I haven't done one of these #asksteemit posts in some time, the r/askreddit used to be one of my favorite subreddits and I really enjoy discussions, especially now on an immutable blockchain and being able to reward others with something else than just imaginary internet points.
I was writing a post earlier and replied with this comment to @lunaticpandora:
and it truly is something I believe in, I can't wait for the day where Steem decouples from the other cryptos and does its own thing. I understand that there is still a long way to go for that to happen, a lot of exchanges and fiat gateways needed but with the recent pace that Steem and dApps developing on it have been lately, even in a bear market, have been astounding. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of new developers that are going to jump onto Steem and start creating their own ideas and services on top of it once the price starts to give the currency some more attention again.
I am also really looking forward to instant account creation and a fix to the abuse to wanting to create accounts just for the free 0.1 Steem you receive, it has been an obstacle and bottleneck for some time now. What seems even more crazy yet not many seem to be talking about it is the low amount of liquidity, i.e. Steem sell orders existing on exchanges. Even though it doesn't mean a lot as traders can just place the orders once price starts to move up it still shows that once some people decide to buy in it doesn't take a lot for Steem to start swinging harshly upwards which it has done quite a few times in the past.
What I wanted to talk about in this post, though, is what you, the readers and followers of my post believe has the biggest chances of becoming the next big thing in the world originating from Steem. As some of you may have noticed and probably gotten tired of seeing at this point is that I've been streaming on @dlive quite a lot in the last few months. As someone who used to stream on Twitch but quit and longed for a streaming platform to be created on Steem it has been so awesome to see it being developed and grow to what it is today and I want to thank @wa7 the founder of @dlive for his vision, investment and ongoing development of it. To me right now it is one of the dApps with the biggest potential for mass adoption and if you are someone familiar with streaming platforms in general you might understand the advantages and differences of doing it on Steem. I'm wishing it the best of success in the near future and hope I will be able to watch my favorite streamers and be able to reward them with votes and feeless transactions very soon on Steem!
Everyone who has earned or invested into Steem should be able to do whatever they want with their Steem Power - is the saying. Of course this does not mean that you can tell others not to flag you with their stake either as it is costing them to do so and often they have a good reason for it. With that in mind, though, and considering the possibility of unlimited new dApps starting out on Steem - what are some possibilities you can imagine for Steemians to do with their voting power in the near future if the demand for Steem Power is constant and increasing over time?
Imagine services that let you trade your voting power directly for liquid Steem/SBD or being able to purchase items with it directly. Sounds really crazy right? Well it may not have to be. Steem has a really high annual interest rate compared to banks, etc, and the interest to aquire Steem and hold it as an investment can become quite big in the near future. Sacrificing curation rewards, i.e. interest to instead purchase items through services on Steem could be something that would be possible. There are stores that have a higher price included in the items they sell depending on the percentage of thefts that happen annually, this could be compared to a percentage of flags where the service could lose out on.
I can't shake the image of driving up to McDonalds and the cashier giving you a QR code and saying "please upvote 10% here" and you getting your order 5 minutes later.
Steemit, which dApp do you believe can bring Steem to the masses?
