I'm in the middle of an international business deal with someone in China. He's developing a logo for me. I found him through the Steem blockchain and I am paying him in Steem backed dollars (SBD).
Now, this might sound bigger than it really is. But for me, it's not. I see it as the start of something that will be awesome on the Steem blockchain.
Doing direct business (and direct payments without a third party) with someone anywhere in the world has always been a dream. But it has never been possible before for most people. (seller and buyer).
First of all, it's really hard to find someone to do business with and second, finding someone that accepts a cryptocurrency is even harder.
But not anymore.
When you promote your business on the Steem blockchain it only makes sense that you accept SBD's for your products and services. It solves all the problems and it generates an instant use case for SBD. The same goes for when you are looking for a product or services.
A lot of people earn SBD while blogging but have nowhere to spend them. So now they convert them to bitcoin or Fiat to be able to buy goods and services.
Spending your SBD directly is of course much easier.
Your own blog is perfect for promoting your business. You can use it in so many versatile ways and it's completely free to use. You can showcase your store, your products, yourself, your portfolio, put reviews on there. You name it!
I started with spending SBD on a Logo. My next step is logical. I will need to have that logo printed on T-shirts and other material. I want to find a business on the Steem blockchain that will be able to do that for me.
The steem blockchain is so much more than just blogging for cash. It has the possibility to become a huge social economic ecosystem completely separated from the systems of old.
And now take it one step further. What if a person has Bitcoin but the store he wants to buy from only accepts SBD's.
It's time to think big.