I'm still not into crypto, other than Steem!😆
I actually came across Steemit from a comment that appeared on someone else's page on Facebook. This was July 2017. I joined because there was the potential to earn from blogging, something I was already trying to do a bit of. When I looked at the site I was a bit disappointed that it was in crypto, not fiat, but decided to give it a shot anyway.
Initially I wasn't even sure if be able to cash anything out, because our banks are restricting crypto transactions, but I decided to build up SP anyway, if it could help out people in other countries with upvotes. I did cash out a bit at one point to see if I could make it usable, for my own confirmation and because there was someone I spoke to who turned their nose up at Steemit because it paid in crypto. At the time, I couldn't honestly say it was a useable currency as I hadn't tried using it. Now I can say that I made a mortgage payment with earnings.
At the moment I'm powering up, as I'd like to hit the dolphin goal, but with everything up in the air as to the future of steem, I do sometimes wonder about starting to use liquid steem. Hopefully not necessarily to convert to fiat, but as a currency in its own right.
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