It can be difficult to know when a sleeping giant of investment awakens, just take a look at silver as a good example.
We have all seen Dash and the like sprinting ahead in recent weeks but I wonder what their long term utility will be in terms of transactional use. Kudos to Amanda B Johnson for her promotional abilities with a mediocre product.
A block speed of 3 seconds and transactional use in the millions as well as sending to a simple address such as @michaeldodridge is what gets me excited. Mining without any equipment or technical knowledge is a bonus.
I have invested in this platform over and above any other because of the efficiency and ease of barriers to entry in terms of getting access to crypto for the average Joe. The blogging platform will, undoubtedly, evolve but the potential for the underlying Steem is, perhaps, at this stage the most exciting but also the most unclear as to it's future uses and utility.
Let the rewards curve be fairer and dump Steem Dollars, which complicates things IMHO, and the giant might just awaken.