@Ned Speaks: Update For 2018

There was a post put up on @steemitblog by @ned yesterday laying out some details for 2018.

Personally, I think it is the best communication we saw from the Steemit developers.

Doing a quick recap of 2017, @ned covered the fact that they were a ton of growth during the year. A quick list of them included.....

-Scaling
-A ton of new applications
-Steemfest2
-Free image hosting
-Steem Power Delegation
-Steem software turned open source
-Improved the sign up process
-Updated White Paper and Introduced Blue Paper
-Announcement of SMTs
-Utopian.io update
-Additional exchanges listed on
-Restructuring of key players

Engaging in frank admission, @ned also owned up to the fact that the development team fell short in a few areas.

-2017 roadmap

They had some big misses in terms of time frames and projects that were slated to be rolled out. One reason for this was the power of SMT which altered the course of focus.

-Mobile

This is a big one which @ned said is still not up to the standard they set for themselves. He acknowledged that mobile is crucial, hence the need to hold to their standards. They are not willing to rush it just to release something that is substandard. It is still a priority yet it is not at the top of the list.

-Communication

Another big area of concern for the users. The fact that they go months without commenting is unacceptable. This situation is remedied by having @andrarchy serve as community liaison.

Looking forward to the rest of 2018, the priorities have not changed. Blockchain scalability (AppBase), Communities (Hivemind), sign up process (Hard Fork 20), and Smart Media Tokens are the major initiatives. This should come as no surprise to anyone who is on here a while.

We know what big features Steemians want: communities, spam management, modular application components for simple and fast development, a great sign-up flow, Smart Media Tokens... and they want it yesterday. That’s where we’re focusing our attention.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-winter-update-2017-reflection-our-vision-statement-and-mission-and-a-look-forward

@ned again mentioned the continued path to tokenize internet content. His goal of 100,000 businesses on the STEEM blockchain in the next 5 years was also reiterated. To accomplish this, the team was altered slightly with new people brought in to lead the next phase. They are implementing a new process of development which should enable they to operate more efficiently and to better hit target dates.

The best part of STEEM is the community on here. Each day we see the front end people hard at work...the users. However, it is refreshing to know that the back end, the developers, are equally as hard at making sure this blockchain remains one of the leading ones in terms of technical advancement. These two groups combine to make a very strong community.

It is comforting to know that the challenges we all see with the site here are known and being addressed by the developers. Unfortunately, when it comes to technology, these things cannot be rushed. We all must be a bit more patient and we will start to see things happening. 2018 is going to be a wonderful year for STEEM and this post from @ned shows the developers are committed to that.

This also shows that the Weiss Group was correct in their report rating STEEM as the best cryptocurrency to buy.

Keep on Steemin'.

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