Wow, you saw right through this cryptoworld. You realize the "hidden motives", the essence of the new system.
For me this game- steemit-, I call it a game because it's surreal actually (or it feels like an alternate reality), yes, this game is the first solution to an AMAZING paradigm (for games, economics and life). It's called Nash Equilibrium. Briefly, every player maximize his gain without altering the outcome to other players. It's the perfect cooperative solution when everybody wins.
It's utopic, right ?
That's why I call it a game.
Very good post. Thanks.