Most of you probably didn't know the Malaysia government blocks medium.com due to the fake report of the government stole billions of dollars with no proof - just an allegation.
it's complicated and long story short steemit should focus on the Malaysian market and focus on targeting the non savvy internet users who doesn't know how to change DNS to access medium and also have Bahasa as language options.
Anyway bitcoin is going into mainstream media in Malaysia and the current debate is whether it is halal (permissible in islam / kosher) or haram (forbidden)