Captain's Log : SteemDate 29 July, 7:35(Texas Time) 2017

Fumigation
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Day One:

While the First Mate was other wise occupied I took ground transport to a local merchant with the intent of purchasing specific supplies for the SteemDreem. The first mate has experience with the life forms indigenous to the area and is comfortable among them. I am less familiar with their tribal customs and somewhat apprehensive. If for some reason this expedition does not go well let the record show that I stood fast in my duty.

With no little apprehension I entered a local trading establishment curiously named 'home depot' wherein with some trepidation i mixed with the local life forms while searching for needed supplies. After much frustration and repeated unsuccessful attempts at communication with various specimen among the subordinate rank of the establishment employee, sometimes referred to as 'millennials' (what ever that means)...I encountered an 'old fart' (possibly a native of higher rank or status) who kindly directed me toward the proper location within the cavernous bowels of the structure.

I proceeded apace to the killing aisle.

Upon arrival I encountered a plethora of options.

Various concoctions of insectavoral lethality in countless varieties

After much contemplation and consultation with several of the the local Shamen, witchdoctors and tribal elders I decided upon certain specific chemical munitions.

Standard plastic was gleefully accepted by the natives in return for the weapons.

Thus armed I proceeded apace to the SteemDreem.

By judicious application of Duct tape I sealed all cracks and crannies which allowed ventilation to the the interior of vessel. Then I bug-bombed the hell out of it. I activated one canister approximately every four linear feet of the interior cabin length. The engine compartment received three canisters since evidence of alien life forms was readily discernable..

All told, seven canisters of the chemical muntions were deployed in the interior compartments of the vessel.

I worry that I may have been too conservative.

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In other news
Steem is currently @ $ 1.767896117862

which could be better but I've seen it an order of magnitude worse..

The mother coin is also down from it's historic high

leaked reports from BitCoin central indicated that StickyWits is due soon....and possibly even a forkening.

time will tell.

Other daughter currencies

Golem

Edgeless

Ethereum

appears to be no better.

A quick survey of the market as a whole re enforces preliminary conclusions.
the phenomena is endemic.

among the top 19 crypto-coins all but two are showing loses..indicating that the difficulty is not specific to Steem