Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. - Abraham Lincoln

I told you that Steem is part of my DNA not only since I've been appointed @steem-ambassador, and that I'd go out and spread the word to make our blockchain become even more popular.

Today I had another great opportunity to keep my promise.

I was interviewed by Raquel Quiñones on her radio show "Buenos días, Canarias" (Good morning, Canaries), which was streamed worldwide by the biggest media station on Canary Islands: RTVC Radio Televisión Canaria.

Thank you once more @cauac (team @steemitcanarias) for making this happen!

Even though I only had a couple of minutes on the show, I was able to provide the audience with a quick overview on what the Steem network is about.

Here's how you can "sell" the Steem blockchain in 2.5 minutes! :-)

@surfermarly live on air: Ask me about Steem!

Hurry up, Marly!

I was actually invited to join the program at 9:50am today's morning, however I entered the show 5 minutes late.

There was a discussion among a couple of politicians going on about a new highway to be built on the neighbour island Fuerteventura, and they couldn't find and end. So that's why my entry was a bit delayed.

Luckily I've been talking about Steem for two years now which is why I'd even manage to "sell" it on a quick 'elevator pitch' :-)

It was a great gift that the host of the radio show opened our interview asking me directly about Steem. Like that I could avoid the general introduction and start talking about 'our baby' right away.

Here's the original recording of my today's interview, Tuesday 7th of August 2018 9:56am UTC+1:

Transcription:

Raquel Quiñones (RTVC):

We jump over from Fuerteventura to Lanzarote where the surfer and blogger Marlene M. is collaborating with the Red Cross Lanzarote in organizing watersports activities. This year another social project is taking place: a swim crash course. The interesting part is that it's completely financed by a cryptocurrency. Good morning, Marlene!

@surfermarly:

Good morning!

Raquel:

So how come that your project is completely financed by a cryptocurrency? Tell us about it. We don't have so much time, but please let us know in these few minutes we have.

@surfermarly:

All right, I'll be trying to explain it quickly. I think it's a quite interesting story for any social project based on Canary Islands. We're part of a social network called Steem (with the two 'e' in the middle), which is different from all other networks we already know - such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram for instance - in the sense that its users are economically rewarded for their participation in the network. To give you an example: as a surfer I share surf videos with my followers and friends in the network, then they upvote "like" my content and both I as the creator of that piece of content and they as curators are rewarded with the cryptocurrency. It's a completely new way of drawing profit not only for me as a private person but also for my project.

Raquel:

So in this case the cryptocurrency is destined for the Red Cross Lanzarote in order to organize watersports activity in summer, correct?

@surfermarly:

Exactly. We started last year offering a surf training, and this year we're cooperating with the Aqua&Sports Center in Costa Teguise which has a spectacular open air swimming pool and a team of professionals. Crypocurrencies are curriencies we can't touch, unlike other physically existing currencies we already know from our daily lives, but it's a currency you can exchange for any other. If I want to exchange it for fiat money like Euro or Dollar or any other currency I'd prefer, then I can do that and use it accordingly. As a matter of course I need to pay tax on my income - as always in life - but the profit can be used for whatever purpose, in our case a social project.

Raquel:

Marlene, unfortunately we don't have more time. Maybe we can get back to you and explain everything more in detail, even though I think we already know what's it about now.

@sufermarly:

Yes, of course I'd love to come back to the program whenever you want.

@Raquel:

This was Marlene M. surfer and blogger, the two things right?

@surfermarly:

Well I can't be blogging in the water, but I'm working on it. laughs

@Raquel:

Thanks for being with us.

I hope you guys enjoyed the quickie with me :-)

Hopefully I'll be able to come back on the show in order to provide some more information about Steem, Steemit and Fundition.

It would be great to dig a bit deeper into decentralization, tokenization of the internet, dApps and all their benefits.

Also it'd be terrific to cooperate with the television devision of Radio Televisión Canaria in the future (I hope you guys are reading this :-)) - maybe they gonna love covering our upcoming Steem Meet-Up on the isle of Gran Canaria.

By the way: Everybody who needs some sunshine, beach and steemy vibes in September is kindly invited to join us at our Canary Islands Steem Meet-Up on the 8th of September - for more information check out this post.

See you there!

Much love,
Marly -
Steem Ambassador
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PS: For more information on my charity project visit the official account @dreamsoftheocean.

This blog was created in July 2016, aiming to provide thought-provoking content for open-minded people who go on adventure, step out of comfort zones and embrace the new.
Thanks for being part of the journey!

PS: This blog post was edited and submitted via eSteem Surfer 1.0.11 - my favorite Steem desktop client that was developed by @good-karma's @esteemapp team. Check out their account for more information.

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