The Steem News @ 1 August 2024 : Community Curators for August

Steemit Inc has announced the new Community Curator teams for August.

A Proposal to use the DAO to buy and burn STEEM is being discussed.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about inGAN, Soulbound Tokens, Multisig, a Showcase Interview, free Electronics Components, Meetups in Venezuela, Nigeria, Indonesia & South Korea, and Contests on Steem...

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1. Community Curators for August

Steemit has announced the Community Curators for August.

Twenty teams applied and seven teams were selected.

The new format of teams of three has been continued, but also for the first time one solo curator has been selected - @irawandedy from Indonesia.

The team of @stef1, @sduttaskitchen and @fjjrg has been allocated the @steemcurator03 account with 1.2M SP...

• Steemit Update [ July 29th, 2024 ] : Community Curators for August

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2. DAO Watch

The discussion about the idea to use SBDs from the Steem DAO to buy and burn STEEM continues.

@jondoe has made a post about the idea to kickstart the discussion...

• Thoughts on a Proposal to Buy and Burn STEEM using the DAO

Witness @joviansummer (@jswit) has posted an alternative view on the proposal...

• My personal thoughts on how to buy/burn Steam using SBD from Steam DAO

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@the-gorilla's project for improving steemit.com is currently the only proposal funded through the Steem DAO...

• Proposal-86: Communities Update

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Pennsif the Witness

After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level.

I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... @pennsif.witness

If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.

You can read my full witness announcement here...

• pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post

@pennsif.witness is now at #19. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.

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3. Developer Updates

Witness developer @etainclub continues his work on building inGAN - an AI-free community where only humans can join...

• [ingan platform] I created the first set of element accounts

@etainclub has also created the first Soulbound token on STEEM...

• [ingan platform] the first soulbound token on steem

Soulbound tokens are non-transferable blockchain-based digital assets tied to a specific wallet address, designed to represent an individual's identity, achievements, or traits in the Web3 ecosystem. [from Claude AI]

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The Pennsif Witness development team have made their Multisig system fully open source.

Developer @rexthetech has posted details...

• Steem Multisig Wizard: Now Open Source

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4. Showcase Interview with @bellana

@ubongudofot continues with his Showcase interviews, this time talking with @bellana, a Venezuelan blogger currently living in Argentina...

• The Interview Showcase 107 - Exclusive Talk with an Argentinian Steem blogger

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@ubongudofot is also currently offering free component packs to encourage people to participate in the electronics lessons being run each week as part of the Engagement Challenge...

• Free electronics components up for grabs!

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5. Meetup Diary

There are currently 4 known Steem Meetups planned around the world...

10 August - Venezuela

• Tercer Avance del Meet Up Centroccidente 2024

• Maracaibo ¡Few days to go! - Meet Up Centroccidente, August, 2024. Falcón, Lara and Zulia

• Reporte de Donaciones Meet Up Centroccidente

14 September - Nigeria

• General Meet-up Notice!

15 September - Indonesia

• Meetup Global Aceh 15 September 2024: Official Announcement

• Update Penggalangan Dana Meet Up Global Indonesia, 20 - 31 Juli 2024

5 & 6 October - South Korea

• [Registration Notice] Summer STEEMFEST Korea 2024 : 10/5(Sat.) - 6(Sun.)

• Summer STEEMFEST Korea 2024 살짝 엿보기 - 3

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If anyone knows of any other Meetups being planned anywhere in the world please post in the Comments.

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6. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem.

There are 119 contests in the latest list with over 850 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 01st August 2024

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.18	02 Aug '24 1.03am
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#389	02 Aug '24 1.03am
SBD price	US$ 2.62	02 Aug '24 1.03am
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	152,798 / day	02 Aug '24 1.03am
Page views (steemit.com)	227,103 / day	02 Aug '24 1.03am

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This is #538 (01 Aug '24) of this news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif ]