Sept. 15, 2016
Steemit, the decentralized social news and media platform behind the virtual currency Steem Power, will host a conference in Amsterdam Nov. 11–13. Steemit pays users in Steem Power for creating news content, according to a press release.
Roeland Landegent, a Steem developer and builder of the apps SteemyorNot and RadioSteem, is organizing the SteemFest conference. Landegent said that the purpose of the event is to bring together potential partners to explore the use of the Steemit blockchain for apps, business and blogs.
"We will be able to nurture new relationships, learn from each other and discuss the endless possibilities of the Steemit blockchain for blogging, apps, business and development," Landegent said in the release. "The potential of the Steem blockchain is truly limitless; this is what we want to celebrate while also thinking of ways to enhance further mainstream adoption and modernize the way people can gain more for their community contributions."
Steemit will give each attendee 1,000 units of Steem Power for attending.
"It's amazing to see so many people from around the world using Steemit and organizing events on their own initiative — that's the power of decentralization," Ned Scott, CEO of Steemit, said in the release. "It is critical that we incentivize those doing their part in growing what we believe is the future of online social economies. My co-founder Dan Larimer and I will be proud to attend, and we look forward to meeting some of our European community in November at SteemFest Amsterdam."