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#### The State of Steem Forums are resuming this Thursday after the festive break.
#### Both forums so far have had well over 100 people in attendance.
#### There are six more to go, and this week's forum will be focussing on DApps, Apps & Developments.
#### As well as the tech side we will discussing delegations, business plans, marketing plans and onboarding.
#### The Forum will take place on the MSP Waves Discord channel between 8pm and 11pm UTC.

* **https://discord.gg/HXTWJzJ**
--- After this forum the five remaining forums are... * **Forum 4 (17 January) : Steem Economics - steem inflation, attracting investors, revenue streams, advertising** * **Forum 5 (24 January) : Marketing, onboarding, PR** * **Forum 6 (31 January) : Communities, content creation, curation, retention** * **Forum 7 (07 February) : SteemCommerce, shopping with steem** * **Forum 8 (14 February) : Pulling it all together, where have we got to, where are we going, how are we going to get there** All are on Thursdays 8pm - 11pm UTC/UK on MSP Waves. --- --- To make the numbers manageable we will be inviting certain DApp/App owners, developers, community leaders and witnesses etc to participate as speaking guests. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in the discussion through the live chat on the PAL/MSP Discord channel during the forums. I am keen to make the discussions as inclusive as possible so if anyone would like to come on air for any of the particular forums please do message me in Discord (Pennsif#9921) and we will do our best to include you. --- --- ### Forum 3 (Thursday 10 January) : DApps, Apps & Developments

For this Thursday's forum we already have a keen bunch of steemians coming along to speak. If anyone else with a passion for DApps and Apps would like to come on please message me. * @anomadsoul - witness and co-founder of SteemOnboarding * @crypto.talk - developer of Partiko * @disregardfiat - developer of DLux * @dreemsteem - founder of Spunkee Monkee * @fredrikaa - co-founder of SteemPress * @hightouch - founder and developer of Fundition and OnGame * @hr1 - expert in AI-enhanced curation and founder of Steeve app * @imacryptorick - co-manager of the Israeli Steem community and founder of the Steem Promotion Task Force * @jarvie - developer with SteemPeak * @paulag - witness, and steem data expert * @prc - founder and developer of DSound * @project7 - co-founder and designer of Steemhunt * @starkerz - co-founder of Oracle-D and Promo-Steem * @thecryptodrive - witness and CEO of Buildteam * @therealwolf - Top 30 witness, developer and owner of Smartsteem * @upheaver - witness and developer A number of other prominent steemians may be in the Discord audience chat including @acidyo, @crimsonclad, @drakos, @gtg and @shredz7. Steemit Inc are also invited to attend the forum. I will be joined by @teamhumble as co-host of the forum. --- If you have any questions you would like to ask or if you would like to come on to speak please message me on Discord (Pennsif#9921) or Steem.Chat (Pennsif). --- --- The two State of Steem Forums held so far have been well received. Each has had well over 100 people attending. The first was an 'overview' forum with 19 witnesses and community leaders giving their view on the current State of Steem including @aggroed, @anarcotech, @anomadsoul, @crypto.talk, @exyle, @fredrikaa, @hr1, @imacryptorick, @llfarms, @lukestokes, @nathanmars, @paulag, @project7, @shadowspub, @starkerz, @taskmaster4450, @themarkymark, @therealwolf and @yabapmatt. The recording of the forum is available if you missed it... * https://steemit.com/steem/@pennsif/lsyr505f --- The second forum focussed on Steem Technology and covered topics such as nodes, RocksDB, SMTs, RC Delegation Pools, Account creation. It also explored the decision making mechanisms to move development forward as Steemit Inc pulls back. The speakers on that forum included @blocktrades, @crypto.talk, @helo, @knowledges, @shredz7, @someguy123, @starkerz, @themarkymark, @therealwolf, @upheaver, @ura-soul and @yabapmatt. The recording of the forum is available... * https://steemit.com/dtube/@pennsif/amwntxt3 --- --- ### SOS Daily News

To provide a quick and easy reference source of all the latest posts and information about what is going on on Steem I am producing the **SOS Daily News**. This is the latest edition ... * [SOS Daily News : news about the State of Steem @ 6 January 2019](https://steemit.com/steem/@pennsif/sosdailynewsnewsaboutthestateofsteem6january2019-h9nxd4cr5t) --- --- ### Where to find the forums & how to listen in

The forums will air on MSP Waves Radio on Thursdays from 8pm to 11pm UTC. If you need to convert UTC time to your local time visit World Time Buddy

https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

**You will be able to listen through the [PAL Discord server](https://discord.gg/3SFXANM), via [mspwaves.com](http://mspwaves.com/), [Vimm.TV](https://www.vimm.tv/@msp-waves) or on Twitch at [twitch.tv/mspwaves](https://www.twitch.tv/mspwaves).** **To join in with the chat during the forums please join the [PAL/MSP Discord server](https://discord.gg/3SFXANM).** --- --- ### My DSound Picks of the Week

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Mingled in with the discussion I will be playing a number of my top picks from DSound this week including... * [Blues Rock](https://dsound.audio/#!/@alexworld/20190104t143853378z-blues-rock) by @alexworld * [Just Be](https://dsound.audio/#!/@d-vine/20190104t154955740z-just-be-by-d-vine-extended-version) by @d-vine * [Thorny Waves](https://dsound.audio/#!/@darrenclaxton/20190104t214229263z-thorny-waves-track4-from-the-little-words-ep) by @darrenclaxton * [Modern Chant & Emotions On Dance](https://dsound.audio/#!/@ivan.atman/20190105t181410011z-modern-chant--emotions-on-dance) by @ivan.atman * [Night Style](https://dsound.audio/#!/@laritheghost/20190105t005139161z-night-style-laritheghost-trap--hip-hop) by @laritheghost * [You Don't Understand](https://dsound.audio/#!/@nakedverse/20190107t121622725z-you-dont-understand) by @nakedverse * [Enemy](https://dsound.audio/#!/@newenx/20190106t182923476z-enemy) by @newenx * [Perdoa Senhor O Nosso Dia](https://dsound.audio/#!/@ricardovieira/20190107t132516876z-perdoa-senhor-o-nosso-dia) by @ricardovieira --- ---

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