A lot of talk lately about all sorts of initiatives our there which take Steem and offer something else.

Kind of interesting, definitely something to watch and learn from, no doubt about that. Every new endeavour offers new experiences and new opportunities for some and maybe for all included.
Idk, can't comment any further on this, time will tell. As everything in life, the short term is short term, it is in the long run that the lessons are learned.

Good ol' "Trial and Error".

But what I keep thinking is that while we have a working and already well evolved Steem ecosystem, even without the planned SMTs, it is definitely something that is worth thinking about in the long run of things.

So far, in the short term Steem has survived all the ups and downs of the crypto markets, it has gone through the bulk of the first five years that a business has to go through to know if it shall survive or not and we have something that practically no other blockchain has = active communities.

With all the new projects out there that are hooking up to our Steem blockchain as a ledger and incorporating our Steem ecosystem into their daily dealings, no matter if they are commercial/business related or more towards other niches such as entertainment i.e games, Steem really has all the makings of a crypto token with a long term existence and real life use cases.

Now, idk about what others may think, my thoughts are very straight forwards:

I want to buy Steem.

Hodl, invest, speculate, use (utilize) and everything else that Steem already has to offer and all of what it shall offer in the future, especially once the SMTs get incorporated into our ecosystem.

It was extremely delightful to finally hear from Steemit inc. how SMTs are next on the agenda of priorities.

Gave me such a "warm and fuzzy" as I like to say.

Also made it clear to me that I don't need to "experiment" with anything that mimics Steem, but can sit back and relax as I know that SMTs are going to happen in the imminent future.

Although, in all honesty, after HF20, and the experiences we had there, I am doubtful that all this will happen without a few dramas or headaches. Just being up front about it all. Don't want to be misleading.

However, what project out there has ever been implemented without the teething issues?

So all that is nothing "negative" it is literally a normal stepping tone to achieving goals.

Again, felt like I needed to share these thoughts with everyone and want to get them noticed, all in the hope that by sharing ones thoughts others may see another persons angle on some things, without any drama or finger pointing, just plain old "friends talking with each other about something we all have in common".

STEEM!

I hope that you can take some of these thoughts and chew on them and maybe they can help in your thought process and analysis process of what all is happening and what you may or may not want to do!

Cheers.

Yours truly,
@jackmiller

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STEEM ON!