I know this post will make me a nagball, but I would agree with you more if the external markets integration was more sound. Shapeshift is still down on this front and not doing STEEM trades. So it is much harder to convert STEEM at this time. So harder for people to both BUY IN and or CASH OUT. That is a real problem, that will need to be solved. Until the external markets integration in more sound, it makes STEEM more an island isolated economy. I would love it to be a large one. But that is in part dependent on people being able to buy in and people in the STEEM economy being able to easily trade with others. End of the day wont matter what STEEM is worth if you can't sell it when you want to. I am sure many will say YOU CAN SELL AND TRADE STEEM HERE: but I can trade the other coins HERE, HERE, HERE, AND HERE. I mean do we know why it is down on SHAPESHIFT?