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I think most people fail to realize the massive advantage built into Steem of it being a Proof-of-Stake blockchain a demonstrably successful track record and the capability to take on the masses. Many pile on Steem because of the problems Steemit Inc has gone through with the falling out between @ned and @dan. The truth is that once HiveMind comes out, it will be in the hands of third parties to bring the masses aboard with innovative apps. The blockchain is perfectly capable of handling massive loads as it is.
SMTs too....that will bring in the real traffic.
Imagine if a couple decent sized publications with followings of a couple hundred thousand or so came on here with their own token.....what would that do for the traffic on STEEM?
Now add in a couple hundred sites with smaller followings.....
They'd all require STEEM for bandwidth. Has anyone calculated the numbers of how that would affect demand for STEEM?