Investopedia.com - Steem Among the Top 3 Alt-Coins to Invest in 2018

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So, after WEISS Rating placed Steem in the top 5 cryptocurrency coins to invest in, investopedia posted a blogpost about Top Non-Bitcoin Altcoins for Your Portfolio in 2018...you guessed it...we made it to the short list of crypto that they recommend.

Here is an excerpt

Steem

Steem is a unique model in the digital currency landscape. The steem coin powers Steemit, a blockchain-related social media platform through which users generate and curate content. There is an elaborate voting system which rewards authors and curators, and steem tokens can be converted into dollar-linked steem dollars and steem power. Steem's unusual model and user-focused content system makes it a worthwhile altcoin to keep an eye on.

Not the first time they cover Steem

In fact they wrote an article 2 years ago just when Steem first came out Steemit: The Disruptive Blockchain-Based Media Community which is a little outdated on the technical side.

But it's still nice to see that reputable websites such as investopedia.com are now covering cryptocurrencies and alt-coins.

Steemit.com & d.tube are getting difficult to ignore

Steemit currently ranks 1,156 most traffic website on the internet(and still rising daily) while d.tube is seeing a meteoric rise:

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As more website have success like d.tube with the Steem blockchain model, the more this technology will spread through society.

Conclusion

Steem Power is where it's at baby! You shouldn't feel fringe or that we are taking a risk by powering up those sweet steems. Of course, this is just my opinion and not an investment advice.

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In general yes, I agree, steemit has bright future. But only if the rules are changed somehow to make numerous abuse cases we all see- imposible. So far I see very little progress on this.

Steemit is getting there slowly and steadily.
Soon the whole world will know about Steemit and Steem will skyrocket to the roof!

Yes, the great thing it has scaleability.

I am 100% in agreement with @cryptoctopus.
It's better than saving in bank accounts, since they show more interest in taking away a percentage of our money and not helping us.
Regards!

Yeah, imagine how many users that are on this site in a few years from now!

Its growing massively and we are early adopters here.

Exactly. I wonder how much a Steem is worth when there are a hundred million users here ;)

I already think it is skyrocketing...I introduced steem to some of my class mates some weeks back..
Every felt like I was trying to swindle them..
Now everyone is talking about how good it is

I know,guys can be skeptic in the start.
I have introduced many people who have now come back after seeing my progress in Uganda.

I agree, love this platform and it's already Proof of Utility

Oh man!! This is just the beginning , I feel like once Steem price rises even higher , those people on FB or Twitter are gonna want in on this . Who can ignore a paltform like this ? I sure wouldn’t !!

When I joined last June , Steem was around 88 cents and now it’s standing around $5, this is an amazing journey and this may just be the beginning of a whole new chapter for all of us

It is very nice to hear from you, my friend, this great news, because you personally and many of us have made this news, that well-known news and rating agencies have recognized the Steem as one of the best and most common coins in the world. The Steem has not yet passed a very long way, but for all this time it has shown to all its competitiveness to elite coins like Bitcoin and many others, all thanks to its throughput system and scalability, as well as the lack of commissions and as it was said the main difference is that the Steem has such an advantage as a function of the social network! In this world recognition the merit of all of us, from the whales to the fry, that make our ecosystem the best! Thank you @cryptoctopus

Wow, I remember @jrue informing me last month that Steem was around the 2000 mark when it came to most visited, and now we are almost at 1000! The future is bright! I'm certain by the end of February we will pass the 1k mark, and hopefully continue the snowball effect for a good while.

It has already gone past the top 1,000 for the United States, but sadly fell down again. But yeah, the future is bright for Steem and Steemit!

@cryptoctopus,
One more good news, STEEM made 2 Million blockchain transactions ina single day and it's a new record! STEEM is the one and only one blockchain which made that record! As you said SP got it's demand! You are the best example for it! You got one of the best supreme power on this amazing platform and blockchain! This is the future!
Great article my dear friend! Great advice too!
To check latest blockchain transaction updates:- http://blocktivity.info/

Cheers~

This is good news on this 2 mln per day. Thanks @theguruasia

It's amazing to see that we hit the 2 million record now! Steem seems to be unstoppable, and we're still at way under 1 % of the capacity of the blockchain :D

Again a great news for this beautiful platform, back to back good news are coming. I feel so happy after reading this. Now i realize that we are really on a good path, securing our future. Time is not so far when steem will touch the moon. Good luck, steem on.

Well I'd say there is quite a risk involved by powering up Steem. You are risking to get very wealthy, financially independent and live your life without ever questioning if a specific thing is within your budget.

Ask yourself the question if the removal of scarcity in your wallet is something that you would really want. Not everyone is well equipped to handle these kind of riches, so proceed at your own risk...

Sir, you put it so succinctly. I love risks

Very nice article, happy to see another one mention Steem blockchain. And now we even don't have the SMT. January is soon over and then it can start..

Mentions of Steem on pages like this one is very valuable! I hope we get a lot of media attention when the SMTs are released :)

@cryptoctopus - Sir STEEM didn't grow in a single night... It grows slowly, but steadily & now world is recognizing the power of this blockchain & the concept... Sir I think STEEM is not only for STEEMIT & DTube... It's a powerful business platform... Future is so bright Sir... Nice you decided to talk about it Sir...

+W+

the world started discuss about steem without it's main project in 2018 - smt. just imagine, without smt, steem made this success, with smt what'll happen next. we all are early finders of this fantastic blockchain. but base on sp value future billionaires & millionaires will be defined. impressive article @cryptoctopus

@resteemia

Would have been even better if they mentioned EOS and BitShares alongside it ^^ But any eyes on Steem often brings for eyes to those 2 coins as well, that's how it went with me ;)

steem blockchain accommodates highest number of transaction yet never get congested where as other blockchain does.

the transaction speed is fastest.

If you see the latest statistics the inflation is also goign down in steem.

Aleaxa rank is regularly improving.

I have a feeling that steem will hit 100 usd before 2019/20.

That is the reason why I am powering up my steem power and just imagine 1 steem worth 100 usd then how much a post earning would be.

Thank you and Have a great day.

I'll admit that I'm not sure if I want mainstream media to start writing about Steem. They always manage to overhype things (although, that's quite hard with Steem) and attract people who are only in for a quick buck and not for the long run. I'd much rather prefer a natural (is that even a thing?) growth where users tell their friends and give them time to go through the process of going from ignorant to sceptic to approving. Then these new users will tell their friends. In this scenario, Steem will evolve through people who know each other in real life and thus become more of a "social" media.

Great news in the newyear! Now the mood is Yeah Baby! Power Up That Steem and Don't Be Late! We are already here when most people still contemplating on whether to join or not... and I am just smiling ear to ear thinking about it. This is such a cool news and made me proud to already be here, thanks @cryptoctopus and wishing you a pleasant day.

I've been trying to tell everyone the good news about steem, but some people are still really confused, usually when I talk about one of my big live streams for instance, the fact that i didn't get instantly paid in us dollars has people scratching their heads, nevermind we are talking at a job where you don't see any money until two weeks after you worked it.

It seems like people are making excuses as to why it wouldn't be worth looking at.

Interesting... Didnt knew that investopedia were covering cryptos. Time to start Reading It again...

This is fantastic. This platform is now getting the attention of the world and you know what, more than 21000 people signed up yesterday, a new record has been made.
I have the same plan. Cash out half of my SBDs and with the remaining half, I would be powering up with Steem.
But with this growth, we need to do something to attract new and current users to use this platform regularly. Like I didn’t earn a single penny for almost 6 month but now with the help of utopian, I am able to earn a good amount of money. We need to educate people how they can earn money quickly and engage with the people here.
I wrote a post about money making machines on steemit and Stella Belle tweeted my post which got some further retweets and the message was spread. You can check it out and let me know what you think of it.

STEEM is growing at a rapid pace. I just read a post that 21k new users signed up yesterday. That is just amazing. Markets are in consolidation, but I expect we will move much higher soon.

It's just a matter of time untill some celebrities will post their nails painted with steemit logo. Haha just kidding!

But, to be honest, the biggest step we will be taking is once more and more social media influencers like popular youtubers would join steemit/dtube and talk about it. The same like tj kirk did once the youtube behaviour and treatements were enough for him.

NICE! I think with the growth of the user base, projects like @dtube, @dsound and the coming SMT steem should moon nicely!!

It’s up to us for this community to be healthy so new members can feel nice and very welcome. So let’s do our best!

Steemit can eventually be more important than reddit or Twitter. It’s difficult but achievable nonetheless

Extraordinary, how happy I feel to see this report and know that Steem is being documented by other means I am at 110% with Steemit because I feel that this platform breaks the traditional schemes and makes the distribution of wealth is equitable in All aspects

yeah and really good news and i am happy we are the part of this blockchain and include in this earlier and sure steem will be grow up more high and one day the price of steem will be up from others mean btc and eth and all others and the marketcap will be near to google @cryptoctopus

If Steem keeps getting good publicity like this the moon will be closer than we thought. My only fear is not having enough time to build massive SP before the goblin hordes arrive.

You hit the nail on the head @cryptoctopus.

STEEM is going to roll big time in 2018. We both are in agreement that it will be at $100+ before this year is out. We get SMTs rolling and you could see an ETH like move for STEEM.

The biggest barrier to STEEM taking off is nobody knows about it. It is truly amazing. I posted a comment on another article stating that STEEM might be one of the few tokens where the price is not getting ahead it itself.

I post a Zap today that mentioned the fact that we had record sign ups yesterday...over 20K in one day...this after a 120K month according to @penguinpablo.

STEEM could well have a few million users by the end of the year. That will guarantee a price in the hundreds.

You opinion is right to me, steem is going to the moon and we should all grab this great opportunity before the masses steps in. Very soon to earn a steem will be very difficult we should do that now that steem is still picking up.

It's going to be exciting to see where Steem is even just a year from now. Still holding value pretty well when the crypto market drops too.

its a big news for all of us and really a good news after wiese rating now in investopedia and the steem blockchains is more attractive if we see the project of stem mean dtube steemit dlive and all other which dont have any other blockchain
and i am happy and look our future really bright with steem

Yes, The Steem blockchain has everything going for it. A surge of people coming to the platform is inevitable.

Thats great news...There is no doubt that steem is best alt coin...slowly slowly peoples are understanding the value of steem..two months before when i joined steem ...its ranking on alexa was around 2400 and now its is 1156 ...this is great achievement....Steemit family is also growing about 20 thousand accounts were created yesterday...Steem is on their way to moon.

Some scaptics convince me that the value of the blockchain is practically zero. Then i refer them to steemit)

Wow, this is the best news. We eventually made it. Congrats Steemians

There is no doubt that steem is best investment. just imagine what can we achieve if were just at the begining. Im definitely wanna be part of that

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great news for all steem group, it nice,

Thanks you @cryptoctopus for this, steem is very good crypto to have in portfolio this year. I regret for not have stack as much as I can since last year now I am buying costly but I have no regret thou because I am sure steem will be the ethereum of social media blockchain.. 1k is the beginning of mooning. Hehehehe

Why am I not surprised, that’s because Steemit is the best social platform of 21st century!
More people need to know about Steemit and the freedom this social media platform offers. Steemit is a sanctuary of free thought and real life. A place where you can just blog about what you have going on in life and complete strangers wish you well and root you on. You can talk about things that are important to you and others from around the world can comment and share experiences. Steemit is a destination for journeyers. People that explore the world. Steemonians take advantage of life and we like to share our experiences. We like to read about new things and different perspectives that we can't get from the news or from other social media.
I LOVE STEEMIT!

This is so cool to see how Steemit is growing! Also, so weird how I went from not know about Steemit several months ago to now caring a lot about its success! I've met so many cool people through this platform, not to mention the great investment it is financially. Looking forward to many more years of Steem growth.

WelI know what I'm doing with my system now. :) This articel has laid to rest some of my concerns about the steem. Thanks. Information is power.

I always knew Steemit was gonna hit it big, great news, Im glad to be a part of this community

Steem is a unique model in the digital currency landscape. The steem coin powers Steemit, a blockchain-related social media platform through which users generate and curate content. There is an elaborate voting system which rewards authors and curators, and steem tokens can be converted into dollar-linked steem dollars and steem power.

The steem blockchain has never been explained any better. Permit me to just copy this and paste for the newbies I am inviting over to steemit please.

Steem Power is where it's at baby! You shouldn't feel fringe or that we are taking a risk by powering up those sweet steems. Of course, this is just my opinion and not an investment advice.

Having been involved in Ponzi and have lost all I had, the confidence i have in steem is second to none and powering up is something I ain't scared of doing . I trust the steem blockchain to the moon and back.

Wow!good news!It's a new record!STEEM is growing at a rapid pace.Feeling happy after reading this post.giphy.gif

Steem reaches the decentralized view (consensus) differently than Bitcoin. Where block-creating accounts called witnesses are selected by Steem users, they use a method called delegee proof of stake. The Steem network actively plans to process block-chaining operations in blocks of 3 seconds each, rather than prove business to find a block. The block makers are given a small portion of the prizes each block creates; back pay writers and curators.

@cryptoctopus Well, i might say there's quite an risk concerned by powering up Steem. you're risking to urge terribly loaded, financially freelance and live your life while not ever questioning if a particular issue is inside your budget.Ask yourself the question if the removal of insufficiency in your pocketbook are a few things that you just would actually need. Not everyone seems to be well equipped to handle this sort of material resource, therefore proceed at your own risk

Again an incredible news for this excellent stage, consecutive uplifting news are coming. I feel so glad in the wake of perusing this. Presently I understand that we are truly on a decent way, securing our future. Time isn't so far when steem will touch the moon. Good fortunes, steem on.

🙋👌✌

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I am seeing same posts again and again.

Well I'd say there is a significant hazard required by driving up Steem. You are gambling to get exceptionally rich, fiscally autonomous and carry on with your existence while never addressing if a particular thing is inside your financial plan.

Inquire as to whether the expulsion of shortage in your wallet is something that you would truly need. Not every person is all around prepared to deal with these sort of wealth, so continue at your own particular hazard

That is a additive info, for better chance to get more STEEM investment for 2018

I am just happy to be in this platform. I just can express joy to know that Steem is one of the Cryptocurrencies I can actually invests on. Nice for this informative post @cryptoctopus

Its funny that every post predicts top 3 altcoins yet most people did not predict the market going down the way it did. If you take a look at patterns for the past 4 years you would see the dip that happens around this time of the year but none of these youtubers or posts ever mention those dips. Then they say "we care about".

Steem is going to rule the world in the upcoming future. Very well said, It's hard to ignore steemit. It is growing every single day. Every day new people are getting engaged in steemit and making this community better.

excelent vlog the time

It is good that Steemit is getting more and more, but the platform will have to change and evolve to be able to handle the amount of people and content. When I first saw steem, it was full of passionated people and I feel that it is now becoming more and more a platform where people just try to make money by making low quality content (with clickbait). I understand that the platform will change but I dont want it to become something that is too far from then initial project.

I knew I had not chosen the wrong place for the investment. in the coming days I am expecting a massive explosion for Steem. seems to provide a very profitable investment.

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I do love this statement "Steemit.com & d.tube are getting difficult to ignore" We are all growing and moving higher with steemit.

Today's small saving next days big investment

excelente noticias gracias por compartirla con la comunidad de steemit

Steam has a big future if the owners are willing to take some time on it. Would love to see it in TOP 10 in 2018!

Yes Investing steem is highly risk for employers,
Because Millions of Employers will lose their Employees by steem investment. It makes investors wealthy.

I knew steem was going to be a medal in the cryptocurrencies world.this is a great news to know that my steem is reccommended.

I'm pretty much powering everything up I can get my hands on at the moment with the slight investment into smart contract platforms. Both seem to be really strong right now with the ability to grow very fast in the future.

Happy to see my efforts hide a huge potential for payoff in the future. STEEM is probably the only crypto in the world (ok, I know there's GOLOS as well) that offers an alternative to the traditional technology based crypto mining - at the end it's the content we produce that generate it in our Wallets. Let's see what happens next.

wooowwww very nice Again a great news for this beautiful platform, back to back good news are coming. I feel so happy after reading this. Now i realize that we are really on a good path, securing our future. Time is not so far when steem will touch the moon. Good luck, steem on

what the hell dude, you always get 100$ up. Every goddamn day, I bet you're changing your car everyweek. lol. I really want to reach the level you're in now.

The biggest risk in life is never to take a risk...nice one. Im with u

That's great to hear

It is very true that steem will grow. The powering up kind of system is one that is very unique from other coins. We should just gain more courage for steem because its going a long way. Few days i predicted that steem dollar might hit 12USD by February month end. Watch the space as the steemit community grows and steem will have more value as a lot of people are beginning to trust it. Nice steem article @cryptoctopus

@cryptoctopus
i so glad to have come across this wonderful post, thanks for sharing.

do well in the future

Long term?

Now that is the kind of news fit to print !

Wow that's great news..thanks for sharing your information.. i also like your blog.. @cryptoctopus

Just recently got approved for the steemit community. So far I'm definitely enjoying the environment. The broad and diverse community provides insight and different perspectives on all the avenues of cryptocurrency and more. It's such a great learning opportunity for most. The fact that we're earning as we interact is just an icing to the cake!

Welcome everyone!

Even more great news for Steem! I believe we will see a sharp rise in value at one point where the market cap will catch up to what people seem to think of the blockchain. And that's gonna be great :D

At the end if the day it sounds like a good investment advice which i would like to take.

Thank you.

Steem will have its breakout any day...
Smart media tokens
Millions of users incoming
Strong word to mouth community
More ways to burn steem
what about the theme, whether one day one theme such as colorchallenge, thanks.

Oh thanks very nice post .

I really wish I have money to invest into steemit right now, rather than just withdrawing as lly u earn on blogging. The prospects of steem is just too bright for one to miss out of.

Please I need a loan!

@tolustx,
Use your creativity to make a success story on this amazing platform! Don't beg for anything!

Cheers~

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I don't understand. In what way is this begging? It was just like I was thinking aloud. I didn't even mention anyone in my post. Even a loan is not a gift or a grant.

By the way, I'm proud of what I post on my blog. Even if I'm not getting enough audience now, I'm optimistic of better things soon.

That 👆was not a plea. If it seems so to you, I clarify it now.

Glad to see steem in the top 3.
Let´s just hope that some day the whole world will know about steem.

That's great. Thanks for sharing @cryptoctopus

Graet news sir very important information. Thanks for sharing

It is only a matter of time, steem will definitely make to the top, I'm very sure.

I love the steemit community i think the price of steem will start to moon as the year goes on. More and more people are getting into crypto and joining the steemit community so hold your steem. People are getting tired of youtube and are looking onward and upward just like myself so they will find steemit and join it leaveing youtube in the past, also they will leave old paper money and get with the new future money "aka" crypto

This is just a taste of the iceberg, as more and more people come to know about steemit steem will definitely get closer to hiting the crypto world

I believe the risk is worth taking

Steem Power is where it's at baby! You shouldn't feel fringe or that we are taking a risk by powering up those sweet steems. Of course, this is just my opinion and not an investment advice.

I guess the risk is worth taking

Getting featured on Investopedia is big. I am sure this will bring attention of many more traders and investors into Steem. I expect at least a portion of that will register as a user as well once they see the value. Either ways, this will add to the upward movement of Steem price

The Truth is our dear Steem was one of the MOST UNDERRATED crypto platform out there, not until the big news of its increase in value which brought about it's being used so actively now on a daily basis.

Till tomorrow, Steem is great! You create something and watch the free market work all for you. If people like your content, you get cool bucks

Thank you for making this information clearer @cryptoctopus. Permit me to Resteemed and share this post.

Now i suppose everyone will be posting facts to get instant $$

Soon the whole world will know about Steemit and Steem will skyrocket farther than the moon!

Yes @cryptoctopus steemit is trending and the world cannot ignore us, gradually steem, steemit is topping the charts, this is great news add more users and newbies join up daily. Thanks for sharing

I think the biggest reason that Steem appeals to me as an investment is that I believe I have control over my earnings. Instead of just shoveling money into some abyss and hoping for the best, we can take actions that can help support our own stakes and the community. Thanks for posting this great news.

STEEM is one of the few coins that really brings something revolutionary to the table, I think. I've never felt unsure of STEEM's future, and therefore prefer to keep any earnings as STEEM rather than SBD.

Both the blockchain and the steemit site are amazing projects with a lot of ground yet to be covered.

The growth shows the value of good content.

All looking peachy for Steem. Glad I just joined and wish to have known about it sooner. This time next year there will be 10 million users in here.

hello @cryptoctopus
Steemit is a destination for journeyers. People that explore the world...this is a good news

In fact they wrote an article 2 years ago just when Steem first came out Steemit: The Disruptive Blockchain-Based Media Community which is a little outdated on the technical side.
But it's still nice to see that reputable websites such as investopedia.com are now covering cryptocurrencies and alt-coins.

I agree with this sir...u said it all...more knowledge to ur instincts...STEEM ON!!!

Wow! So we are been recommended again by investopedia .that's is a lovely welcome development.friends ,i think steem is getting to the top very soon.thanks for this costly information.

Amaizing

All hands on deck. Power Up, Power Up! Everyone set their votes to full power!

The angle of that curve better start moving up!

I have a dream. In future, steemit will be the hope of digital currency

It kind of is investment advice, really smart investment advice! Ever since CoinMarketCap took the Korean Exchanges out I feel like the crypto market has been a bit lacklustre... until the WEISS report came out and everyone got excited again.

Other companies would have seen that response and will also want their own reports to get that much attention... since we are climbing up the Alexa ranks, anything Steemians get excited about will rocket up the Google ranks, so as companies cotton on, we'll end up doing their media for them.

This will help us, it will help them. What other cryptocurrency has its own self-generating media centre?

It's good news right on the heels of last week's mention by Zerohedge.