Ask Me Anything - In Text First...Dlive Next?

in ama •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Hello Ladies and Gents!

I figured today that I would rather spend time in the comment section answering whatever questions you have than writing a post for an hour or two.

I've never done this before and it may be something that proves to be useful to you.

You can literally ask me anything. I've been around here since before the first payout, I have a good understanding of where steem was, is and where it's going. If you want to ask stuff about my personal life, that's okay too.

Also, let me know if you would like me to do that with DLIVE so that we can livestream an AMA and see my face instead of text.

This is it! Ask me anything!

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OK, three questions:

What would have to change in your particular situation to make Steeming full-time be more valuable than your "day job"? The stuff you recently wrote about needing six figures to fulfill your role as a husband and father made it seem like you might be not so far off.

People keep looking at your 'net worth' here and asking variations on what can I, as a newbie, do to reach your level of success? And you basically keep answering "find a way to be valuable". But how much of your situation is just first-mover advantage and n00bs simply won't ever reach your SP? (I'm genuinely not sure what my own account will look like if I keep this up over the next two years, but it's on my mind that maybe I missed the golden days.) ((OTOH, I agree that the value of Steem is going no where but up, so maybe the silver days ahead will be sufficiently rewarding. :-) ))

I have the impression that you're a pretty straight Libertarian, what do you think about the UBI trend in real-world econo-politics?

Thanks man. I wouldn't want to go full time in steem for now and be completely dependent on that source alone since the price is so volatile. I don't want my family to be stressed about the price of steem. Who knows? A major bubble could pop anytime. So having a steady baseline from a job is a nice place to stand on.

For sure I had a first mover advantage but I can't stop thinking about all the people I told back then to get in who just wouldn't. Not only was I at the right place at the right time but I also was the right person for it. Still, adding value was always in the equation. I've seen people who were there when I got started and didn't build a large SP holding like I did.

The golden days will always be relative. The day STEEM is at $100, people will still say that they missed the boat when it was at $3.

I'm puzzled about UBI to be honest. People need function...for non-conscientious people it may prove to be a disaster since they naturally don't have the inclination to work.

I am glad to see you mention that about being the right person.

Over the last few months I wrote some posts about the "whales" being lucky to take advantage of 6 or 7 cents STEEM and being able to load up.

I recall writing one post stating that the same people complaining were not loading up on STEEM at $.85.

Today we are at $3 and those people who were complaining missed the boat. Now they can whine about how "lucky" I was to have been able to buy at $.85.

Being in a place is one thing, pulling the trigger is another. That is what most fail to realize.

You might have been lucky to be in the right place at the right time but the fact you took advantage of the situation had nothing to do with luck.

Of all the things great about Steem, what for you is the number one best aspect of this platform?

The amazing comment section! There are no trolls here! Also, that has more social media platform grows on top of steem, all my fans will remain with me.

I have had bad luck with Bittrex. I'm now using Binance, but they don't have Steem and there is a serious lag. Any recommendation on an exchange that can take the place of Bittrex.

Sorry to hear that. What happened? There are already a few alternatives listed on coinmartketcap I believe.

For some reason Bittrex removed BTG from their exchange early on like it never existed. That lasted until the next day. When BTG was returned to the exchange, my BTG wallet and history was wiped clean. (I spent a little over 4 ETH) No explanation whatsoever. I provide a support ticket with screenshots of ETH currency used to pay for it. There is no record of the ETH exchange to BTG or a transfer out of Bittrex. That was over a month ago. There has been no evidence of anyone working the support ticket. All I ever get is an automated email stating if my problem has been resolved, to close the ticket. There is no phone number to call to get help.

Well, looks like I got to the party late, but here goes:

Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash? Why?

how i can got soo many upvote like you any advance?

wow soo great for me i got 1.49 never get that much what i make it for deserve that much ?

I have people who are my fans on steemauto.com, the fans who are "good fans" (that comments thoughful good comments) gets upvoted in my comment section.

I also suffer the same problem together that I am posting wonderful topics
I have insisted and hardened on them many yet I do not belive much upvote
Is it helpful if you can. @cryptoctopus
Or give me a special way if you allow

It's cool that you're doing an AMA, @cryptoctopus! My question is pretty simple: what can we followers expect from you in 2017? What will you focus on writing about?

I tried "focusing" on topic in the past but in the end, I hit a roadblock everytime I constrain myself. I think I will focus mostly on my fans and providing tools for them to succeed on steemit. I'm doing this with the steemauto features, upvoting my comment section, get feedback and delivering what you guys want me to deliver. That way we can have a conversation.

That's a good idea to interact with the fans, rarely people do such kind of activities, thanks for that. My question is what's your views on steem for the coming year. I request you to keep on posting such stuff that help your fans to improve their blog.

A question @cryptoctopus trick that anecdotes has happened this 2017 and not forget

DLIVE would be great. My question is will the cryptocurrencies replace the fiat currencies in the future.

What a sensational idea....I might have to try this at some point.

Here is my question:

What do you think things will look like after the next hard fork and the implementation of communities and SMTs?

If I understand, we will have a Reddit type situation with subreddits possible (sub-steems?).

And what does all this do to the earning potential of those who are coming on here?

Do you think next year is going to be good for steemit?

Are you going to invest in others cryptos? Which ones?

Do you think new users still have an opportunity to succeed here on steemit?

I'm a sucker for graphene type projects. EOS, Bitshares, Peerplays and Steem. I'm the most bullish about steem because of the sheer volume of development going on both within Steemit Inc and in the community. No other projects even come close in my opinion.

OK, this is the problem I am having and don't know who else to ask... so any idea why I cannot get JAXX to shapeshift? I have a little bitcoin in there, would like to move most of it to etherium and litecoin but it won't move.

probably that you fees are set too low. I have transfer bitcoin to bitcoin cash yesterday. I paid $36 in fees and it's still not through.

Hmmm... thanks. I was using the "max" button, thought it was calculating that for me. SO much to learn about all this, thanks for your help!

Thanks @cryptoctopus. I really love what you are doing. I always long for your post and today you have done something really wonderful. Taking your time to answer our questions.

Why is the rise of Steem dependent on the launch of SMT? Aren't there other factors that could make it rise?

The whole alt-coin market is up. I wouldn't say that it's up because of SMTs at this point since they arent' out and aren't bringing capital in the ecosystem yet.

Ok Thanks.
What about SBD do you think it will ever return to it $1 mark?

Would love to see a live stream on DLive.
What're your thoughts on how one can encourage an existing follower base on Instagram on to steemit?

which thing would be best...buy steem power or steem delegation..?
and where you get that sunglasses ..?

When SBD is over $10...delegation for sure since you can upvote your own posts, get more visibility, more upvotes, etc. Then turn those SBDs into STEEM to powerup!

Thanx

you make vacation with donation here in steemit or youre own money i love this place where you are beautifull

after a year from now how much do you think steem price cloud be

With SMTs / hivemind / hf20 coming out, I wouldn't be surprised if we visited the $100

My forecast also....

😁

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How likely is it that Steem will reach the $ 5 mark and consolidate on it?

very very likely in my opinion.

Oh yeah, that would be great!

The most noteworthy topics at Steem are always on bitcoin and making money.Do you think,quality contents in different areas will also noteworthy here?

yes, all communities are valuable. #life and #photography are actually the tags with the most payout. It will become a much better experience when communities will roll out...soon I hope!

The money earned is not really important to me, but I just want to see that what people share really gets what they deserve. This answer really gave me hope. Thank you for your interest. From now on i also believe in the steaming magic and promise to share my knowledge !

hello, I'm relatively new to Steem, I like what you do and your blog, so I want to ask how you have achieved this level on Steem and what are you doing in life?

Hi @frankl1in! I work from home. I operate a marketing agency in the resort industry and I do steem part time. I've achieved this level by writing blogposts, always trying to find ways to add value to the community by connecting people and projects. I was also there right from May 2016 when no payout was done yet and nobody believed that being paid to blog could be a thing. I've written a few posts about my story. Feel free to check them out for more details. :-)

thank you it's interesting, I will certainly get acquainted with your first posts for information :) And what is the goal you are trying to achieve on Steem?

Hey, first of all, I love that you're doing a Q&A.

Where are you from and how old are you? + where do you think Steem will take us?
thanks in advance.
Have a great holiday

I'm 31 and I'm from a little town north of Montreal in Canada. I think Steem will take us TO THE MOON. Jokes apart, I think the possibilities are endless and that's why I'm here.

Thanks for the quick answer. I would glad if you check out my Steemit blog and give me advice on how to get to more audience.
appreciate it!

How did you get 43 votes minute after the post has been posted?

He has more than 7k followers.

I give special privileges for people who set themselves up as my "fans" on steemauto.com. :-) Read my previous post to see what I mean.

Yeah, discovered steemauto recently.
Thanks. It just seemed appropriate to ask.

What you think about the flag war drama that happens here? Does berniesanders have merits in what he tries to do?

I try to stay away from politics. Me and bernie have had a rocky relationship. I'm a big fan of things like steemcleaners and cheetah though.

@cryptoctopus,
Why STEEM is still highly devalued? Any thought about it?

<< This is a nice thought too, you made a wonderful selfie there >>
Cheers~

@cryptoctopus,
Thank you friend! This is an iterating question for me!

Cheers~

@cryptoctopus - Sir what's the best to keep, STEEM or SBD?

+W+

I'm not a betting man, SBD isn't suppose to do what's it's doing. I feel safer with STEEM.

what you think best crypto except steem for 2018? want to diversify for 2018, just top3-5

I'm not the best trader and figure that I could only HODL projects I believe in.
Apart from Steem:

  1. EOS
  2. Bitcoin Cash
  3. IOTA

Do you plan to ever cash out, and if yes, what would need to happen to trigger this decision?

What is the secret to get more followers. I am new here and I posted good staff, but I feel that it's difficult to get new followers. Thank you @cryptoctopus for being open to answer.

  1. Add value to the community (or find whales you can add value to)
  2. Connect with people and build your network
  3. You might want to consider investing in SteemPower or buy delegation to gain more visibility in the hot/trending.

The more SP you have, the easier it is to gain visibility. More visibility = more followers.

Thank you for answering me.

How did you find out steemit?

In 2013 I got interested in bitshares. @fuzzyvest told me about it on skype.

Hai boss...pleas check out mybpage and show me some love..am new here..Thanks

@cryptoctopus, who's this handsome guy with lovely sun-glass. Nice matching couple. Love more. image seems power of the steemit delegation.

If you dont mind, how many SP you start steemit with, and what is the advise for the newbies to reach on to your level, what they need to :-

  1. Continuously doing?
  2. Avoid it completely?

I started with 5 SP almost 2 years ago:-)

  1. Find ways to add value to the community and write about it (Starting meetup groups, providing services built on top, participate in the github, participate in utopian.io, etc.)
  2. Avoid begging for votes and follow

Thanks @cryptoctopus, i would follow the wonderful advise, perhaps meetup groups i can do and would check out utopian.io, but others not much of IT savy, thus not a programmer.. :)
Nice one on no begging for votes and follow, let your quality and contribution bring the upvotes and followers, well noted.. thanks... :)

How can i get a more up votes and earning tell me bro..@cryptoctopus

  1. Add value to the community
  2. Network
  3. Write about how you add value and how you are helping the steem community be better.

What according to you is the best cryptocurrency to invest in as of now?

For long term gains...steem without a doubt.

Okay, Electroneums talk about simulated phone mining.
Think thats a potential good investment?

What do you say about the vote buying here, is this healthy for the platform?

  1. There is a market demand for vote buying
  2. It happens voluntarily between 2 parties
  3. There is no way to stop this from happening

In time, with more apps, communities and more users, I don't think it will be much of an issue...if it ever was.

Is there tension between EOS and @Ned since a dev can rebuild Steem and upcoming SMTs on EOS?

Ok just tell me till how long SBD will be above 10 value...

If ur prediction come true then it will be a great help.

have a great day.

1 Are you worried about the inflation rate of Steem?
2 If you could only follow 3 people on Steemit who would they be?

Hey, i have some question about Steem dolars, Do you know why prize of steem dolars fired up? As a know the steem dolars should be equivalent to US Dolars, but now is 12 time more expensive? What is going on?

Have you seen the new Star Wars? What do you think about it?

Any speculations... How much price SBD would touch?

What do you think the content will look like in Steemit over the next year? Do you see the posts being more project oriented like Utopian?

A good post. I have a question. Why are payments for the post and for comments increased due to the unstable course, during 7 days and they are reflected, and the conclusion is only the amount that was weary?

I don't know if you are using something like google translate...I really don't understand what you are asking.

I THINK they are asking why the "pending payout" is different from the actual payout? Maybe?

Hello @cryptoctopus, what do you think of a new front end site to steem that would replace stackoverflow with a @utopian-io model for curation?

Steem is a zero-fee, near instant settlement blockchain that already processes more transactions per second than the Bitcoin or Ethereum networks. But nobody outside of the site talks about using Steem as a payment method. What has to change in 2018 for this to happen?

Also - not a fan of DLIVE. Makes it harder to follow conversations between people if there isn't an actual comment to respond to.

I think this feature will become more apparent once we have a decentralized exchange and ICO mechanism in place. Also a chatbox with transfer embedded would be awesome.

@cryptoctopus which are the best tags to post, looks like more people are interested in certain topics.

Hello, and tell me how to withdraw money from the purse?

excellent journey and nice moment, which name this place, thanks for sharing

Thanks! It's close to Tulum in Mexico. Coba I think is the name.

Thank you for this opportunity. I relatively new here.

  1. How do you enjoy more visibility on steemit?
  2. What would you suggest, keeping SBD or using it to buy steem or steem power?
  3. How do you grow in reputation?
    Last one: 4. What has worked for you in here and what message would you like to pass to me as a newbie based on what you have learned and the mistakes you have made? Thank you. As you can see, i asked rookie kind of questions.

nice selfie

wow cool selfiE 😎👌

My second question is , what do you think about sharings in steemit ? (Actually , I realize that people who share about cryptocoins get more upvotes. But people who are sharing about other topics get less upvotes even their posts are so good . What’s your opinions about it ? Are people focusing on how to get more money ?

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hello i am @arshi ....i am new in steemit...basically i like to drawing.. so is it the perfect place for showing my activities?? and i have a also question to you that i am buying vote for my post is it healthy for my account???

pls answer

Thanks for this Q&A session, apart from marketing and steemit, which other passions do you have that allows you to earn for doing what you enjoy?

..hello @cryptoctopus
..Im curious,have you try SOLA,and if you do what's your thought about it.

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Thank you again for the excellent opportunity to contact you and you wrote a lot about the Utopian.io, what are your advances and impressions on the Utopian.io? Thank you @cryptoctopus

I just want to thank you for your support , @cryptoctopus! have a nice day!

Wow that looks amazing! Nice

Hi I'm from Venezuela and I have a question, what advice can you gift me for more Steem Power?

Hi! Find ways to add valule to the community. When you do that, you get more upvotes.

@cryptoctopus
Thank you first for this opportunity to ask a question to you
I want to know if a site of steemit will remain in its beta version !!
And do you think you see a coin of SBD and STEEM
There will be a big explosion in 2018 or it's just expectations
I want to invest my money in this site what you advise me !!!

What's a good way to gain recognition and more eyes on a post? I started a project that aims to ensure free digital artwork and photography for steemians by steemians @steemcreations

It's proven to be a bit harder than I thought to actually get people to contribute.

What can I do to increase visibility for my posts and get people to share their work with the community?

How did you manage to survive in your earlier stage in this platform because ,as a minnor you will bring your and prepare a post thinking that it will go far by attracting a reasonable upvote at the end you receive a huge shock of disappointment.is there special secret to attract upvote or only beeing committed to the platform.i know that you can solve my problem " the great cryptoctopus".am waiting to tap from your wisdom

Did you go to the hell @crytoctopus?

please clarify...I'm not sure to understand.

on this image showing backward down the hell. I ask you that

very useful, and earnest. steady

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Great shots@cryptoctopus ...... nicely smile moments and what camera did you use to get the shots on the photo? Incredible scenery, colours and very well composed keep up the great work!
upvoted and resteem

Well done nice post....

Will there be another Q&A from you in the future?
I really enjoy reading it!

Hello i am a crypto newbie from Uganda promoting Steemit but find these questions technical to answer.....help me out

Where does Steemit money come from?
How does Steemit owners benefit?

Africans ask a lot of curious questions...!!!!!

Where does the money come from?
The best analogy is your own government or bitcoin. Government print it's own money to pay for infrastructure (inflation). Steem does the same an inflation rate of about 10% a year. It pays for security (witness), for content curators and authors.

Bitcoin is the same. Through inflation, it pays for miners to secure the network.

Steem and Steemit are two different things. Steemit Inc owns and operate Steemit.com. The company itself has a large stake in the system and their job is to provide software for the ecosystem to get better overtime.

Thanks for the reply,I now have an answer for that daunting question...Let Steemit promotion Uganda continue..

how much you withdrawing by now out off steemit i see you have all time at value off sbd right now more then 1 million $

Hello, I would like to know how you always make time for Steemit and besides that, to know all the recent information Crypto quickly ?. I also wanted to ask if when a person invests in Steem Power the voting power increases more and more? Thanks bro ? ^^

Do you think that many people can repeat your success on the Stem?

Would you like your son to earn money only on Steem? Or that he worked in another field?

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That is a nice gesture.. I don't have a direct question. I only wanted you to know that I appreciate your efforts on steem and it's great to have you here.. I hope one day we meet and we can discuss things together.. And that you have a minute to look to my post about my STEEM Goal: go with my kids to the US for a once in a lifetime family holiday.

Thats awesome man.Thank you and good luck on your goal. 😀

Wow ! excellent and perfect looking.where is this place.... very nice and amazing photo shoots with beautiful natural scenes I personally liked it thanks for sharing@cryptoctopus
upvoted and resteem

I am reading your post blogs and see this mentioning a dlive?

Are you going to do It? Make sure to let us know with enough time!

first of all let me tell you that the selfie you have uploaded is the selfie of the day.

now coming to the question, why it is hard for steem to cross 4 usd and second question why this world is murdering animals in the name of protein. Why there is no compassion when it somes to animals...is the compassion a copyright only for human being.

Is this earth only for human beings to enjoy and not for other living creature.

Why the human's taste bud is demanding the murder of an innocent living creature.

When this will. Do you think one day will come when this earth will suffer a massive apocalypse leading to the destruction of the whole.

Thank you.

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Curator get earned for upvoting posts and comments. I was wondering voting for comments always get 25% reward regardless 30 minutes rules?

Okay @cryptooctopus Good Day..!!!

here is the questions:-

(1) Why I am not getting any upvote from whales like you.

(2) Where is my Christmas gift from you.

(3) Is there some change in reward coming in steemit in 2018 ?

Thank you.,..

steem on and stay blissful.

nice post @cryptoctopus thank you

Crazies.. :)

How did you find out about Steemit?

I'm interested to know what your thoughts are on the SBD peg - or lack thereof. I understand that everyone is making a lot more money here than ever before thanks to SBDs being priced so high (myself included), but from a long-term view I think it's very bad for the platform.

SBDs were clearly designed and intended to be pegged to $1, and it was a great idea in my opinion to facilitate user-friendly commerce using the Steem platform. If it is no longer pegged then I feel that it makes things much more confusing overall and there's really no reason to have two separate tokens anymore.

I'm a cook, and I am wondering, what is your death row last meal?

Assuming anything can be on the menu, what do you choose, and why?

I choose the homemade chicken soup of my wife....hands down.

Do you have 3 hearts and blue blood like a real octopus? What's the deal with that ink squirting? How easy it it to buy shoes? How does it feel to know that you may well die shortly after mating?

Excellent my question is there any limit to mine the steem coin, i mean as we know that in bitcoin only 21M bitcoins will be mined and then it's mining stopped.

I am going to go a little specific with my questions and if you don't have a feel for it I understand. I just wrote my introduction post today and describe my mission here on Steemit to create high quality sports content and hopefully drive sports traffic to the site.

Do you see Steemit being a place to go to consume sports content in the near or semi-distant future? If so, what do you think would be the best way to drive an audience to Steem that may not be familiar with the platform or may be scared away from Crypto in general?

How did you discover steemit in earlier time my dear friend? Thanks for answers

one Question please..
What is the advice you could give to someone who is a pure beginner on steemit to be more successful..?
I would appreciate your answer very much.
Thank you

This is a really great conversation! There are some great questions here. Love reading through it.

I had a big long ass comment drawn up about how I couldn't ask everything I wanted to in one comment section, but I opted to kill that and just ask one boiling question...

As a near day one user, you surely have had experience with a lot of users who were once active, but have gone dormant, whose accounts are in the high end Whale category. Based on your experiences with some of those folks, what do you think it would take to get some of them re-engaged with the community, and putting that large stake in the platform to good use supporting those who are supporting their nest egg?

Even if they could only be convinced to log in and delegate their SP to someone trusted, that could tip the balance and dilute some of the reward pool abuses that are taking place due to presumed apathy, or outright collusion in voting rings.

As always, appreciate your thoughts! Thanks for doing the AMA, although I tend to feel your comment section is basically a daily AMA anyway. hahaa

great post )

How much did you ever invested in Steem?
Or did you grow to be a whale this big on posts alone?
Upvoted!

when I covert 1SDB to Steem I get 4.244 but when I covert it back i Get 0.995SDB which is less than 1SDB.

Why??
hhh.JPG

No steem and SDB which one can we keep our money?

What are your thoughts on accounts like @zerOhedge ? basically cherrypicks articles on ZeroHedge.com and reposts them on Steemit.
Making quite a bit of money plagiarizing.
It seems he's not the only one, see the same thing all over Steemit.
Or in short, how do you feel about people getting paid in crypto for plagiarism?

Hi crypto,
1 - What Site/SteemitAccount/videoChannel do you usually read/watch about Steem news?
2 - I saw that you are active on Utopian, what do you think about the project and its future?

How will I get more upvotes and power up here?
Romantic snap shot and lovely both of yours.

i have a good question for you.
We have 2 options while making a post, 1 is 50% SBD and 50% Steem and other is 100% steem. Which one is better.

What i think is as per the current scenario when SBD is higher ofcourse its better to get 50- 50 and then convert it to steem later on. I checked your steem power, as per the rate i am getting steem, i can't ever reach to the amount you are holding. how you managed to get that much Steem , and One more question, How to get to know about the good and helping people on this platform.
Thanks

You beat a lot of people up that mountain... ha ha... keep up the good work!

I see you live in Quebec? T'es de la région de Montréal?

What help will you give to minnows like me to help us gain our ground here on steemit.

Do you chat on steemit.chat and fast do you respond.

When is your birthday, I wrote in my introductory post that I will celebrate all steemians on their birthdays. So let me know yours and if possible you help me get the dates for other steemians

  1. In your own opinion, what's the best coin to invest in 2018?
  2. If there was no steemit, what other profession would you have gone into?
  3. Can I be your friend? if yes, how do I get this honour?

Hello @cryptoctopus
I've promote steemit
Registering newbies daily
I relented on that because some of these newbies leave when they dont get the needed attention or support. How do I get support for these newbies to ensure they remain in the steemit blockchain.

i like u to tell me, how to get more upvote in few minutes

How long do you spend on steem every day?

where you see steem prices after a year or two ?

do you think steemit could run for way longer