Was STEEM your 'gateway drug' into crypto?

[therealwolf]

Was STEEM your 'gateway drug' into crypto?

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The basic mantra of Bitcoin maximalists is usually, that everything besides BTC are shitcoins, not worthy of anything.

While I do see Bitcoin as a great store of value, this world-view of nothing besides it matters is very short-sided, in my opinion.

Altcoins actually drive quite a lot of value to BTC, by providing use-cases and entry points into the whole crypto-sphere.

And in that sense, I believe STEEM has driven quite a lot of value, bringing hundred of thousands into contact with blockchain & crypto.

Hence this poll is there to see, how many of you got hooked into the whole crypto-sphere, because of Steem (or maybe not)

Please vote via dpoll!

If you'd like to support this poll, feel free to resteem it.

Thanks,
Wolf

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got me hooked on crypto.

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

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• No. STEEM had pretty much influence on me.

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Answer the question at dpoll.xyz.

Comments

[stuffbyspencer]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

Started with Bitcoin, cause I head about this cool fancy internet money was making people bank. Got in low, sold high, made a nice profit.

Then, the programmer in me found Ethereum and fell in love. A blockchain... WITH CODE?!?!?! I sunk my profits into CryptoKitties and in the end broke even, luckily.

I had a brief period where I heavy diversified. I invested in BTC, ETH, LTC, SALT ( made a legit nice profit from that one, got out before it went into the shitter ), etc.

While perusing different cryptos to invest into, I stumbled upon Steem. Never before had any other coin got me so interested, so quickly. I think I was only browsing here for less than 3 days before I went & told all my family + friends about it. The social aspect is what got me most interested!

Steem may have not been my "first" love, but it is differently my strongest ;^)

[crokkon]

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[emrebeyler]

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• No. STEEM had pretty much influence on me.

[chekohler]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[claudio83]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[clm]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[ludmila.kyriakou]

Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[ali.hassan3407]

Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[cityguides]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

Journey on steem stopped but addicted to crypto badly

[iansart]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[dalz]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[clasicktv]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

Also miss Steem alot since it got me out of my comfort zone in order to produce quality content instead of just something to get paid on.....Need to reset and start posting quality content again!

[chunkysoupsvc]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

I have been into crypto long before Steem was ever a thought. Steem was my first entry into social media tokens. So i give them a yes and no.

[bil.prag]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

it is kinda hard to answer because i guess most heard about crypto and knew something about it when they got to steem.

I knew about btc and some other coins, but steem was my IN for crypto. it was my first coin that i owned. from steem i got to my first btc (not really more like satoshis).

also i am still mostly Steem in crypto. i use it every day. don't have a lot of money to invest in crypto (i did throw some small amount to btc) and i don't have the time to daily trade that small amounts, so steem looks logical choice.

[fajarsdq]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[gabbynhice]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[jeffjagoe]

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• No. STEEM had pretty much influence on me.

[billybohner]

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• No. STEEM had pretty much influence on me.

I really like Steem, but the first cryptos that I'd bought were DOGE & BAN

[zaibkang]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[afiqsejuk]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[russia-btc]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[tarazkp]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[abbak7]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[vimukthi]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

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[schattenjaeger]

No lol.

[sharkthelion]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[jacobpeacock]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[pereu4ivatel]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[bidesign]

Do you love Steem?
-Yes.
-Worshiping it.
-You can not understand my love about it.

I wonder that. Don't you have any other cryptos?
Isn't it easier to mine Steem as miner/witness?
Don't you think the bigger capital manipulate the platform?
Aren't they use people's inferior complexity?(I will slap you if don't have more than me) =)
(A social platform where people are humiliated)

Please Don't take this comment wrong.(May be a little humorous)

[whatsup]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

I knew about Bitcoin and I knew I wanted some, I also knew I had missed the phase where people could just mine it. So, Steem gave me a way to learn and get involved as well as more time to understand.

Due to my time on Steem I bought my first Bitcoin at $695 in November of 2016

[coininstant]

f u for leaving me on the smartsteem black list! I am unvoting u for witness! Thanks a lot douchebag! Therealdouch is u!

[therealwolf]

That blacklist wasn't maintained ever since Smartsteem moved away from post promotion and probably shouldn't be part of the Global Blacklist anymore.

With this said; next time just contact me without the insults.

[therealwolf]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[ali.hassan3407]

I just followed you as u seem like a interesting person and I have used steemit 3 years ago and now am back after long time
I stopped using steemit before I didn't really knew how it really works and now am back and trying to learn about it.
I really want someone this time to help me get familiar with steemit and I will be glad to get your help if u wanna help me :)

[atma.love]

Make a post about yourself using the hashtag "introduceyourself" then you will get plenty of people offering to help you learn about Steem.

This was my introduceyourself post, as an example: https://steempeak.com/hive-120078/@atma.love/who-am-i

Note: Steem is not Steemit. Steemit is just one of the webpage front ends you can use to post, comment and upvote on the Steem Blockchain. I highly recommend you use steempeak.com instead of steemit.com. steemit.com is now owned by Justin Sun who's criminal actions (co-ercing/bribing exchanges to vote for fake witnesses) to make a hostile takeover of Steem, have caused many issues recently.

Namaste
Atma

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[daveks]

Yes

[akdx]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[wakeupkitty]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[arcange]

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[bengy]

No, Steem wasn't my gateway crypto.... In fact, I bounced off it a few times at the beginning.

Sorry, didn't use the dpoll...

[cryptosharon]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

In my case, I bought BTC first, traded a bit, then found about Steem and immediately joined and stayed as soon as I read what it was about.

[immanuel94]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[xplosive]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

I know Bitcoin (BTC) since 2014.
I created an account on bitcoin.cz (nowadays slush pool) on 2014.01.21.
I created my Bitcoin (BTC) wallet on 2014.02.26.

[maxer27]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[erica005]

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• Yes and no. I was already familiar with cryptocurrencies, but STEEM was a major reason why I got hooked.

[fredkese]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[levi-miron]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[kirstin]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

[barmbo]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

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[johndoer123]

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• Yes! STEEM was the my first cryptocurrency I interacted with and it got my hooked on crypto.

She was my first form of any crypto, and any form of social media..a two for one.