 proposals receiving funding from the SPS - @yabapmatt (Steem Keychain), @netuoso (Vessel Desktop Wallet), @thecryptodrive (Power Down reduction), @anyx (API infrastructure), @thecryptodrive again (SBD Potato Top Up), @steemonboarding (Steem Onboarding), @thecryptodrive again (anti - Power Down reduction) and @howo (SMT testing).
These successful proposals are currently receiving a total of 797 SBD per day from the SPS...
Both of the Power Down reduction proposals are now in the 'funding zone' - one for the reduction of the Power Down period to 4 weeks, and the other against. @thecryptodrive submitted both proposals to provide some indication of community support for and against the reduction proposal...
The most recent proposal submitted to the SPS is from @cryptobrewmaster for funding of the beer brewing game of the same name...
Steem Foundation update
The Steem Alliance Community Foundation @steemalliance have released the minutes of their last two meetings attended by @shadowspub, @phage93, @alexvan, @guiltyparties, @transisto, @aggroed and @inthenow...
Their next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 12 February 2020.
The Steem Foundation is asking all Steem DApp and App owners if they would like to be a part of its new website....
Community Watch
@galenkp has clarified the point that a hive community tag (eg hive-142010) has to be first tag on a post for that post to appear in a community...
@gadrian explores the transition from blog to community...
Contest of the Day
Fish and Bird Art Contest
Make some artwork on the theme of Fish and a Bird. STEEM to be won. Organised by @offgridlife...
For a list of all the current contests on Steem check out this new list from @pennsif...
If you know of any current contests missing from the list leave a comment for @pennsif or message him on Discord @Pennsif#9921.
Dates for your Diary...
For a full list of Steem Meetups and Events...
Tuesday 11 February - The Steeming Pile, Vimm.TV
@johnspalding's live streamed open broadcast 'The Steeming Pile' is back, with new co-host @pennsif...
The recording of the last edition of 'The Steeming Pile' is now available...
Wednesday 12 February - Steem Philippines Weekly Meetup
Meetings every Wednesday in Davao City organised by @chrisrice and @steem-ph...
Wednesday 12 February - Monthly Witness Chat
Hosted by @shadowspub on The Ramble Discord Server, 1pm EST / 6pm UTC...
Thursday 13 February - Steem Munich Meetup
Organised by@steem-munich, @chris4210, @peter2017 & @backinblackdevilat. To be held at Paulaner Bräuhaus, München...
Friday 14 February - Finally Friday On The Blockchain
First episode of Finally Friday - On The Blockchain with @coruscate and @cryptofinally live on @threespeak...
Thursday 27 February - Adelaide Monthly Steem Meetup
Organised by @mattclarke, 6pm local time at The Jade Monkey, Flinders Street, Central Business District, Adelaide.
Saturday 25 April - SteemCampUK #3
Organised by @shanibeer and @lloyddavis in Leicester...
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 May - DTube Forum 2020
Organised by @hauptmann, @artakush, @greencross, @sergiomendes and @tibfox in Hamburg, Germany...
Saturday 20 June - Steem Canna Fest 2
Organised by @canna-curate in Portland, Oregon...
Tuesday 23 June - Sunday 28 June - The BLOCK Party, USA
The second annual BLOCK Party being organised by @enginewitty, @bluefinstudios and @dreemsteem. It has now been confirmed that the event will take place in Olcott, NY...
@bluefinstudios is also organising a Steem Summit at The BLOCK Party...
Friday 26 June - Sunday 28 June - JAHMFest2020, Jamaica
Organised by @donald.porter and the @ReggaeSteem team...
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]
| Steem price | US$ 0.204 | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #78 | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 749 / B | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.898 | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 37 | 08 Feb '20 |
| No. of Orcas | 368 | 08 Feb '20 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2215 | 08 Feb '20 |
| No. of Minnows | 9292 | 08 Feb '20 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #14,849 | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 222,276 / day | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
| Page views (steemit.com) | 511,235 / day | 10 Feb '20 0.17am UTC |
Follow @penguinpablo & @steem-data for more statistics.
This is #253 (09 Feb '20) of this daily news service.
[ graphics by @pennsif & @holybread ]