Steem is the best current system for monetising content, but is far from mass adoption. Other platforms with more users put strict rules on monetisation, only allow it in some countries and take a large share for themselves. They offer limited options under their control.
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But crypto allows us to make p2p transactions with anyone, anytime and anywhere without anybody setting up the rules or conditions. In principle we can already pay every person we like online, bypassing the inefficient and controlled routes.
Just this week steemtipper was released attempting to offer a simple framework for these payments on twitter. We are entering a world, where the service no longer decides if and how content is monetised, but we just pay when we want. If steemtipper succeeds and adds more platforms, this will be extremely beneficial for steem as a whole.
First many people will get free steem advertisement and check out the platform after receiving their first steem. Second they will then find out their steem can not only be sold, but also used to reward people on steem directly. This is likely causing a massive boost to the steem ecosystem.
Even without the advertising effect, the price of steem should go up since the demand for steem is increased. It will now be the size of the internal steem economy plus the entire steem tipping business on other platforms.
Lets see how the adoption of steemtipper and similar services are progressing. Online p2p micropayements without the receiving party needing to be on steem are a huge opportunity and add an extra reason to expect solid growth of steem in 2019/2020