Andreas Antonopoulos is on STEEM!!!!
Or so it is claimed.
Actually he had account on here since July 2016 but never posted. This all seemed to changed within the past 24 hours.
In a post released, his first, he announced that due to the fact people were posting his stuff, he was announcing that he is the "real" Andreas Antonopoulos.
Here is the post for those interested:
https://steemit.com/impersonators/@aantonop/the-real-aantonop
What is interesting is this part:
Please do not give your money to scammers.
Was this post just a warning alerting people not to upvote what other "fake" Andreas posts. Or does it mean that he will post content on here and become involved in the community.
Certainly, I hope it is the latter.
For those who are unaware, Andreas is one of the foremost faces in the Bitcoin movement. He has been out front for the last few years giving talks and making videos about it. While it recently came out that he was doing all of this without holding Bitcoin himself, he is recognized as one of the leading voices in this arena.
Anyone who watched his talks knows he was trained as a computer scientist and was involved in projects at the beginning of the Internet run in the 1990s. This gives him the ability to look at Bitcoin (and blockchain in general) from the technical side thus providing an insight that is grounded more in the technological capabilities.
Going forward, I hope he uses this blockchain to post his work. His first post got a nice payout which might incentivize him to come on here more.
This will be another factor in the STEEM ascension, when some bigger names starts to appear on here. I predict that at some point in 2018, there will be a few "household" names who find their way here.
It also would not hurt if Andreas mentioned STEEM in a few of his talks.
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Andreas is a bitcoin maximalist and believes strongly that BTC will do all that Steem does, and more, by itself. And he just don't like PoS systems.
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He’d be such a great ambassador for the Steem blockchain. Really hoping he dives in.
Gotta love how much his intro post is earning for him. That should get his attention.
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I agree @ preparewombat.
He is a guy who has done a wonderful job for Bitcoin. If he did 1/10 of that for STEEM, it would be amazing. He is a recognized face in the crypto community, a guy who always approaches things from a sound basis.
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I saw the post yesterday. I would be super mega awesome if andreas would post here and also upload on youtube.
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Since he can pull down that kinda coinage on his very first post, maybe he can enlighten us with some future posts concerning Steemit.
Seems like he's outing some Steemians that might be stealing his work, as their own. Hopefully, if he joins us he can keep an eye on the cheaters.
Thanks for the update Task. 😎
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I think we have had some bad experience with famous people on steemit in the past.
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Did we?
That could well be the case...I am not aware of them.
I would love to know what happened....
With famous people come personalities, some of which do not go well with others.
Of course, as the ecosystem grows, their antics might not be as noticeable if they were creating problems.
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A guy named Charlie was very active while there were big rewards. He disappeared a long ago.
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Once well known names like Andreas or say John McAfee gets onboarded into Steem then it will be a huge huge boost and will increase registrations manifold. Is any whale or @ned or someone else looking into this aspect of bringing in big names (both individuals and institutional) on to Steem? I think @ned said something about many big names showing interest in SMTs... interesting times....
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Great news! I was looking for him on here when I first signed up but that account had looked abandoned. There are some other household names showing up already. Did you see @leecamp?
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No I didnt see that but it is good to know.
There are many who are going to will find this place as Facebook keeps up its censoring campaign.
Ironic that Facebook and YouTube might be STEEM's greatest ally.
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I have listened to a lot of his talks. He described exactly the STEEM ecosystem a few years ago when giving a talk to MIT. Before STEEM was launched. It’s good to have someone of his stature here among us. It gives credibility to what we are collectively building. But also (hopefully) we will have access to his content here on the platform instead of combing YouTube for reposted videos of his.
STEEM to $1000!
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You STEEM to $1000 blows my STEEM to $100 away.
I like yours better @herleymechanix....you chose a nicer round number.
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I was so happy to see him on Steemit today!
It didn't sound like he was planning to start posting here, but who knows. The way I understood it was just to warn us about the people/accounts who are not him.
I would certainly love to see him in my feed more often!
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Yeah I got that impression also.
It appeared to me that he was tired of some taking his posts and using them as their own.
Personally, I hadnt seen anyone on here pretending to be him but then I dont see a ton of people....it is possible someone was doing that.
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The more big names we have on Steemit the better! I agree with you that by the end of 2018 we will have even more big names on here that could potentially influence the growth of STEEM blockchain quite a bit :)
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Yeah...not to get political, but a mainstream outcast like a Glenn Beck would be good. Even if he isnt one's cup of tea, he is a big name with a large following. He could really help D.Tube along with all the videos he creates.
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More good news for Steem, particularly if @aantonop continues posting here, bringing his followers along with him. 2018 is going to be an exciting year, and I think things will develop much faster than many people believe they can.
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I agree...he has a fairly large following in the BTC community. For them to bring their knowledge to STEEM would be awesome. It would also be in @aantonop's best interest to come on here. Looking at his first post, it really added up to some nice money. As much as he likes BTC, he will love the progress of STEEM.
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It can also be another impersonator who thinks this would be his money post and a way to get thousands of followers in a heartbeat.
Mission accomplished if this is the case.
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My apologies, the Twitter proof looks legit.
Im just a suspicious guy.
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I guess, when our CEO is focussing on doing marketing for us, instead of fighting with his former partner, we would attract many more of these "big names".
(Sorry, I´m a little bit pissed about this Ned vs Dan stuff that is going on and wished there would be positive marketing news from Steemit Inc instead of this childish stuff)
Ok... breathe... focus.... Yes, you are right, it´s a good news, that Andreas has joined Steemit! 😀
Thanks for making us aware!
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I havent gotten into the @ned and @dan stuff. I know there was a lot to it in the past, has it come up again?
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Well, Dan posted an EOS update and Ned downvoted and commented "Downvoted for aggrandizement." and then upvoted his stupid comment with a 3k$ upvote, which resulted in a huge shitstorm (understandably) and the community wondering, what is going on there. Following this highly unprofessional outburst and behaviour, it was also discussed in the EOS Telegram chat.
Well, I´m not into gossip, but these events are important to know, because they speak about our future here and what could be more important than that!
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Looks legit
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I have learnt more from @aantonop than any other person on the internet about blockchain. An honest guy with a great way of making the complicated simpler for those who struggle to get their heads around it.
If he starts contributing to Steemit I would consider this the best vote of confidence as he has a remarkable way of seeing the future.
Let's keep our fingers crossed that he posts more on here!
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Yes, that are really great News. I think he is a quite pleasant person to represent the Steemit Community as well!
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Great information and talking in crypto-news. I like this video.
thanks for sharing.
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@taskmaster4450..its really a wonderfull bro..I saw the post yesterday. I would be super mega awesome if andreas would post here and also upload on youtube..thank you for sharing with us..
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great post keep it up
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Thats a lot fot discuss about steemit crypto..
Carry on dear..
Can I resteemit your post..?
😊
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Ahhh, great news! Hope we can verify somehow if it's the REAL Antonopoulos.
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I guess the twitter mention is already a good confirmation.
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Can the real Andreas please stand up?
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It is cool, if he is the "real" Andreas Antonopoulos. But how can we be sure? Let's hope so)
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He tweeted it from his established Twitter account. Its him.
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i think you create a great news...and its helpful to us....thanks for shear it brother...
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İt is wonderful. I follow you long sorrow. you are a good person.Have the best Sunday!
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If we do something, then we have to think about what happens next.
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It is interesting. Will wait. Time will show whether he is real or not.
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nice post keep it up
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helpful post for bitcoin
carry on dear
i am helped by this
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I think that once we have some big names on the blockchain it will really kick off. I noticed some big YouTubers who are announcing they are one here, and it's drawing a lot of people.
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Steembots should look for impersonators and plagiarists instead of unnecessarily flagging innocent posts
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Pioneer of Bitcoin mentioning Steem in his talks would take us all to the moon in 2018.
Add a few more popular names, and we might as well land on the Mars with Elon Musk :D
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I've actually never read or listened to this guy, despite hearing so much about him. Thanks for the vid, I'll check him out!
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Andreas is my man, couldn't have faith in blockchian if it wasn't for him! Hope he could spend mlre time study how Steem and DPOS works, bet he will be so amazed.
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All hail! .... "The Steem Whisperer", has stirred!
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this is very useful my friend. it's true, there's a lot of plagiarism and some even mimicking other people to get the award. this is a very unfortunate thing, because without creativity itself but looking for hadith from others. thank still friend for the information, I am glad to be able to read your post this.
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** WILL THE REAL, Andreas Antonopoulos , PLEASE STAND UP **
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Its great to see him back. Waiting for new posts.
Thanks for sharing valuable news.
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That's good news indeed, lets hope that he will be active:)
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What do you think we should do now the cryptos are down especially STEEM and SBD? Do you think we should power up or buy other assets with fiat?
Rydhi
xox
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Helpful video @taskmaster4450
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