Alright! It's here! Welcome to episode 3 of Coffee and Crypto. I am your host, Ken @kenmelendez, excited to drink some good coffee and share quality insights on the latest cryptocurrency trends.
What is Coffee and Crypto all about?
I felt inspired to create a weekly show to help inspire and serve the community. I wanted to create something fun and interactive where awesome people like you could gain massive value and be entertained at the same time. The only way that I could accomplish such a feat was if I combined two of my favorite things...coffee and cryptocurrency.
This show will be shot in different formats and different locations as the weeks go by. In fact, I plan on shooting 1 or 2 shows with live guests while I am up in Toronto for the Steem Creators Conference and SMT Summitnext month. If you are interested in talking about cryptocurrency and would like to be on a future show, feel free to leave a request in the comments below.
What happens each week?
Each week I will be consuming some type of coffee whether that be hot, iced, or some type of mystery item. You will begin to notice a trend of the type of coffee I enjoy the most. Also, each week I will be picking a topic to cover in regards to cryptocurrency that you guys will provide feedback on.
At the end of each episode, I will ask you to comment below with questions you have on that topic. If you are one of the first 3 people to comment with a question, I will send you a @steemmonsters booster pack. If you comment after the first 3, then I will still gladly mention your username in the video and in the blog text.
Hardfork 20
There has been a lot of buzz going around regarding Hardfork 20. If you guys aren't familiar, think of this as a software upgrade to the Steem blockchain. This upgrade is going to help improve the ecosystem of Steem and slightly change the way it operates. Once the witnesses approve the change, it will become effective. September 25th is the expected release date of the Hardfork 20 update called Velocity. For more information about this, visit the @steemitblog original post here.
I loved viewing your guys' questions from my previous episode of Coffee and Crypto. Thank you so much for each and every comment as they mean so much to me. You are literally helping me formulate the show which is absolutely fantastic. Here are the questions you guys gave me and I do my best to answer them in the video. Also, there are minute markers so you can skip to a specific question if you so desire.
I had a special suprise as I passed the drive-through today! So excited about it and it made me so happy. Check out the video on DTube or YouTube to see what happened :)
Question 1 - @khabir (minute 4:12)
How do we get trust from @dtube to develop DTube in Indonesia?
Question 2 - @chrisrice (minute 5:59)
If DTube and other Dapps implement their own tokens via SMT's, will their users stop earning Steem in favor of SMT's?
Question 3 - @onefatindian (minute 7:38)
Why is the curation window time being reduced from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. Why not 10 minutes, 5 minutes, or less?
Question 4 - @georgexie (minute 9:21)
Will Steem HF20 change to a new protocol that could make the previous one invalid and lead to the creation of a new Steem variant like ETC vs. ETH? Will there be a split of the Steem community?
Question 5 - @karenmckersie (minute 11:47)
What do you dislike about HF20 and what do you think should have been included instead?
Next week's topic
So, the way I want to do this is I want you to tune into the video to find out what next week's topic is about. The first 3 people who find out and then leave a question about that topic below will win a free @steemmonsters booster pack.
I had so much fun with today's episode my friend. Thank you for helping to make it a success! Can't wait to see you in the next one and until then, remember... You Are Awesome! You truly are. Take care and God bless :)
-Ken
P.S. How many cups of coffee did you drink today (or will you drink today)?
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@kenmelendez,
FYI: You wrote "this episode is about Bitcoin" in the What happens each week section of this post. I noticed that you did it in the last video too, but I didn't let you know. I can't remember why I didn't include that in my comments but I am including it now. I hope you can fix that so that it will get fixed in all of your future episodes too!
Thanks for another post, have a nice day and as always, I'll listen to this in the car soon! 😊👍
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Thanks Chris! I just made the edit 💪🏻
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You're welcome! 😊
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You have a minor misspelling in the following sentence:
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Hi! @kenmelendez, howz everything? And the topic is... SMTs!!
So my question is kind of similar to @chrisrice's and its:
Knowing the messed up nature of people when it comes to money. Isn'it possible that down the line, having many too communities with their own tokens, might lead to worse beefs than these days? Maybe even trying to sabotage each other or worse, the steem blockchain? I know its pessimistic but I think its realistic enough.
Dope soundtrack btw, its 5AM here and it definitely just woke me up. lol
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@jbds appreciate that question. You just got sent 1 Steem Monsters booster pack. Congrats :)
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Hi @kenmelendez, I think you sent it to wrong person. Haven't received it.
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You are right. My bad. I’ll send you one later today once I get back home.
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It's all good. Looking forward to it, and wish you a blessed day :)
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@ange.nkuru I went to purchase more booster packs this afternoon and they are sold out right now. Do you mind if I send you $2 worth of Steem instead?
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Same thing actually happened to me last night. And yeah, it's all good.
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Great, I just sent it over to you :)
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This will be your theme to develop: Steem Creators Conference and SMT Summit.
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Wow that was a pleasant surprise having your coffee paid for you! So cool! I love when things like that happen. :) I agree with you, there won't be a split of the community. I would love to have a steemit.com UI upgrade as well. That would be awesome. Have fun at the conference!
Question: So with the SMT (Smart Media Tokens, for those who don't know), Are there any particular sites out there right now that you hope will start using them? Or where do you see them being used the most?
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@mrchef111 appreciate that question my man. You just got sent 1 Steem Monsters booster pack. Congrats :)
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Thank you Ken!! :) my little Steem Monster army is growing. haha
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Great info as always @kenmelendez. That free coffee is like getting a big upvote in real life haha! Have fun in Toronto!
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Hello Friend! today I only manage to take 1 cup of coffee = (I guess you'll talk about Hardfork 20.
regards
P.D: I do not have letters, so I participate for fun =)
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Hey @kenmelendez,
Thanks for answering my question regarding the curation window time in HF20.
So far I've had one cup of coffee - black. But I'm sure I'll be heading to a Starbucks today after watching your video lol
As for my question regarding SMTs:
Will you be looking to monetize your content with SMTs? It looks like this video series could be heading that direction.
Cheers,
OFI
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@onefatindian appreciate that question. You just got sent 1 Steem Monsters booster pack. Congrats :)
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Hey @kenmelendez,
Thank-you for sending me a booster pack! 🙏
Hope you had a great trip to Toronto. From the few pics/videos I saw, it looked like an awesome time you all had!
Cheers,
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💁 So sorry i missed the show @kenmelendez , I have been so busy these past 4 days off with it being the long weekend and having company I was not on Steemit much at all! will check out your video now!👍✌
☕So cool the guy ahead of you paid haha! im glad this hard fork is setting the stage for the SMTs , Thanks so much for mention and answering my question ! I wish I could also see all the awesome steemians that will be at the conference in Toronto , I follow and love a lot of those that you mentioned like Carly @ogc @larrymorrison , @coruscate and many more! Im on my way now to check out your more recent posts and catch up!
❓My question about the SMTs is : Will all of them be cashable into Steem!? Im patiently waiting for the Appics App to Launch , which will be the first to use the SMTs , I all ready have over 2,000 XAP Tokens saved up which they will give each person a percentage of once it launches and these XAP Tokens can be changed into Steem and cashed out! Very Cool!
👍 Keep up thegreat work my friend, I can wait untill the next show!😃✌💕👍👌✌😍
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Question: What mechanisms have been developed to make sure that SMTs will be more than mere ICO "utility tokens" that prevail today? How can we prevent SMTs from becoming scams or reduce their failures? Hopefully, SMTs will become "security tokens" that offer the same perks and guarantees as traditional stocks.
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Also thank you for answering my question on Hardfork 20. By the way, the second part of my name "xie" is pronounced like "shake" and "shade" without "ke" and "de".
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Hi @kenmelendez,
I'm back again after watching the actual video - here are some of my comments:
QUESTION 2:
QUESTION 4:
I think this is a major problem for Bitcoin, but Steem doesn't have that problem. Instead of everyone choosing whether or not their holdings will go along with the hardfork, we vote for witnesses who choose whether all of us will go with the hardfork or not. This solves the problem that Bitcoin has and answers the question.
P.S. There is already more than one Bitcoin, and more than one Etherum.
I look forward to your next video!
~ @chrisrice
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Thank you friends @kenmelendez for answering my question next week. I will make an @dtube meet up in my country to introduce the @dtube platform in my country.
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