Steemit is a blockchain-based blogging and social media website. Users can gain a cryptocurrency, STEEM, for publishing and curating content. The company is owned by Steemit Inc., a privately held company based in New York City and a headquarters in Virginia.Operating principle
Steemit is designed as a decentralized application (DApp) built upon the Steem blockchain, using the eponymous cryptocurrency STEEM to reward users for their content.[2][3][4] By voting on posts and comments, users get to decide the payout of those posts. Users also get so called "Curation Rewards" for finding and upvoting content that gets upvoted by other users afterwards.
History
On July 4, 2016, Steemit, Inc., a company founded by Ned Scott and blockchain developer Daniel Larimer, launched the social media platform Steemit as first application built upon Steem blockchain.
On July 14, 2016, Steemit announced on their website that they were hacked. The attack, according to them, has compromised about 260 accounts. About US$85,000 worth of Steem Dollars and STEEM are reported to have been taken by the attackers.[7]
In March 2017, Daniel Larimer stepped back as Steemit's chief technology officer and left the company.[8]
With the STEEM price dropping during the 2018 cryptocurrency crash, Steemit faced financial difficulties and had to lay off 70% of its staff. About us
The first social network built on the Steem blockchain. Learn more steem.io and join the movement at steemit.com.
Website
https://steemit.com
Industries
Media Production
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2016
Employees at Steemit
Click here to view Steve Connor’s profile
Steve Connor
Operations Manager at Sailors Haven, Fire Island NY
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Aline Esashika
Psicóloga no Centro de Promoção Social Municipal (CEPROSOM)
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Jarau Moses
Social Media Manager at Africa Blockchain University
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Elizabeth Powell
Managing Director at Steemit
