On Thursday we reach the last of the scheduled topic State of the Steem Forums.
This week State of Steem #7 focuses on SteemCommerce.
We will be looking at ways to encourage businesses to take payments in STEEM / SBD, and at the current state of steem in commerce.
The list of speakers already signed up is below. If you would like to take part as well please contact me on Discord (Pennsif#9921).
The Forum will take place on the MSP Waves Discord channel between 8pm and 11pm UTC.
Forum 7 (Thursday 7 February) : SteemCommerce
This forum will be looking at ways to encourage businesses to accept payments in Steem/SBD.
Recently I have been exploring the possibilities of using CoinPayments.Net to promote STEEM payments...
@theycallmedan will be talking about his experience of using Price-Breaker.com with CoinPayments.net...
@thecryptodrive will be discussing how @Buildteam worked with Paytomat to integrate STEEM into their payment system...
@sagescrub and some of the vendors from Homesteaderscoop.com will be telling us about their steem-based ecommerce site.
@danielvehe will be explaining more about the new Steem Merchants project in Venezuela.
The full list of speakers lined up for the forum so far includes...
- @artonmysleeve - UK entrepreneur looking to take STEEM payments
- @danielvehe - co-founder of the Steem Merchants project
- @disregardfiat - developer of @dlux-io
- @imacryptorick - leading member of the Israeli Steem community
- @jongolson - founder of SteemSavvy & online entrepreneur
- @nateonsteem - member of Homesteaderscoop.com
- @papa-pepper - vendor on Homesteaderscoop.com
- @sagescrub - founder and developer of Homesteaderscoop.com
- @teamhumble - co-founder of @steemcasting & online entrepreneur
- @thecryptodrive - witness and CEO of Buildteam
- @theycallmedan - Steem investor & entrepreneur
- @upheaver - witness and developer
- @dearw - member of the Steem Merchants team
A number of other prominent steemians may be in the Discord audience chat including @acidyo, @drakos and @gtg.
I should 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 five State of Steem Forums held so far have been well received.
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...
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...
Forum #3 covered DApps, Apps and Developments. Topics discussed included business plans, delegations and marketing.
The people who spoke on the forum were @arcange, @crypto.talk, @disregardfiat, @dreemsteem, @fredrikaa, @hightouch, @imacryptorick, @jarvie, @paulag, @prc, @project7, @starkerz, @thecryptodrive and @therealwolf.
The recording is available in case you missed it...
Forum #4 covered Steem Economics. Topics discussed included steem inflation, attracting investors, revenue streams, advertising. Steemit Inc CEO Ned Scott also made a special guest appearance.
The people who spoke on the forum were @crypto.talk, @disregardfiat, @fredrikaa, @hightouch, @jackmiller, @mcfarhat, @paulag, @starkerz, @traveller7761, @therealwolf and @ura-soul.
The recording is available in case you missed it...
Forum #5 covered Marketing, PR and Onboarding.
The people who spoke on the forum were @anomadsoul (@steemonboarding), @clixmoney (@dcooperation), @crypto.talk (@partiko), @jongolson (SteemSavvy), @mcfarhat (@actifit), @paulag (witness), @rhondak (@thewritersblock), @starkerz (@oracle-d), @surfermarly, @ura-soul (witness & @steempassport) and @whatsup.
The recording is available in case you missed it...
Last week's Forum #6 covered ommunities, content creation, curation and retention.
The people who spoke on the forum were @carrieallen (Helpie), @clixmoney (@dcooperation), @enginewitty (The Alliance), @hauptmann (@dtube.forum), @jonyoudyer (Canna-Curate), @shadowspub (Rambling Radio), @shredz7 (Stratos), @starkerz (@oracle-d), @taskmaster4450, @traveller7761 and @teamhumble.
The recording is available in case you missed it...
The forum was preceded by an hour of discussion and questions with Steemit Inc's Executive Chair Ned Scott, Managing Director Elizabeth Powell and lead blockchain developer Michael Vandeberg @vandeberg, along with Dan Notestein from @blocktrades.
The recording is available in case you missed it...
SOS Daily News
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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
You will be able to listen through the PAL Discord server, via mspwaves.com, Vimm.TV or on Twitch at twitch.tv/mspwaves.
To join in with the chat during the forums please join the PAL/MSP Discord server.
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