Hello Steemians,
not even 4 more weeks, then STEEMFEST³ begins. I've booked my tickets some weeks ago for the STEEMFEST Hattrick.
First of all, I am very happy that STEEMFEST³ is taking place in Europe again, as I don't like long-haul flights. I have only been in Krakow ten years ago for an hour so far, changing planes at the airport. The weather in Central Europe in November is usually rather modest. 2016 in Amsterdam the weather wasn't great, and I don't expect too much for Krakow either. It will probably not be as warm as in Lisbon 2017 this time.
But you don't go to the SteemFest because of the weather, but because of the people. This time I am happy that some people of the Munich crew (@alexvan, @lizanomadsoul, @chris4210?) are going to Krakow with me.
Of course I'm also looking forward to all the Steemians who came by at one of the Munich Meetups, like @theaustrianguy, @tomhall + @dagmar-tirol and @reiseamateur.
I am curious about our twins @rivalzzz and @louis88 and our bidbot operators @therealwolf and @reggaemuffin as well as ocd curator @jeanpi1908.
I've heard rumours that there will be another beer Saturday tour, so I'm looking forward to seeing you again with @detlev, @buzzbeergeek, @quinneaker, @roxane, @arcange and other beer lovers.
And of course I'm looking forward to a reunion with all German speaking Steem OG's from July 2016, i.e. with @felixxx, @shortcut, @schererf, @pgarcgo, @gargon, @lrock, @shaka? and @timsaid.
Some thoughts about STEEM
HF20 has been rolled out, and SMTs are coming in Spring 2019.
My assumption for the future is that with HF23, 24 or 25 the authors and curators rewards in SP and SBD or STEEM will be removed from the blockchain protocol and replaced by a SMT. From this point on, only Witnesses will receive new STEEM for block generation. The oracles currently being developed by Steemit to enable the "one account = one vote" strategy indicate this. This is then automatically the end of the bidbots and the Selfvoting fraudsters. Steem(Power) will only be needed for the operation of dApps and SMTs, but not worthless, because there should be a big rental market for the coin. But as I said, this is my vision of STEEM's future. What do you think about it? Let's just talk about it in Krakow.
The STEEMFEST Hattrick Raffle
Did you know that 84 Steemians visited both SteemFest 1 and SteemFest 2 according to the stats provided by @steemitboard via http://steemitboard.com ?
The raffle: Bet how many of these 84 Steemians will do the STEEMFEST Hattrick, so after visiting Amsterdam and Lisbon they will also come to Krakow. Just post your answer in a comment. I will give away all liquid rewards of this post to the right answer. If multiple users post the right answer, the rewards will be splitted. No resteem needed, but upvotes are welcome. Payout after STEEMFEST³, as soon as the stats are available.
Important Note: Bets are only valid until the payout of this post. Otherwise some clever kiddies are changing their comments during SteemFest. So you are free to change your bet until the payout time of this post.