Watch Vlog #76: The Steem blockchain has become a social media experience that is building itself. Dtube is the newest piece to the puzzle. video on DTube
A blockchain without users is useless. So rewarding users for creating content was a brilliant idea. It has attracted many users, myself included, to the platform. (Just a reminder for new users. Rewards are tokens created out of thin air. It is not costing anyone anything!)
But the Steemit.com site is limited. It's perfectly suited for blogging. But social media is so much more.
The Hardfork that made it possible to monetize development I now believe was the most important one too date.
It has changed the Steem Blockchain from a blogging platform to a social media experience that is building itself by its own users.
Just look at the development: All these (except Zappl) are already functioning.
Busy.org
chainBB.com
Esteem
Steepshot
Zappl
Just to name a few, and now we have Dtube.
All these apps are completely free to use. A percentage of the rewards generated by these apps go to the creators. Which I think is 100% fair. Again it's not costing anyone anything!
I'm pretty convinced that none of the creators were asked to build these applications. But they build them. And remember the Steem Blockchain is not even 1.5 years old!
All this development gives the Steem blockchain more value and it's only growing.
It's the most incredible mind-boggling thing on the internet for me today.
In the future, I'm convinced new users will even use these apps without ever setting foot on the steemit.com website. They might not even know they are on a blockchain.
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Thanks @exyle! I was not aware of all these amazing developments on the Steem blockchain. You what we want!
Thanks for uploading it to youtube @exyle. It's fine if you upload it in a low quality so you can get it up quickly rather than wasting your time putting it on dtube and youtube. My terrible internet cannot handle dtube it looks like but I guess I'll just have to wait until they create the feature to change the quality of a video.
Well I guess you are at work now. I hope you have a great time and it isn't as bad as the last few days and you don't have problems like the ones you had with the scanner and with it not being compatible with the medical software.
I think that people should get into dtube. As steem grows and we gain millions of users people will intern start finding out about it while they browse steemit and many people will migrate to it from youtube
It is amazing to see how many tools have been built on top of the steemit blockchain. I can't wait to see what Zappl will be like. It will only get better and better as time goes on and I'm glad I could be a part of this journey early on.
It is astonishing how all of this is free for users but they can also monetise it without the consumer losing much.
It is the best to wait and be patient with steemit. Despite the fact it may be bad I want steem to stay low for now so I can keep accumulating more and more before it starts blowing up in the next year or so when the platform gains more and more users and there is more demand for steem power.
I think that DTube is definitely a game changer. It gives users an alternative to using YouTube for hosting videos which is great. I believe that all the apps coming out for Steemit will end up strengthening the platform and ultimately increasing the price of Steem.
I agree.
Great video. I have come to all these same conclusions myself.
So it's good to see the reinforcement and grounded view from yourself as well.
The views you assemble here, seem obvious to me; but it takes understanding how the pieces fit together, and it is currently beyond the scope of most users to understand and have time to do all this research themselves.
My trouble with Dtube was my iPad device. It works on my desk computer.
Thanks for that feedback!
Could not have agreed more with you on this @exyle. Steemit has given a solid foundation to itself and all its peripheral applications. I am upbeat and buckled up for the rocket named steemit to take off.
I'm fairly new here and had never heard of these sites:
Busy.org
chainBB.com
Esteem
Steepshot
Zappl
Like you mention, the value of Steem (both the cryptocurrency, blockchain, and as a social media site) will continue to grow, and I definitely believe more apps like these will be developed in the future.
Upvoted and was about to follow you, then I realized I already am! ;)
Very true, we may see many more Apps being build to consume by Steem Blockchain.. Future looks very exciting for Blockchain, which is just not a technology, but a cultural paradigm shift.
its good the dtube with steemit but i think videos are with huge size so reduce the size of video to play easily @exyle sir
agreed - dtube being brand spanking new clearly still has a few kinks to work out :)
I put a SD link in the bottom for you.
I love the direction in which steemit evolves, I hope that Dtube will boost the growth of the community! Thanks @exyle
I'm convinced it will.
Thanks for sharing such a valuable information about future development of steemit. com. This plate from is awesome for all of us, any thing related to steemit is appreciated. Thanks friend,have a great time.
@exyle,
Shall I tell you a thing! Now I am a full time STEEMIT blogger! This is the future of social media and Google, FaceBook should try something different or they will loose the top of the tree sooner or later.
Very useful post for the people who doubt about STEEM platforms!
(My voting power is still regenerating, therefore please allow me three more days to provide 100% upvotes for your posts)
Cheers~
Yeah I agree.. I just joined steemit a few days ago and just thought it was a social-media and blog site but was impressed and amazed by the possibilities steemit can do especially when I heard about Dtube since youtubers really need new platforms that appreciate and reward them fairly for their efforts!
Nice one! I'll be sure to follow you @exyle !
Welcome to Steemit!
A agree DTube is a great idea, but it these things would make it better:
There may also be an issue with how to deal with copyright infringements, and illegal content on a decentralised basis. I wonder how much consideration this has been given. Whilst I don't like any kind of censorship, there are very powerful forces that will require some safeguards I suppose, and those kind of governance issue could be very important IMO.
I'm sure both these options will come in the future. The first experience has been great so far.
Amazing how steemit and the apps have grown. I can't wait to see the amazing things that will emerge say 10 years from now. I am sure many people will get financial freedom making a living from this block chain. Congratulations to the developers and everyone on here :)
Anything that adds some value to our chain is great! Thanks for showcasing Dtube for us, I totally agree :)
I just get "error" with the video after "loading" :(
Just me?
Or you on Safari?
Yes. Mac and Safari. Do I need Chrome?
I had the same problem with Safari. Chrome did the trick. But it was only my video. I'll try a different encoding next time.
The thing that is happening to internet now is extraordinary. Right now i am looking for engineers to launch BeScouted on steem even though initially it was developed as standard marketplace. Anyone is welcome to take a look at what we have done so far and if anybody wants to take part in it contact me on steemit chat. Thank you for sharing this post, i will be looking into other projects that have been developed already and that i did not know about. Cheers.
I haven't used dTube yet. I take it the D is for Decentralised ? I read about a lot of errors still, but that is to be expected with a newly launched platform.
The future is looking bright for sure with all of these '3rd' party uses of the Steem Blockchain.
I'm still on the fence about the name lol. You know why :)
Hahahhaha. Yeah I know why hahaha. i had the same feeling.
Hi exyle - I hope you enjoyed your recent visit to London. You could not have had better host in @Rea and @ezzy to show you around! It was was also a pleasure briefly meeting you. Look forward to following you on Steemit!
I had an amazing time!
Great video man. Your passion for Steemit is palpable and contagious. I think you hit the nail on the head talking about how everything will be connected. Dtube I think will bring incredible value, as will Zappl. There will be many users like you said that will never visit the Steemit site.
It really perplexes me how more people don't see the incredible value and ability to monetize that Steemit will represent with Dtube and Zappl. Very, very excited for the future. I hope leadership capitalizes on the incredible work that's being done by these developers.
Dtube seems to be great. BUT all the movies being uploaded is not good for steemit at all. We need to stop that.
I would love to see dtube playing on the post and not redirecting, but I guess it is still early days.Hope you get to see my question on your earlyer vlog, @exyle. Keep the good vibes flowing :)
Hey guys, I uploaded a new movie called "Dunkirk" by Christopher Nolan.
Just click on the link and have fun: dtube.video/v/shugamena/gbg0937q
Very amazing I like this picture and text. @na722
Awesome post with very interessing infos thank you
I like this guy and I really like his blogs.
Nice post for gain information thanks for this post @exyle
Very amazing
I m new here. Thanks for introducing me with these new terms. Upvoted you
I also believe it can be such a great thing, but as you said this is like a language learning and it's hard to understand it all and that may be a point against all of us.
Good work Sir
Good post, upvoted.
I hope you are right because i'm a bit worry because of the dump of the steem price.
Have a nice day
Totally agree. Dtube is a great project, really helpful for growing our community. There are a lot o successful projects launched thanks to people here. It's big Boost for Steemit and also for Steem cryptocurrency. Thanks for your post @exyle :) Upvoted!
Hey @exyle!!! Thanks for the info. I m using all the above platform but Zappl and dtube is new for me.
@exyle - Sire, you are very true. DTube will change the future of YouTube. Sire, a most of Steemians are now using DTube and it will be a trend soon. I like your posts Sire. Therefore, I will RESTEEM & UPVOTE your post Sire.
+W+
I just won't give in untill i earn my First $100 Steemit @exyle
https://steemit.com/tour/@jephline/i-just-won-t-give-in-untill-i-earn-my-first-usd100-steemit-exyle
Great video really inspired by that a can see your passion in this blockchain. 👍
Great video!
nice
This is one of the best parts about steemit, that people are happy to develop the platform or other applications that works with it :)
Maybe one day we'll have integrated videos so we don't need to use youtube or DTube anymore, even if DTube is freaking great :))